For a man who’s been ducking slingshots and daggers of late, it must have come as a welcome respite for President Cyril Ramaphosa to take some time away from the hostility and mingle with an altogether receptive and bubblier crowd. In quintessentially Madiba-ish fashion the president got to hang out with the toddlers of the …
ECD; Remember the Kids but don’t Forget the Staff Read More »
Every Thursday around 13:00, the Wheels on Meals minivan blares an incessant, yet eagerly anticipated hoot through the gustblown streets of Colesberg’s Zwelitsha Location. Play ceases in these untarred streets as children scurry for their lunchboxes, racing one another to join what will pretty soon unfold into a tedious queue. In dribs and drabs the …
A decidedly poignant definition of what journalism is, I once came across during the somber aftermath of some natural disaster (hurricane Katrina, I think) that ravaged parts of the US. It went something along the line of “people going in when everyone else is getting out”. No doubt a phrase that encapsulates the footing of …
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Little Anele, disconcertment writ explicably on his 8 year old face, looks on as his dog, Danger, is about to go under the knife. A few minutes earlier Danger had been looking a little flushed; not the playful, gnarling family pet who snags tennis balls mid-air and keeps unwanted scum out of his owner’s yard. …
Anelisiwe Thibane fits like hand to glove the modern image of what those who know about these things expect of a pageant title holder. Well-spoken, more than just a pretty face, a glowing presence to be around, and, yes, a sharp head on her shoulders. “Nothing interesting about my life” she says with a flutter …
Nestled in a quaint, unassuming part of Colesberg lies a small house that goes a long way in accounting for the town’s savourable culinary offerings and the warm service visitors are pampered with when stopping over in the Karoo. The Hantam Hospitality School, manned by three hardline women embodies something of a miracle in a …
If one hopes to peer into Mbulelo “Ndi” Kafi’s affinity to development, then they must first hark back some 30 years to a haggard stonehouse in a flea-bitten eHukwini Location, Colesberg. In it, a cramped four-room misery, lives Ndi with 14 other family members. His grandfather, Dyantyi Kafi, the lone breadwinner is a municipal general …
