Eparkeni

Look, it’s not exactly French Riviera idyllic. Still no better setting could come close for the backdrop of a low-grade horror flick. Special effects or elaborate Hollywood-style peppering for who? Coming as it does with all the apparel that works: a shadow-draping koppie that leers over a sporadically-lit street. There’s a dilapidating church shrouded in … Man About Colesberg Part 2 Read More »

Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille with Colesberg's tourism entrepreneur Mbulelo Kafi. Image: Mbulelo Kafi.

An acquaintance of mine often recounts, rather wretchedly, an offending utterance he was once slapped with when he’d mentioned to somebody that he’s from Colesberg. ‘Ah,’ his listener had shrugged, ‘you mean that place with a Shell?’ Eina! So much for ‘picteresque,’ ‘historic,’ ‘home to the magic mountain,’ ‘the busiest town over holiday season’ and … Man About Town in Colesberg: Part 1 Read More »

Foreign nationals would’ve breathed a sigh of relief that the vigilante-like group Operation Dudula’s political hopes sank like lead towards the 2024 general election. But thanks to Patriotic Alliance leader, Gayton McKenzie, such relief has been shortlived. Kept out of the home affairs ministry where he’d hoped to drive his ‘#Abahambe’ rallying cry home, as … Playing the Race Card as People Die Read More »