The Natal Midlands
February 27, 2023
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Ask South Africans where they want to go on holiday and many will pick the touristy places – Cape Town, The Garden Route, Knysna, Kenton, the North or South Coast, the berg or the bush. We live in a tiny town somewhere...
Riots in Durban
August 27, 2021
in Stories of My Life
I have been waiting until I find the right words before posting anything about the week we have just endured. I’m still waiting, I’m worried that I have lost the ability to transfer thoughts to words as I’m just a swirl of...
KZN Riots
August 13, 2021
in Stories of My Life
Each day we take for granted. Like it’s owed to us. Each morning that we wake up, we aren’t surprised and often don’t give it a second thought what a blessing it is to be able to draw in a breath,...
An Appeal
July 27, 2020
in Stories of My Life
Dear South African, Some of you take life’s trials in your stride and choose not to be sunk by the wave rather to ride it out. I wish I could pick up my surfboard like you! By contrast, each day when...
Life in Lockdown
June 9, 2020
in Stories of My Life
Have you wondered what will come up when our grandchildren put 2020 into a Google search? I sure have! I’ve gone as far as to think that my mask and my hand sanitiser bottle will be worth hundreds of rands as a...
Dear Mr President
May 2, 2020
in Stories of My Life
Dear Mr President, Words fail me as I sit here mid-lockdown to write this letter. It will not be eloquent. But I would like to think that it expresses what many South Africans think of you. A month ago, our...
A Christian During COVID
April 3, 2020
in Stories of My Life
The world has been thrown into chaos. There doesn’t seem to be an escape. No matter where we go, we will find masks, isolation, quarantine, hand sanitiser and elbow bumping all because of a mutation of flu. It has sent the world...
As Lockdown Approaches
March 26, 2020
in Stories of My Life
We all woke up this morning I bet, knowing that we have one final day of freedom to go beyond the boundary without any restrictions. Well, I took it and went out into the fresh, clean air of the new day for...
The Plague
March 12, 2020
in Stories of My Life
The plague hit our small town last week. It went from being an international problem to one closer to home. Guys, I live in a small town. Most people haven’t heard of it. We reference it by a city at the bottom...
#I’m Staying
December 4, 2019
in Stories of My Life
Green and gold mean nothing to most people in the world. But to a certain group of people, they are colours that unite a nation. I never liked sport growing up. Rugby didn’t interest me in the least. It was only worth...