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John Davenport

John Davenport is the chief creative officer of Havas Southern Africa.

Posted inEquality, Lifestyle

Zanzibar: Paradise meets purgatory

by John Davenport 26 January 202228 February 2022

Instagram beaches, but the misogyny, poverty and remnants of slavery can sour the tropical food in your mouth

Posted inNews/Politics

Clean-up after South Africa’s violence reveals a deeper rot

by John Davenport 7 August 20215 October 2021

Is a system that leaves people with nothing left to lose in any way worth supporting?

Posted inHealth

A dog walk on lockdown lane

by John Davenport 7 May 20217 May 2021

Coming across his memoirs of that first, glorious day of freedom is an antidepressant John Davenport would like to keep

Posted inEquality, General

The agony of Hendrik – a trip to Verwoerdpark on Human Rights Day

by John Davenport 31 March 202131 March 2021

The Big Brain of Apartheid would not approve of the neat neighbourhood that still bears his name

Posted inGeneral, Health

Reflections during a funeral in the time of Covid

by John Davenport 23 February 202124 February 2021

This is how it ends. We arrive on our own and that is how we leave

Posted inNews/Politics

The devil is going down to Georgia

by John Davenport 9 December 20209 December 2020

But it might be best for everyone, Democrats included, if they lost the senate elections

Posted inNews/Politics

Why exactly is this US election so close?

by John Davenport 4 November 20204 November 2020

The United States elections have been complicated by the coronavirus pandemic, mail-in votes and age-old anger.

Posted inLifestyle, News/Politics

Stumbling upon Orania in the pandemic

by John Davenport 25 September 202025 September 2020

It seems a road trip can take you strange places and back in time

Posted inHealth

Surviving the age of anxiety

by John Davenport 10 September 202010 September 2020

There are just some things that you can never ever prepare for

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