Lifestyle

So we’re about to do the Christmas-season thing again, and another thousand-plus South Africans who were hale and hearty on December 1 won’t get to see the new year in. Yet again our politicians will pontificate somberly that “speed” and “alcohol” were mostly to blame, ignoring the reality; a large proportion of our drivers are […]

The next time you are bored and can’t think of anything better to do, why not pop along to a traffic court near you? I guarantee that during the course of the day you will wet yourself at least five times. If you think that the geniuses at Eskom have great excuses for their latest […]

If you subscribe to DStv, you can watch at least 13 different soapies in any given week. The “soapie”, this overused word, as vapid and asinine as the stuff it describes, has created a Las Vegas-type culture in the desert-minds too whacked out after a day of shopping, washing, dusting, picking up the kids or […]

I have lived in Jo’burg for four months and, since moving here, I have come to learn that, as far as the live music scene goes, it’s usually a case of feast or famine. Granted, there’s always something on, and one could probably go out every night for about three weeks without hearing the same […]

Slap-bang in the middle of the month that hosts the 16 Days of Activism against Women and Child Abuse, and boy, oh, boy, have I just got a mother of a story to tell you. I am nearly 40 years old. I am white, male and South African. I have lived in this country most […]

Yes, these things are Cool Enough to warrant Capital Letters: 1. Siyajika (We Are Turning) Underprivileged rural communities are taught how to germinate and nurture indigenous trees. They then trade these small trees (saplings?) for life-enhancing products such as building equipment, vegetable tunnels and water storage tanks to sustain them while they develop their business. […]

It feels a bit awkward doing your first posting, but hopefully someone will find it useful or at least thought provoking. I think on reflection that a key role for all parents, who by default play the major leadership role for their children, is to create an exploratory mindset in their children. I grew up […]

Why can’t nose hairs just be sexy? They’re such a pain to trim. Growing a moustache is a style choice. The same goes for growing a beard. And there are lots of chicks who are into that scrubby bastard look. But the moment you have stuff growing out of your nose (or ears), it isn’t […]

I would like to rectify a slight blunder on my part. It would seem that I have totally got the wrong end of the stick when it comes to what exactly the “D-ToX Sundays” sessions, formerly at Berlin in Melville, is all about (it’s now at Roka Bar in Milpark). This was pointed out to […]

When I was growing up, elderly men — that was, anyone over 40 — wore suits, didn’t swear and bored you to death prattling on about Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin. Did you see the geniuses coming out of the Led Zeppelin reunion concert at the O2 Stadium in London? They looked like […]