If they were really serious about stopping people drinking and driving, our government would do something constructive about it, other than just making money out of roadblocks in currently disadvantaged areas. Like providing a decent public transport system. But that’s never going to happen — our taxes are much better spent on rushing our troops […]
Gavin Foster
Durban photojournalist Gavin Foster writes mainly for magazines. His articles and photographs have appeared in hundreds of South African, American and British publications, and he's also instigated and researched stories for Carte Blanche.
Winner of the Magazine Publishers Association of South Africa PICA Profile Writer of the Year Award in 2008.
South African Guild of Motoring Journalists Motorcycle Journalist of the Year (Magazines) 2015/16/17.
South African Guild of Motoring Journalists Motorcycle Journalist of the Year (Overall) 2015/16.
South African Guild of Motoring Journalists Motorsport Journalist of the Year (Magazines) 2017 - Runner-Up 2015/16.
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The Eleventh Commandment
Politicians spend a great deal of our time and money passing myriad laws aimed at making us think they’re very busy people. The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed, so they’re obviously putting lots of effort into converting worthwhile tasks into bullshit just to impress us voters. […]
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Riding for freedom with Mugabe!
George Bernard Shaw got about on a Lea-Francis, and his good friend Lawrence of Arabia killed himself on a Brough Superior. Elvis Presley, Steve McQueen, George Orwell, King Hussein of Jordan, Howard Hughes, Bob Dylan, King George VI, Sammy Davis Jnr, Billy Idol, Mark Knopfler, Liam Neeson, Keanu Reeves, Buddy Holly, Lauren Hutton, kings Albert […]
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Save some money, protect our leaders, have a little fun …
To: The Honourable Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula Dear Minister, I note with concern that I have not once, in recent months, been bowled into the ditch by a cavalcade of fast-moving WaBenzis dashing about on their very important business here in KwaZulu-Natal. While I never really enjoyed the experience per se, it […]
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Mussolini comes to town!
As I slowly circle a soggy Durban International Airport’s pay parking area waiting for my wife to emerge from the arrivals terminal, my bad-temper hormones are doing what they always do when faced by bureaucratic arrogance. This does not make a grumpy ugly bastard look any better. There are a mere dozen stopping bays in […]