As I’m sure has been quite obvious, this blog has really been neglected these past few months. It’s become something of a liability to my online brand and I’ve had to give serious consideration to taking it down completely. I’ve decided to leave it up but the neglect is set to continue now with the [...]

Some sad news today. One of South Africa’s better columnists and a pithtaker of note, Ben Trovato, has today announced that he will be hanging up his pen, at least the one he uses to write for Independant. I will certainly miss his column but perhaps his blog will become more active and fill the [...]

More and more often i find myself having to check whether it’s 1 April when reading the news. Once again, today’s coverage on News24 does not disappoint – I present to you today’s top 2 list of “are you shittin’ me?” new’s stories: Tired of unwanted attention from men. Get your kit off then. (extra [...]