The Naked Launch II
CAPE TOWN is jammed with people wandering the streets at night looking for a free drink, a good time or shelter from the storm. If you’re one of them, come to the launch of Incognito –...
Beer, books and brawling
Cape Town’s literary community was rocked to its foundations last week when beer was offered for the first time ever at a book launch.
Guests who attended the launch of Incognito – The Memoir...
Everybody must get stoned.
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng is on a mission to put the fear of God into us. He believes South Africa would be a far better country “if religion could be allowed to influence the laws that govern our...
Ben Trovato: My Part in His Downfall
Incognito – The Memoirs of Ben Trovato is one man's story of how he fooled the world, and himself, into thinking he was someone else.
Join him as he goes laughingly into the flames.
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Author flees – gets high
My memoir hit the bookshops last week so I left the country before anyone could read it. My publisher accused me of aberrant behaviour. Apparently the normal thing would have been to stay around and h...
Lubowski & Me
Another extract from The Memoirs of Ben Trovato.
Ben Trovato – EXPOSED
There is a good chance there are still people out there holding powerful grudges against me for something I wrote that mocked their language, religion, race, political belief...
Big elections need big rulers – get the measure of it today
What I enjoy most about elections is waking up early, packing a cooler box of beer and a moonbag of amphetamines, and setting off to cast my ballot at as many polling stations as possible before being...
Anarchy in the RSA
With polls due to open on Wednesday, election fever is reaching a crescendo. Bare-assed lying, bribery, coercion and threats of violence are witnessed every day. And that’s just in my house.
The situ...