Mario d'Offizi is a Cape Town based writer and poet. He is also assistant editor of Sawubona magazine.
Mario's work has featured in many publications over the years and his writing - prose and poetry - has been critically acclaimed thanks to its unfailing honesty and the warmth of his poetic voice.
"...a searing look at growing up on the other side of the tracks, around the bend and up the wall. I am not easily moved by memoirs, but d'Offizi's story left me reeling on more than one occasion." - Ben Trovato
"If you read no other African writer this decade, read this one...you'll laugh with him, cry with him, mourn with him, rejoice with him and ultimately triumph with him." - Leadership Magazine
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Banana Crates and Wire Mesh spans several decades and sheds Mario d'Offizi's unique and often brutally honest light on a wide range of subjects, from the taboo to the mundane. Mario published his first poetry at an early age, but Banana Crates and Wire Mesh is his first anthology - it's a book that brings a lifetime of observations on the minutiae of South African life to the fore.
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Journalism
I climb into the co-pilot’s seat of the little tin can four-seater Cessna, guided by Captain John Murphy. click here to read pdf
We set off on a two-hour journey to Nanzhila Plains Safari Camp. click here to read pdf
India. Land of adornment, insight & inspiration.
I have left India, but India will never leave me. click here to read pdf
Uganda. Africa's best-kept secret.
When Winston Churchill arrived in Uganda in 1908, he uttered the words: “… Uganda … is truly the pearl of Africa”.. click here to read pdf
of Legends and the Legendary at Ireland's Giant's Causeway
There is a saying in Ireland that if you tell the truth, you spoil a conversation. click here to read pdf
The Elusive Madame
Kilimanjaro, the greatest peep show on earth. click here to read pdf
Ristorante Enrico
The Ferrari of Italian restaurants. click here to read pdf
The Fruits of Endeavour at Van Loveren Estates
My visit to the homes of the Van Loveren family in the heart of the Robertson Valley in November 2008. click here to read pdf
Bill leaves a legacy of humour and humility
Bill Flynn was an ordinary “ou” who worked his way onto the world stage of theatre, radio. click here to read pdf
Women in cuisine a woman with a passion... and an infectious giggle
I hardly knew the difference between scallions and scallops, brûlée and brie,until I met Jenny Morris, of all places. click here to read pdf