How is it that in 2020 the US Election can still be shrouded in this much controversy when it comes to vote counting? Is the Democrat voter base reactionary and lazy? Is the USA falling apart, as they seem to be divided right down the middle as a country? Is the media to blame for so-called bad polling? Have the ANC stolen all the money, or are they coming for your retirement fund as well? The Zondo Commission has become a circus and we now need answers... is this just another time waster or is progress being made? Is South Africa finally falling over the fiscal cliff as a country?
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Air India Hijack
Hijackers seized an Air India Boeing 707 jetliner with 79 passengers and crew aboard after it left the Seychelles Islands early Thursday and forced it to fly to South Africa. It landed at Durban shortly after 5 a.m. local time. I was first on the scene with Surendra "Puri" Devjee in the picture with me. 26 November 1981
Demo Africa
Off to present at Demo Africa, Nairobi with Brand Wolmaraans and Earl Joseph
Welcome, Mr President
An unforgettable moment...
My favourite writings
Angels in desolation
'In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty,' Phil Ochs once said ...
DAWN was breaking over the magnificent desolation of the Karoo landscape as cats eyes flung themselves...
moreThe butterfly that stamped
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?
A BUTTERFLY flapped his wings in East Timor, setting...
moreDeath of a friend
Living in South Africa has a numbing effect on a human being. One soon becomes almost unaware of the daily cycle of violence, destruction, and death. Reports of children...
moreJo'burg, the place of miracles
How we deal with death is as important as how we deal with life...
Picture a modern-day Rip van Winkle, rising from slumber in the area north of Pretoria. He walks down the...
moreHappy birthday Mr Morris
"It was the worst of times, it was the best of times; it was the age of foolishness, it was the age of wisdom; it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the epoch of belief; it was the... moreLamenting the loss of innocence
If you knew that a rose would scream, would you still pluck it?
CHILD ABUSE is one of my psychological buttons. I suppose my reaction to someone who is accused of doing any...
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