Attie Heunis's Journey

The ramblings of a Caucasian African American

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Originally from South Africa’s magnificent Eastern Cape, my family and I now reside in Pennsylvania in the United States. To earn my keep I’m an executive for a multinational company in the Healthcare sector. I’m also a serious amateur photographer. Pro-environmental and conservation views.

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  • Max takes the easy route

    Max du Preez is depressed. Read why. This is quite predictable from our Max. Our country is going to the dogs. Not because of an isolated incident at UFS (which is appaling, but isolated), but because all our government institutions are failing; one by one. But all Max can moan about is the easy one:…

  • Kruger National Park visit

    Recently our friends from Germany, Dr. Carsten Holtmann & Anke Plog, visited us. When they visited us in England I kept on (sometimes I think too much) about Africa’s wilderness. Carsten specifically showed a real interest in the topic so I decided to take him to Kruger National Park. The Kruger and the Kalahari Gemsbok…

  • NHBRC is a bureaucratic nightmare

    In November 2007 I submitted the relevant documents to enrol my house with the NHBRC (National Home Builders Registration Council). With these submissions I paid them R7,500 by bank transfer. I was told at this time that I should have my certificate in a couple of days. It is now more than 3 months later…

  • Huis Heunis

    Ons 1ste huis is nou op so te sê dakhoogte. Hierdie is ‘n foto van die straat af. As jy sukkel om die huis te sien is dit doodreg; dis hoe ons om ontwerp het. Dis ‘n lekker groot erf (1200m2) en ons het ‘n lekker groot tuin voor, met die huis wat agter weggesteek…

  • My bad experience with Bernie Habana & Don MacRobert

    I am a huge Blue Bulls fan so a couple of years ago when Bryan Habana joined the Bulls I was delighted; I instantly knew this kid was going to go places. This prompted me to register BryanHabana.com. I tried on several occasions to get Bryan Habana through Bernie (his dad also his agent) involved…

  • Elke in hospital from Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder

    On Monday night Elke swallowed/inhaled some Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder. She couldn’t breathe for a couple of seconds. We got a massive fright & rushed her to our GP. At the time we got there she had calmed down to such an extent that the doctor sent us home. But that night and the…

  • New Opel Astra

    Today I traded my Opel Meriva 1.7 CDTi for a new Opel Astra 1.8 (Petrol) Sport. So far I have to say it is a superb car.

  • Maatjies by Hogsback

    Ons het die naweek saam met vriende (Mike en Tanya Smuts & Sven en Katinka Ladewig) op Lowestoffe by Hogsback gespandeer. Dit is ‘n asemrowende deel van die Oos-Kaap. Die legende is dat dit die laaste plek is waar feetjies nog natuurlik voorkom 🙂 Soos die foto aandui het die kinders (vlnr. Mia, Gustav &…

  • Opel Meriva 1.7CDTi Engine Trouble

    I bought a Meriva 1.7CDTi last year in September. Both my wife and I love this car, BUT it has an unexplained engine problem. It will sometimes randomly just not start. Then usually when you leave the car for a couple of hours it starts no problem. The intermittency makes it very difficult to find…

  • Is Hasim Amla a quota player?

    Its the old cliche: There are no quotas in South African cricket. And yet looking at Hasim Amla’s stats you could find plenty to challenge that. Our best batsmen of my generation, Jacques Kallis, has an average of the mid 50s. Behind him Graeme Smith & Herschelle Gibbs hover around the mid to high 40s,…