183 days late…

I was delighted to see that cover article of this week’s Sunday Times Magazine was about the Pet Shop Boys and even more delighted to read that they have a new album “out now at selected retail outlets”. And that’s great stuff, because there will always be a place for cheesy electronica. Imagine then, my disappointment as I […]

British Journalist Speaks Sense About South Africa SHOCK!!!!!

It seems that Chief Football Commentator at The Times, Patrick Barclay, thinks that England can win the World Cup in South Africa next year. And he may well be right. They’re playing some great football and getting some great results. And, of course, the 2010 World Cup will be held in the middle of winter […]

Out of the Frying Pan (2)

(Not to be confused with my original Out of the Frying Pan post from February last year) I’m in two minds whether to fly this evening. We’re packed, we’re all checked in, our hosts are ready and waiting, the weather looks good and the boy can hardly wait and is literally twitching with mounting anticipation, but then […]

Keep dreaming, Helen!

Incoming on twitter: @JacquesR Zille calls on JZ to step down: http://tr.im/gAkc. The comments after the article are scary (besides mine, of course). And yes, she did: Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille has called on her ANC counterpart Jacob Zuma to step down as his party’s presidential candidate in the coming elections. “Put your ambitions […]

It’s beginning to hurt

More and more of the column inches of the newspapers in South Africa are being devoted to inflation, interest rates, petrol prices and the cost of living. While the entire world is suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous oil prices and the so called “credit crunch”, South Africa – as a developing economy – has […]