27 February 2025
Rita was one of a handful of people in my life whom I loved deeply, completely, effortlessly. more
'In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty,' Phil Ochs once said ...
This is the 9th month of the year 1999. There are 99 days to go to the last year of this century. Do you feel a sense of destiny?
My tribute to Dr Abu Asvat was published in The Daily Princetonian and since then has appeared in many other places.
How we deal with death is as important as how we deal with life...
"It was the worst of times, it was the best of times; … we had nothing before us, we had everything before us …"
If you knew that a rose would scream, would you still pluck it?
There's a picture in my office of myself and President Nelson Mandela taken early 1999 when he visited us at the Cape Times where I was Managing Editor.
I have an absurdly pleased expression on my face while his is his familiar comfortable and comforting smile.
