On Women’s Day, what we need is love (but not the kind you think)
Women’s Day in South Africa is a commemoration of the 1956 women’s march, but it now a commercialised bunfight. Perhaps we need to look at it another way?
Category: Opinions My thoughts about the world
Farewell to Shiloh of the Ears
A tribute to a much-loved dog.
Could you ever write something in a library book?
Life lessons learned in primary school stick in the mind. It’s important to looks after books, for instance…
Enough with the water restrictions – let’s try something else
We have been fully supportive of our municipality in its efforts to stave off the day when the dams run dry. But now I have had enough.
Carmageddon may be coming – but what about wetsuits?
When a friend shared an article entitled Carmageddon is Coming on Facebook, I read it with interest, and some irritation. The sub-heading of the article says humanity is “on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, most consequential disruption in transport history”. Writer Angus Hervey lays out what he thinks is going to happen to the transport industry over the next few years, courtesy of three technological waves: • Our ability to summon a car and…
Good taste does not equal good governance
You like the look of a politician? They appeal to you? That doesn’t mean they will be able to run a country.
Moments of joy, found on a wall
Cape Town – A long time ago I bought a painting. It was hanging in a small shop in Muizenberg village, and was called Cat On A Warm African Night. I fell in love with it instantly but it cost R850, a great deal of money at the time. I hummed and hawed but I had to have it. Eventually I bought it (all this time later I can’t remember where I found the money…
My thoughts about the world
Farewell to Shiloh of the Ears
A tribute to a much-loved dog.
Could you ever write something in a library book?
Life lessons learned in primary school stick in the mind. It’s important to looks after books, for instance…
Enough with the water restrictions – let’s try something else
We have been fully supportive of our municipality in its efforts to stave off the day when the dams run dry. But now I have had enough.
Carmageddon may be coming – but what about wetsuits?
When a friend shared an article entitled Carmageddon is Coming on Facebook, I read it with interest, and some irritation. The sub-heading of the article says humanity is “on the cusp of the fastest, deepest, most consequential disruption in transport history”. Writer Angus Hervey lays out what he thinks is going to happen to the transport industry over the next few years, courtesy of three technological waves: • Our ability to summon a car and…
Good taste does not equal good governance
You like the look of a politician? They appeal to you? That doesn’t mean they will be able to run a country.
Moments of joy, found on a wall
Cape Town – A long time ago I bought a painting. It was hanging in a small shop in Muizenberg village, and was called Cat On A Warm African Night. I fell in love with it instantly but it cost R850, a great deal of money at the time. I hummed and hawed but I had to have it. Eventually I bought it (all this time later I can’t remember where I found the money…