How are you South Africa? How are you coping? Are you healthy and virus free? Are you safe? Have you got food? Are you able to work? Are you able to study? I can only guess that in most instances, the answer is, ‘No’. #WhatWouldMandelaSay? My dear South African. You have been through so much this past week […] Read more
Last week I wrote that Zuma’s arrest was an anti-climax. I have eaten my words; they were as bitter as they were dismissive. And now, I don’t know if words can do justice to the shockwave that unfolded in our beloved country over the past seven days. Read more
Can you believe it South Africa? JZ went to jail. He’s in an orange overall, eating prison food, using a pay phone and sitting behind the tralies? Can you believe it? (Ok, the food and phones are a 'stretch', but I’m certain he’s incarcerated). Read more
How much news can be crammed into a single week? What a cracker! I jumped from headline to headline (with my fake news hat on) not believing what I was reading. Let’s start with the headline grabbers, #ConCourt and the #Judiciary. Read more
Do I blame the political squabbling and facilities that are inept at processing the #VaccineRollOut? Nope! I blame us ordinary South Africans. We chucked our masks and our sanitisers the minute there was a lull ... but we knew a #thirdwave was coming. Read more
If I began this story by telling you that we had 10 babies born and unborn and that there are diamonds in the hills of KwaZulu-Natal, you’d think I’ve gone nuts, right? There’s more: the man behind #EstinaDairy got R10 000 bail (not Ace, don’t get too excited, this isn’t a fairy story) and that […] Read more
