Goodbye, Mr Pope

So Pope Francis died today, possibly as a consequence of meeting JD Vance yesterday. To remember him, here's a letter I wrote a few years ago: ............................. Dear Comrade Pope, You...

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When Good Friday turned bad

In accordance with my annual tradition, I'm republishing a column I wrote some years ago. ................. I was making an emergency house call on the bad yellow-eyed woman when I stumbled across a...

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Durban’s Mitchell Park – RIP

I remember going to Durban's Mitchell Park as a kid. It was fantastic. Huge trees, rolling lawns, exotic birds and animals in enclosures – even an elephant and a crocodile that never seemed to move– a...

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Dear six-year-old kids …

I usually write to our high school “graduates” offering bad advice on how to negotiate the perils of the real world, but there’s nothing I can do for Generation D. That stands for Doomed, in case you ...

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ANC’s January 8 statement leaked

Comrades and compatriots, People of South Africa, We gather here today in Mangaung, the cradle of our birth, inspired by … hold on, this is last year’s speech. Nobody wrote me a new one? It doesn’t ...

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The buck stops here

"New study confirms four distinct giraffe species, unlocking crucial insights for conservation efforts" — this headline reminded me of a giraffe story I wrote a while ago. ..............................

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