If you can’t beat them, join them – then beat them
I live near the M4 north of Durban and for the last few days I've listened to police sirens wailing up and down the freeway between Ballito and the city, waking the neighbour's hateful baby and settin...
How Home Affairs turned me into an incel
You think Odysseus had trouble finding his way home? Please, that was nothing. Try finding your way through the labyrinth of conflicting and often outdated information provided by home affairs, AI, im...
Does this mean Woolies no longer sells bomber jackets?
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Big Geordi steps up
Dear Geordin Hill-Lewis,
Congratulations on your stunning ascendancy to the very top of the DA. Is this something you aspired to or were you pushed? No matter. The main thing is that you are there, s...
Tiger, Tiger burning out – Another lie in the rough
Dear Tiger Woods,
Congratulations on smashing up your car for the fourth time since 2009! I have friends who haven't so much as had a fender-bender in 30 years of driving. Then again, I have other fr...
Property prayers answered for some
I should probably be writing about the steamy three-way that's going on in the Middle East, but there are times when those of us who live in civilised nations need to avert their eyes when the more pr...
Willie or Won’t He? Conservation through the barrel of a gun
Dear Comrade Minister Willie Aucamp,
Congratulations! You have barely had time to settle into your well-padded ergonomically designed executive office chair and have already put out a hit on at least...
Durban roars into the top 20
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Dastardly Donald wins again
Dear President Donald Trump, Master of the Universe, Lord of every creeping thing that creepeth, flying thing that flyeth and fishy thing that swimmeth,
Congratulations on your spectacular acquisitio...
Empty nest syndrome is to be welcomed, not feared
Exams are done, and, for some, school's out forever. The kids will soon be moving on. Here are some tips to help stop them from moving back in.
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Once they have graduated and their...
Shoprite, Sho’t Left, Gone in 60 Minutes
Dear Pieter Engelbrecht,
Congratulations on taking home R7.2 million a month. I applaud your restraint. If I were the CEO of Shoprite and had the only keys to the safe, I'd take home a lot more. I'd ...