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Here’s a repost of an article I wrote for Africans.co.za in 2004, seeing as we’re close to that time of year when we get to choose the ones who will lead us… enjoy:
It’s that time of year again, when we get to vote for the people who’ll be in the news for the next [...]

I’m not sure what the deal with these mounties are, but it can only come down to one of a few things:

Given the ridiculous cost of petrol the City Council is trying to save a bunch by using hay fuelled vehicles instead.
Due to the narrow streets in and around Green Point, law enforcement has taken [...]

A great number of years back, when I was fit, a keen cyclist and trained every weekend, there a existed a small shop in Hout Bay that sold pies of unimaginable diversity. It was called “The Pastryman” and was run by a friendly German guy and sometimes his wife.
What made this particular pie shop different [...]

Music has been around us for as long as we can remember. It was there to console us when we were rejected by that guy / girl we were trying to get with. It was there during the happy times, and the downright shit times.
Right now, Paolo, across my desk from me at work is [...]

Most of our personal history is inherited from our folks at some point, though mostly over dinners or lunches and other family gatherings. Some of the time it’s embarrassing, like when your folks bring out the pics of you with an afro as a kid or the buckteeth you rocked in Sub. A (Grade 1). [...]

I’m not one of these people, like my Dad, who can argue the front, back and side of a political view. I have no inclination nor interest in politics of any kind (which includes those associated with family gatherings and the like). Who needs that shit?
As a South African living in the 80’s I know [...]

I played at a 30th birthday in Milnerton last weekend. Here are few things I learnt from that experience…

Everyone has a favourite song
Everybody expects to hear their favourite song upon requesting it with the DJ
Everyone expects the DJ to have their favourite song and also find the time to play it during the course of [...]

Summer,
It’s a beautiful day in the city today, definitely more than the reported 20°C. It’s this kind of weather that makes me hate day being stuck inside an office, 14 floors above everything else, with the chair I’ve been sitting in for the last 4 hours, now a permanent part of my body, attached to [...]

I was awoken this morning to the sound of a thousand birds all trying to talk at the same time. Much like crazy bustle I encounter these days on the early morning train rides to work. Though, honestly, that hasn’t happened much… catching the early train, that is.
I’ve decided to brave the South African rail [...]

Here are a few things I learnt this morning, in the space of about 15 minutes.

If your car is going to stand outside in the cold for an extended period without being driven and she’s more than 5 years old, start her at least every second day.
Shit happens when you’d least like shit to happen.
A [...]