Lucky the Boers destroyed the bombs
There have been three times since 1994 when I have been truly embarrassed to be South African.
The first time was two years ago when we agreed through the UN Security Council to set up a no-fly zone over Libya.
Aakash Bramdeo is a former colleague from e.tv news who moved on to the SABC before being offered the editorship of Post in Durban — which was the newspaper which published my first story back in 1980. Before accepting the job, Aakash picked my brain as to what he could do to make the paper relevant to a wider readership. "Get a columnist who reflects the audience you're trying to attract," I said.
Shortly after accepting the position of editor, Aakash called me and asked, "when can you start?"
"View from the Top" ran in Post every week from 1 May 2011 to 9 April 2014 (which coincided with Aakash's departure from Post to edit the Sunday Tribune).
There have been three times since 1994 when I have been truly embarrassed to be South African.
The first time was two years ago when we agreed through the UN Security Council to set up a no-fly zone over Libya.
A regular reader asked me last week on Facebook: "What do you think about Syria? I feel Sooo heart broken?"
This was before the news dropped of the latest atrocity in that conflict.
My train from Princeton pulled into New York City's Penn station at around 21h25 this evening. I walked up from the underground platforms into crowded streets throbbing with life.
In 1994 shortly before our historic first democratic elections, Nelson Mandela suggested that the voting age be reduced from 18 to 14.
He was widely ridiculed for doing so and the matter was quickly forgotten.
Have you heard of a game called FarmVille? It started on Facebook in June 2009 and was based on the simple concept of managing a farm, planting crops, raising livestock, buying seed and fertilizers from suppliers...
October 1999. I was Managing Editor of the Cape Times. Under my tenure, the paper had turned a profit for the first time in a decade.
A lovely bit of technology was unveiled this week by University of Washington computer scientists. It's called "WiSee" and uses Wi-Fi signals to see what people in the surrounding areas are up to.
The greatest epic in the history of the human race, The Mahabharata, traces its origins to the 8th or 9th century BC.
On Sunday afternoon at around 14h30 on the R510 outside Sun City, the driver of a panel van carrying 14 passengers tried to overtake three vehicles and collided head-on with an oncoming bus.
My grandparents had a great affinity for the British royal family. For many years, a picture of Queen Victoria hung in our Greyville home.