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Taking it Easy
Sep. 3 | playing acoustic guitar For the past two weeks I’ve been roughing it on the beaches of southern Mozambique far from DSTV, the internet, Mascom and all the other conveniences of home. It’s been tough, but hey, my daughters are on school break and...
Debatable Tactics
Aug. 27 | Debating Society When I was kid growing up in the United States my parents used to watch a TV programme on Saturday mornings that disturbed me a great deal. The show was called Firing Line and basically it was a political debate on some current topic...
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Aug. 20 | image from internet When the tax department decided to audit Grandpa, and summons him to their office the auditor was not surprised that he showed up with his lawyer. The auditor said, ‘Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time...
Just Like Everyone Else
Aug. 13 | WHEN IN ROME: Sometimes strange is normal For a moment or two I considered entering one of the bicycle races that were held last weekend at the new Tachilla Game Reserve at the southern end of Francistown – but I quickly rejected the notion as...
One on One with Y-CARE
Jul. 30 | TWISTED: Oliver combines sun, salt and smoke in a Makgadikgadi Marlboro Meditation Wow man, it was like déjà vu all over again. There I was at sunrise on the first morning of the Presidents’ holiday weekend freezing my butt off and gazing with mixed...
Keeping Things in Perspective
Jul. 23 | OUTWARD-BOUND: The Universe can make your troubles seem mighty small A few months back someone told me I needed to get things into perspective…so I went out and bought a telescope. I don’t really think that’s what my friend had in mind, but I’ve...
KEEPING THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE
Jul. 22 | A few months back someone told me I needed to get things into perspective…so I went out and bought a telescope. OUTWARD-BOUND: The Universe can make your troubles seem mighty small I don’t really think that’s what my friend had in mind, but I’ve...
RESTORING AFRICAN HONOUR
Jul. 16 | MISSING-THE-POINT: Malian referee probably got it right All of Africa is basking in the glory of the magnificently successful World Cup tournament that concluded last Sunday in South Africa. Everyone seems to agree the venues were splendid and the people...
RESTORING AFRICAN HONOUR
Jul. 16 | MISSING THE POINT: Malian referee probably got it right ALL of Africa is basking in the glory of the magnificently successful World Cup tournament that concluded last Sunday in South Africa. Everyone seems to agree the venues were splendid and the people...
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING
Jul. 9 | ''CONGRADULATIONS.PHILLIP.YOU HAVE MANGED TO SCORE SOMEHOW LOWER THAN CHANCE I don’t know about you guys, but I have feasted on a steady diet of top-notch competition during the past two months and I have absolutely loved it. As always, this...
An Accident of Birth
Jul. 5 | MOVING ON: Africa is backing Ghana in World Cup knockout stages I’ve suffered seriously mixed emotions watching the World Cup this past week. On the one hand, I thought it was sad that four of the African teams crashed out in the group stages as this...
World Cup Justification
Jun. 25 | HEADLESS: The magic comes when the players stop thinking I might be out of my mind here, but I think I’ll talk about football for the third week in a row. I mean I do realize this is supposed to be a business column, and that two weeks ago I wrote...
Blowing Your Own Horn
Jun. 18 | VUVUZELA: England keeper Robert Green wasn't the only one blowing it in Rustenburg Normally I’m not one to brag, but if you caught the column I wrote last week before attending the England –USA World Cup football match you’ll know I pretty...
World Cup Takeoff… and Letdown
Jun. 11 | GROUNDED: Essien won't be soaring or scoring in SA “I remember it well; I saw all the games. The best players in the world were there scoring the most memorable goals, Drogba, Beckham, Ballack, Essien, John Mikel Obi…it was wonderful…a once...
ADD or IGNORE
Jun. 4 | MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS I got knocked out and sliced open by a team of doctors for the sixth time in my life last week. It was my second hernia operation and it really wasn’t a big deal – I was home the next day – but the other four procedures...
Taking Out the Rubbish
May. 28 | SMASHING STUFF: Safin broke racquets and rules Sports commentators can sometimes really talk a load of rubbish. I guess that’s understandable since they are paid to keep the words flowing even when there isn’t much to say, and I can sympathise since...
Making the Grade
May. 21 | Mind Your Own Business Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach; and those who can’t teach, teach physical education. That mildly humorous saying was quite common 40 years ago when I was starting high school. I haven’t heard it recently and...
Creating Fear and Making Money
May. 14 | FEAR OF FLYING: Airport security assumes the worst The main growth industries of the 21st century so far seem to be based on fear and mistrust; and I must say I don’t like the consequences. One of the biggies is that when I travel outside Africa...
