Just last week, the media sphere was abuzz with speculation that Agang SA, the fledgling political movement launched by Dr Mamphela Ramphele, was in trouble.

Married: 28 January 2014. Divorced: 2 February 2014. The union between the Democratic Alliance and AgangSA died unconsummated.

I know I mentioned last week that a week is a long time in politics, but this has to be a record.

Talking about rape makes me uncomfortable. It goes back to a traumatic exposure in my early adulthood when someone I loved very dearly raped a total stranger.

Tito Mboweni is stepping down as chairman of AngloGold Ashanti.

Imagine if you discovered a plant that was so versatile that it grows just about anywhere, requires almost no maintenance, could be used for a huge range of products including incredibly strong rope, durable clothing and was also highly nutritious.

UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whatever your feelings about her, was an extraordinary British woman.

She met with China's leader Deng Xiaoping in what was then known as Peking in late September 1982.

Dali Mpofu, advocate now turned politician in the cause of Julius Malema's Economic Freedom Fighters, was in the YFM studios at Hyde Park on Monday night.

On 28 February, labour minister Mildred Oliphant published regulations made in terms of the Employment Equity Act for public comment.

Parys. It's difficult to think of another South African town that immediately evokes such a wide range of contemptuous hilarity. Except maybe Pofadder. Or Boksburg. Or Pietermaritzburg. But I digress…

After driving in more than a dozen countries around the world, I'm longing for the not-too distant future when cars that drive themselves will be a reality.