‘Q, Xh, Ngc’: Your patriotic spirit is just a click away
Johannesburg- If you want to know, if I love her so/It’s in the click/That’s where it is! That is my take on the old-time classic by Betty Everette, The Shoop... Read more.
But seriously: Be very afraid of anger that dehumanises
Johannesburg- It is not anger that blazes and then dies down that petrifies me. Nor is it brooding anger that is deep-seated and cannot be pacified that scares me... Read more.
But seriously: Trust the ‘kool kidz’ to add fuel to English language flames
Johannesburg- When a member of your household whose ID number starts with a zero whispers sheepishly on the phone about “rent”, “blood”, “gang”, “birth”... Read more.
But Seriously: Mageu is still our weapon of construction
Johannesburg – Who in their right mind would be in the nippiest aisle of a supermarket early on an icy Sunday morning scouring mageu boxes for a specific flavour?... Read more.
But Seriously: It can only be our beloved Madiba
Johannesburg – Halala to the man who gave us the Randelas, the Dibas, the clapback long before it became a thing on black Twitter, the Madiba shirt and dance.... Read more.
But Seriously: This chess game is far from over
Johannesburg – Checkmate! No ways! Checkmate means over, finito! The king is dead! And in this case, very far from it. This week has been more like … “your... Read more.
But Seriously: 350 000 jabs a day will get us out of this rut
Johannesburg – When phase one of the vaccination rollout kicked off in February, with healthcare workers in the frontline of receiving the jab, there was much... Read more.
But seriously: One woman’s scourer another’s cash cow
Johannesburg – It is a dilemma that confronts you only in the warmer months of the year. In winter, the choice is simple – a bag of oranges wins hands down,... Read more.
Numbing reality snuffs out our fantasies
Johannesburg – It was a little after 7am when we arrived in Bronkhorstspruit for a pastime, if one would even call it that, comprising many spots of bother.... Read more.
But Seriously: Our teachers and officials are letting us down
Johannesburg – Nigerian-born former journalist, now pastor and author based in Ukraine, Sunday Adelaja, puts it beautifully when he says: “Where there’s... Read more.
