Falling away at midnight
When I heard President Ramaphosa had declared South Africa was no longer in a State of Disaster, I felt a roiling sense of unease. For 750 days we knew where we stood – mostly outside locked bottle st...
Vaccines are dividing us – and not a moment too soon
One of the more positive spinoffs of the uncivil war between the vaccinated and the anti-vaxxers is that we as a species are being divided. If ever wedges needed to be driven, it's between friends and...
Convincing anti-vaxxers to get shot
A small herd of well-heeled anti-vaxxers and middle-aged men who took too much acid when they were young flounced down the Sea Point promenade on Saturday, mewling and whining and waving their silly l...
We’re jabbin’, jabbin’, And I hope you like jabbin’, too
I never expected to hear back from the government after I registered on their vaccine site. I mean, this is the government, right? They only reach out when they want our money, blind trust or vote.
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Orcas, Putin and the real Godzille
This pandemic malarkey is starting to get old. It's all a bit 2020, really. Lockdown, schmockdown, right? Been there, done that. I mean, let's be honest. When last were you shocked by any of the Covid...
No more pura vida
My holiday in Costa Rica is over and I am on my way home. Three months have flown by in the blink of a fish on a bicycle. Since the concept of time has become meaningless, feel free to make up your ow...
Let the vax speak for themselves
The global scramble for Covid vaccines is becoming a little undignified. Show some class, people. Let's try to keep this fight clean.
Right now, vaccines are all anyone seems to care about. Well, t...
5 ways to get the perfect pandemic body
Lockdown has gnawed away at my fitness levels and I need to remedy this in case we become a proper police state. I don't want to have Cele's boys after me and find myself having to stop every couple o...
Bored in the RSA
I am starting to get the feeling this government might not think we're all that bright. I can understand where it comes from, I suppose, this notion that South Africans are morons. I can almost hear t...
Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of Scotch, say the pie rats
Hello. My name is Ben, and I am an addict.
Ever since the government unbanned the sale and possession of hot pies, I have been roaming the streets looking to score. I can't get enough of them. No s...
Hey babe, take a walk on the solo side
I was standing outside my house last week wondering if I should go for a stroll or scratch the day and go back to bed. It was about midday. Just then a car drove slowly past. The driver saw me and sta...
Money for nothing, Covid for free
Aside from dying, another unpleasant side effect of this contemptible virus is that everything comes with a form that needs filling in. For instance, if you have lost your job and hope to get money fr...