Author: Howard

It is possible that cooking oil prevented more looting in South Africa in the last week than the President, the ANC, the intelligence community, the army, and…

Help me out here. Let’s assume that I was in the market for a new 53 Inch television and that I had no intention of paying for…

Helplessness and worry. Those are the overwhelming feelings experienced by South Africans as we watch the Jacob Zuma situation being played out. If ahead of the weekend…

There is nothing quite like a good intervention. My 16 year old daughter in particular has a great fondness for them and at least twice a week…

It needs to be said. The South African Government has blood on its hands. It is not the first time, it will unlikely be the last, but…

South Africans have always been a little prone to melodrama. We have made hyperbole our friend and have long embraced the exaggerated form. We do nothing in…

Last year in April, when we were young, I was asked to be part of a panel that addressed fake news and COVID-19. It was a formidable…

I wrote this article in my head. And it was brilliant. It unquestionably will not translate as well to the written word because it never does. But…

Much like Gwyneth Paltrow, I am not sure if I will be able to cope with another lockdown. If government statistics are to be believed, South Africa…