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Thursday, August 1, 2013

SLOW POISON ON FLIGHT SAA 246

All hell broke loose a few minutes before flight SAA 246 to Johannesburg took off. Passengers jumped up and ran for the exits. Some fell down in the aisle; others trampled on or jumped over them to reach the exits. The emergency doors opened, a chute shot out and people flung themselves out of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

THE UNBELIEVER

I have a creepy feeling every time I pass this spot. As I approach it my mobile phone invariably rings and this is what I hear: “Help! Help! Please help me,” says the voice on the phone. “Where are you? Who are you?” I say. “Help me. Please!” The caller shouts again before the phone goes silent. By... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

GUZZLERS OF GOLOGO

The first sign that things were going to go terribly wrong at Juliet’s Friday evening party was a message from her that she had been detained at a workshop in Durban and would join us later. Not to worry, she said, Baba-ka-Sibongile would look after us until she arrived. She had given him exact... Sign in to see full entry.

A GOOD MAN, WEEDS AND A SPITTING COBRA

My neighbours, conscripted army doctors Hans and Johann, destroyed some exotic plants and shot dead a fat puff adder, while clearing the bush around the cottage they shared on the grounds of Moruleng Hospital where they were doing their community service. The burst from their rifles and the din... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

UNKNOWN NUMBER 1 and ACCUSED NUMBER 1

A young man hovered between life and death for two weeks in the intensive care unit of the Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital; He had been beaten up and left for dead just a few kilometers outside Carletonville next to the old road that runs between Potchefstroom and Johannesburg. Hospital records... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

BLASPHEMERS OF BLOEMFONTEIN

A blind man was travelling by bus on the N1 from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein. Fifteen minutes after leaving Johannesburg, his fellow travellers told him there was a sign next to the road saying ‘Beware! Obstacles on the road’. It was a kilometer or two away from the Grasmere Toll Plaza, where tow... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 30, 2012

THE GROPER OF PRETORIA

As you drive into Pretoria from Johannesburg, to your right, across a valley, is the “Institute of Higher Learning”, UNISA, the largest long distance educational Institute in the world. After about half a kilometre, where the highway changes into Potgieter Street that runs steeply downwards into the... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

THE QUACK’S WAITING ROOM

Bloggers are like oldies sitting on a bench in a quack’s waiting room; the queue is moving so fast they hardly have time to exchange symptoms and home remedies before the quack sticks his neck into the waiting room and shouts ”NEXT!” After having being attended to by the quack, some of the ailing... Sign in to see full entry.

CHILDRENS RIGHTS

On a blog I previously participated in, a Blogger once asked others how they see each other in their mind’s eye. The results were astonishing. It was almost uncanny how certain bloggers pictured me. Some saw me as an ‘old-ish’ guy wearing a chequered suit or shirt and sandals. Others pictured me... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 16, 2012

THE STARS FORETELL

June 2001. Amazing scenes: Chico Twala, musician and Ria Stars football club director, slapped Natasha Tsichlas, owner of Mamelodi Sundowns FC, for obstructing his view at a soccer match. Place: South Africa, also called Mzanzi. “No, I did not slap her. I only pushed her very hard in the face.” He... Sign in to see full entry.

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