Hatsen’s used to be one of the main grocery in town, but now houses several small shops.
Weekly staff meeting was this morning and we had a special treat. Gottfried played his hand bells and put on a mini-concert.
The Punch Bowl looks the same as it did 35 years ago.
Since we worked last Wednesday preparing for the tower move, today was a day off. Virginia and I walked around the west end of Manzini and took some photos of old
Across the street from the above shops and in what was an open city block used for South African Railways shipments into Swaziland, now stands the first mall in Manzini. It has two levels of modern stores like many in the U.S.
and new buildings. The
One of the street side shops in this mall, is King Pie 2 Go, where we had our mid morning snack.
contrast between the old and new is so stark. For mid-morning ‘tea’ we stopped by King Pie for a ‘pies’. Allan and Joyce had told that this was a good place to go when they served in Swaziland in the
A woman carrying thatching grass in front of the Manzini Town Council.
The newest of three malls now in Manzini — Riverside Mall — with three levels of shops.
late 1990s. I had a chicken pie and Virginia had a cornish pie. The cost was about $1 each.
We also stopped by Chester Young’s business right next to the bus rank. Chester, a founding
40 plus year old hut style shops in front of the Town Council building.
member of EBC, used to own a butchery on this property. He
Open markets on the sidewalk across the street from the first mall.
started Hub Hardware behind the butchery and is now expanding the hardware store into where his butchery used to be. They hope to open at the end of the month.
The bus rank is less than a block from the first mall and is a place you probably do not to walk unless you plan to caught one of hundreds of mini-buses.
Both Virginia and I were very sleepy and took long naps when we got ‘home’. I opened the curtains in our bedroom, lie on the bed and soaked up the warm sunshine for about 2 hours, while I slept.
One of two KFCs in Manzini. This one is next to the bus rank.
We think we have figured out why we are feeling so cold
Walking down the sidewalk, we found ourselves passing through a voter registration ‘center’ for the October elections. They receive a voter registration card with their photo on it. This card must be presented to participate in the election.
now when the coolest weather occurred several days ago. It is the fact that the tiled concrete floors and the cement block walls have all cooled down. While the air warms up to 70F during the days after
One thing new in Manzini is a mosque, located across the street to the north of the Catholic church.
nights around 50F, the walls and floors are around 60F. When the sun
The second mall built in Swaziland is the Hub, across the street from the old Swaziland Warehouse. Pick N Pay is where we do most of our shopping. There is also a branch post office in this mall.
goes down, the inside temperature quickly drops into the lower 60s and remains there until the next afternoon, when the sun warms the air for a couple of hours.
The bananas were really piled high today! Only after taking the photo did I realize the creator of this masterpiece was also in the photo!
This evening, we attended the Wednesday evening service at EBC. The Bible study was on the last few verses of Revelation 10. After reviewing who the Mighty Angel was in the first part of this chapter, we considered the significance of the the ‘little book’ and John’s ‘eating’ of that book. On this cool evening, someone provided coffee and tea, plus ‘cook sisters’ [see — http://www.koeksister.us ]. The pastor invited everyone to stay for some “swallowship”.