Coronavirus

December 31, 2020
Farewell blog

Farewell to a very weird year

2020 will soon be behind us, and with the possible exceptions of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, nobody will be sad to see the back of […]
May 29, 2020

Dear Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma…

Dear Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, I write to you in my private capacity as a citizen of South Africa, just in case the media read it wrong, […]
May 25, 2020

What now?

How are you doing in this madness? ‘Vasbyt’, as the Afrikaans people say… I write one of these blogs every week and normally they’re not as […]
May 12, 2020

“The Big Debacle”

We live, we learn. It has been almost three weeks since we heard from the President, and two weeks where I have found myself trending on […]
April 30, 2020
Gareth Cliff Rant

Dear Mr President…

  Dear President Ramaphosa, I’m going to keep this brief, because I know you’re dealing with a lot: We’ve all been ready to support you and […]
April 24, 2020

Unlocking the Lockdown

Ok, so we’re all coming to the end of our lockdown sentence – and you’ve probably been angry, depressed, anxious, frustrated, scared and numb – at […]
April 8, 2020

Lockdown Lowdown

Time to level with each other, ok? You don’t have to prove you’re exercising at home during lockdown – we’ll know at the end when you […]
March 19, 2020

We’ll get through this together

Can you believe what this coronavirus outbreak is doing to us? It has everyone jumping, and in the midst of mass-hysteria toilet paper stockpiling and stock […]
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