When the invite to Dolphins by Starlight popped up in my inbox, I was delighted. I could use my poetic license and say I danced like a dolphin. But clearly after last night’s performance, I[…]
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A magical musical journey…
When anyone from a small town (small only in size, definitely not in thinking!) achieves something big, it feels magical. But it’s not the fairy dust sprinkling kind of magic. It’s the magic that comes[…]
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Sounds of South Africa
Ke Dezemba Boss! And there’s no better way to celebrate than with music, South African music. Let’s admit it. No party is really a party without hits like Nkalakatha, Ndihamba Nawe, Weekend Special, Shibobo, and[…]
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What you really need…
I am here! I survived Black Friday, Black Weekend et al and even Cyber Monday, without so much as the temptation to scan through the online or print space for those big bargains. No, I’m[…]
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Starbucks: Keeping up with coffee in Durban
Grown in Africa, glamourised by celebrities donning boots and trench coats, clutching their cups on the streets of London and New York, but now there’s a homecoming of sorts…. yes, coffee culture is brewing in[…]
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Zimbabwe: Let us break bread
www.urbandictionary.com https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com Let us, South Africans, break bread with our brothers and sisters in Zimbabwe. The symbolism of bread for this country runs deep, and it’s tangible too. Once hailed as the bread basket of[…]
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GREATER GOOD
How does a parent get over the loss of a child? It’s a question that is being asked too often in South Africa nowadays. Young lives are being lost fighting terminal diseases, in horrific road[…]
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A must read, especially today. 157 years on…
The answers to this eternal human pursuit of a better life requires reflection tomorrow, 16 November 2017, a day which signifies the arrival of indentured Indians to this country some 157 years ago. The search[…]
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December
December is not going to be easy in South Africa. Frankly, it’s been a tumultuous, at many times, catastrophic year. From Gordhan to Nzimande getting the axe to yet another failed motion of no confidence in President[…]
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indenture
Growing up, I had an acute awareness and understanding of South African history. I excelled in history at matric level and never saw it as a subject, but rather a way of understanding life,[…]
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