Straight & 2 Beers: Dry World Cup scores own goal
My flight took off in the evening from OR Tambo International Airport. I was en route to Abu Dhabi for a meeting with a publisher of a Pan-African magazine I ha... Read more.
Straight & 2 Beers: Cheating is a nasty affair
Last year I found myself in the middle of a social media storm. Whoever took the video was fortunately an amateur. Canny as I am, I managed not to appear on the... Read more.
Pay heed to R Kelly’s warning signs
“I don’t see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind; I don’t see nothing wrong …”. With that line, Robert Silvester Kelly thrust himself into ... Read more.
Finally! End of the road for e-tolls
I knew this day would come, although it took longer than I’d expected. The day when the sword of Gauteng’s e-tolls, hanging over our heads for more than a d... Read more.
Straight & 2 Beers: A big yes to army vs zama zamas
They were deployed to back up the police to enforce Covid-19 regulations. But when the army landed in our townships, they seemed all too eager to kick our ass i... Read more.
Criminals cripple tourism sector
Slightly over a decade ago, I wrote an article for a Cape Town daily newspaper about a fire at a crèche in Gugulethu. It was a story about the devastation caus... Read more.
Mr Zuma, sir, your time is up
Mother Nature deigns that when a baboon reaches a certain age, it is hounded out of the troop and left to its own devices to die in loneliness. That’s the law... Read more.
Eskom brings back the Dark Ages
I grew up without electricity. The township would be dark after sunset. Candles and paraffin lamps ruled when the night came. That was back in the eighties when... Read more.
Straight & 2 Beers: British royals … what a yawn
I was a journalism intern when Princess Diana died in a car accident in 1997. She died in the wee hours of the morning, South African time, and when the edition... Read more.
Some people do not deserve data
I’m conversant with the digital divide we have to bridge. They call it an equaliser, they say. Nonsense, I say. Many people don’t deserve data. The laugh em... Read more.
