The Great(est) Gatsby
Last night I ended up on the streets of Gatesville in Cape Town, South Africa, enjoying a steak masala gatsby at a restaurant called...
Farewell, David Cameron
On Wednesday 13 July, David Cameron attended his last Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) – as prime minister – in the House of Commons.
Cameron, who seemed all...
Blue Planet Blues
I don’t need to tell you that the world is a very uneven, unequal place.
Unfair too. Take a look at this interesting but...
Nelson Mandela Release
25 years ago today, Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison in the Western Cape and made his way to City Hall in...
Iconic statements by Nelson Mandela
Iconic statements by Nelson Mandela
As the world mourns the loss of Nelson Mandela, we take a moment to honour, as well as remember some...
A Different Kind of Television
You may ask why another Whitehouse drama is worth watching. Between the heightened melodrama of Olivia Pope in Shonda Rhimes' Scandal (South Africans know the show as The...
Proud White African
I am fairly new to this blogging thing.
Don't get me wrong- I have opinions, many many opinions, so when I was told I could...
What is your culture?
Before dating, I had no idea that I had a specific culture. I expected things that were normal to me to be normal for...
Baleka Mbete says sorry to Julius Malema
Just when we thought the drama in the South African parliament was over, things got more interesting. After referring to Economic Freedom Front (EFF)...
Corruption, the silent killer
The word corruption is undoubtedly one of the biggest buzz words on our continent – even in our world. We tend to throw the...