Let’s stop comparing apples with pears

As I watch my two sons, one curled up in bed studiously reading while sipping his cup of Rooibos tea, the other trying to kick a rugby ball off the dog’s head while wearing his pants back to front and inside out (the child, not the dog, although their IQs are remarkably similar) it occurs…

No hiding behind those cabinet doors

After much pouting, sulking and political-level tantrum-throwing, our GNU politicians finally managed to scramble together a cabinet by simply stuffing it with as many people as possible. Instead of trimming the fat, as some had hoped, the cabinet is more bloated than me after a petrol station beer and curry buffet, with new positions created…

Med student accepted after ‘race’ rejection

The University of KwaZulu-Natal said on Thursday that it would honour – as a matter of “principle and justice” – its initial offer of a place at its medical school to an applicant who was later rejected when it discovered she was Indian. But the about-turn, which came after university bosses met Health MEC Dr…

Man mauled by pair of pitbulls

A Verulam man may have to undergo plastic surgery, skin grafts and physiotherapy after he was mauled by his neighbour’s pitbulls early on Wednesday morning. Speaking from his Osindisweni Hospital bed, Rishaan Singh, 23, said he had arrived home from a friend’s house when the attack happened. “I parked my car at the bottom of…

South African conservation crusader drives wildlife projects through action-packed YouTube channel

Having grown up exploring nature reserves during holidays and rehabilitating wildlife in his home, Pietermaritzburg-born Dingo Dinkelman established a close connection with the natural world that would impact his career path. Influenced by his father who worked for the (then) Natal Parks Board, Dingo has managed to drive conservation efforts by finding an innovative way…

Take the plunge with a South African-based conservation couple in this epic Freediving Diaries TV se

With nothing between them and 15-tonne whale sharks but the blue ocean, South African-based freediving couple, Beth ‘The Mermaid’ Neale and Miles ‘Aquaman’ Cloutier go on an unimaginable underwater journey that lets viewers experience marine life that needs to be protected. Featuring on PPL°WX – People’sWeather (DStv – CH180 and Openview – CH115), from 3…