This last month, the world turned on the news to discover something astounding. In between the run-of-the-mill dystopian coverage of the destruction of democracy to further fill the coffers of billionaires, while the world’s remaining impoverished flogged their meagre grant money on online betting sites… four brazen scoundrels dared to do the unthinkable. They brought…
From the United States to France, the monarchy (and pseudo-monarchy) is seriously upsetting the rabble, with everything from protests and theft to sharpening of guillotines indicating that we’ve all had enough. This is the modern monarchy, mind you, so they’re more of a nuisance than a threat, but I’ve certainly noticed a trend in recent…
As a writer, words are my bread-and-butter… would be a great metaphor if I could actually afford butter. Or even bread, for that matter. Right now, I can only dream about an end-of-the-month Salticrack – have you seen the price of those things? Beyond exorbitant groceries, there is one thing we now get for free…
As you get older, you tend to hone your likes and dislikes quite succinctly, to the point that there’s very little grey area – only grey hair. I’ll drop you from my life if you mispronounce ‘indubitably’ or confuse ‘borrow’ with ‘lend’. If you consider the works of Danielle Steel or EL James literature, I’d…
I tried for as hard as I could not to write about it. To not think about it. To not read about it. But the cynic in me simply could not turn away from the sudden plight of our supposedly most-maligned minority group, now known as the American refugees. I thought no ex-pat community could…
Due to my incredible popularity, I’ve attended a host of birthday parties over the last few weeks, ranging in age from 1 to 60 years. It always astounds me that humans literally celebrate – with cake and hard liquor (it was a wild one-year-old’s party) – the fact that we aren’t dead yet. Because that’s…
It was month-end. Actually, it could’ve been the middle of the month. More likely, it was the 26th of the month, and the bank balance was already receding faster than Musk’s hairline pre-1995. But, of course, the children need things like rugby boots and food. So off we head to the nearest discount shop, scouring…
I cannot believe that we have survived the French and American Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic War, two World Wars, the rise of colonialism, the fall of colonialism, the advent of democracy, the end of democracy, the Soweto Uprising, end of Bantu Education, Cancel Culture, the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements… and yet, somehow, in…
As the winter chill tightens its grip on the KZN South Coast, so does the burden on local animal welfare organisations caring for the region’s most vulnerable pets. One such organisation, 4 Paws and a Tale Rescue in Scottburgh, is making an appeal for public donations to help fund the urgent sterilisation of dogs belonging…
A bold new beachfront era is taking shape Durban’s beloved Golden Mile is about to level up in a major way. eThekwini Mayor Cyril Xaba on Wednesday announced a R1-billion world-class amusement park is officially coming to Durban, with plans for this leisure investment on the former Funworld site right on the beachfront. Reports indicate…