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London Letter: Mean Time, here’s the news about the lunch…
BlogsMany years ago there was a rather unfunny joke about a Nigerian reporter reading a bulletin and starting off like…
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London Letter: Political correctness can kill
BlogsI have regularly slammed today’s fetish-like obsession with political correctness in these columns – probably annoyingly so. But I never…
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Revving up the engines of goodwill
Blogs'Man’s true wealth is the good he does in this world' - Mohammed
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London Letter: The lot of a gardener and a ‘suit’ differs at retirement
BlogsOne of the quirks of our lives here is that we have a gardener. Why I say this is quirky…
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BHP Billiton rolls out an aluminium lifeline
BlogsWHEN aluminium was excluded from the four focus pillars identified by the world’s largest diversified mining company – BHP Billiton,…
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London Letter: It’s a far, far cry from the wild South Coast
BlogsIn the days of old Africa, my grandparents bought a cottage at Southport on the South Coast. It was only…
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London Letter: It’s a plane. It’s a bird. It’s Twitterman!
BlogsA fascinating British Government report has just come out which, in a nutshell, accuses the people who say they care…
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The principle of no work and plenty pay
BlogsCARL DE VILLIERS takes issue with the tendency of rewarding incompetence with fat cat salaries and bonus payouts.
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London Letter: The burdens of being an exotic expert
BlogsEven though I have lived here for 14 years, no one considers me a local – even if I don’t…
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Sensationalist malice is against the media code of conduct
BlogsAs expected, 'Naked intruder in Bay doctor's room', attracted considerable attention, especially on our social media platforms.
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Signs of the times must be read
BlogsTWO decades into our democracy and government is sitting on a time-bomb for failure to progressively improve the lives of…
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The art of sophisticated cleavage staring
BlogsVAL VAN DER WALT thinks men have been given the gift of sight, but must not abuse it.
