Ma’am, I passed Afrikaans
Ma’am, I passed Afrikaans. Across the country this week, pupils receiving outstanding matric results are lauded and applauded. The top one percentile get many a special mention. Those that achieve …
A Beautiful View
A Village and A Tale of Two Cities
Bridging the message in A Tale of Two Cities to South Africa now, we are all devastatingly aware that its foreboding is close to the bone.
Moments
Our moments aren’t landmarks on a road, discoveries or destinations in and of themselves. Moments can be fleeting seconds or less and also long stretches of time. Their duration is …
A remarkably unremarkable day
It is the morning of 21 October 2021. Jacarandas cast purple hues about the place. The Johannesburg air is crisp with a fresh Spring breeze and the sound of laughter …
Where the is-ness of us is at
We all love two letter words, hopefully more than four letter options. Something about the simplicity of just two letters joined to represent an impactful meaning offers security. Two letter …
Make Room
Any glimpse of international news this past fortnight has brought harrowing images of devastation in Haiti and desperation in Afghanistan. Floods, fires and sandstorms have ripped through Europe, the Americas …
Stuff it!
Stuff it. The world’s simplest theory of interpersonal relationships might just lie in the “Stuff Theory”. The author knows no specific academic to credit with this groundbreaking, highly accessible and …
Whack a mole or sort a course?
Author: AM Scott Growing up as daughter of an agronomist, an understanding of the audacious foes of passionate greenkeepers on any golf course comes standard. Moles. These cheeky creatures hold …
We not me
Author AM Scott Artwork Robi Gramigna Anyone who took the compulsory subscription to Episodes 5-1 of the global history making season of Covid & Co. Ep.2020 South African Version knows …