Zeitz Mocaa wrote to me today, day 11ty million of lockdown, and said they had extended my membership by the number of days that nasty virus
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Wounded and healed
Zanele Muholi at Norval: a a very confronting (and a little bit comforting) show
Feeling old and tired? It gets worse
South Africans are not preparing for retirement, saying it is just not a priority, but few understand that running out of money means a lifestyle downgrade in old age
The Baxter is back … with a bang
This will surely be Cape Town’s biggest post-Covid Coming Out party: a specially commissioned show featuring new work from Zolani Mahola and Gregory Maqoma
Madiba: A view from the island
Reflecting on lockdown, Shui-Lyn White thinks about Madiba looking across the bay from Robben Island, thinking of his family now beyond reach
My own little muffin story
Easy-to-make bran muffins … without the sob story you normally get with internet recipes.
Vodacom: The lines are definitely down
Broken cellphone? Get a second opinion before shelling out more cash to your dreadful service provider
A silver linings kind of a day
We are very good at Bad News. Fear, negativity, pessimism … we hold them all close. Strife, forbearance and survival are our toolkit. But [… insert
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You got me at ‘erotic tale of gothic horror’
Never underestimate the suggestive power of literature, says Alex Dodd. (Don’t say you weren’t warned.)
Corruption? Van Riebeeck started it
Apartheid was surely the most corrupt of all systems … colonialism doesn’t even bear thinking about …