On 18 August 1977, Stephen Bantu Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967.

iKlwa is the name of the short stabbing spear invented by Shaka Zulu — onomatopoeic supposedly because of the sound made as it is withdrawn from the victim's body.

Last week, a newspaper broke a story that expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema would soon be arrested.

Someone recently asked on twitter: "Why exactly do we need a national carrier?" I responded after a while: "It's a medical term: yo

Shortly after our freedom in 1994, cellular telephones using the GSM standard began making their way to our shores.

We soon found ourselves being able to travel the world and still remain accessible on the same phone number thanks to roaming – except for in the USA.

Many of you are likely to be familiar with the name Mike van Graan. He is a writer, playwright and artist from Cape Town where he currently resides.

Reality is an illusion induced by absence of alcohol, a wise man once said.

Truth be told, through the years since I first heard that quote, I never thought him to be wise, merely drunk.

Now, I've had a change of heart.

On Sunday night, at around twenty past nine, SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft returned to Earth from the International Space Station, safely splashing down about 400 kilometres off the coast of southern California.

Do you fancy a rhinoceros steak?

Astonishingly, it's a thought that came to mind directly linked to the US presidential election (which is underway as I pen these words).

Do you remember when you were a child at school and you used to play noughts and crosses? (Or, as the Americans call it, tic-tac-toe?)

And then, suddenly, you stopped. Do you remember why you stopped?