We have experienced countless holiday dwellings as we’ve meandered close to home and road tripped across South Africa over the years. Now #him and I
War of the fonts
It is unbelievable, isn’t it? Trump’s Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, has just ordered his staffers to stop using the Calibri font in diplomatic correspondence
The power of gratitude
The Great Orange One had rambled out another missive. I forget who the target was this time. But, as usual, it was dripping with hate
Learning the art of road tripping
It’s all about the journey Each year, #him and I take the long and slow road. We’ve headed to Namaqualand and the Western Cape –
The Great Woke Robbery
“Wake up Ethiopia! Wake up Africa!” Jamaican philosopher and activist Marcus Garvey shouted out in 1923. He was calling on black people across Africa and
“Infection” is a dirty word
HIV is hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Just a few months ago, HIV was in the news because the end of the
When democracy is broken
Ever heard of “autocratic breakthrough”? Me neither … well, not until I tried to make sense of the noise created by Donald Trump while his
A giant falls
How the US is destroying its legacy of leadership Once upon a time, America was great. It led the world in global health interventions, economy,
My pick of small-town South Africa, Take 2*
Big city buzz is fabulous – in small doses. Small towns stole my heart a long time ago. Road trips through South Africa over many
Upholding the right to breastfeed
Hospital keeps exclusively breastfed baby away from her mother Hospital bans exclusively breastfed baby from her mother Wouldn’t those be shock-horror news headlines? Well, it’s