Damn You, Rohan Vos!
When everything is predicable and safe, where’s the fun in that?
U of CPR
My first ride on a train was in an empty boxcar of a grain freighter.
It was a disaster.
Dancing in the Street
For 60% of southern Africans, traditional medicine is the only treatment available.
The Beloved Country
In every field of endeavour there is an expert.
The Tikoloshe Under The Bed
When one Zulu meets another he will ask; Inkaba yakho iphi?, literally “where is your navel?”
Click on any Zulu for details…
None Were Victorious
Mphiwa lost two great grandfathers in the Anglo-Zulu conflict.
One Hundred Cows
The custom of negotiating lobolo, (a bride-price), seems like a tradition worthy of consideration in the western world.
Dreamers and Poets and Clowns
“If only I could travel faster than the speed of light, I could be there in a year or two”.
The Elvis of Anthropology
Homo Naledi lived in the Rising Star Cave System, northwest of Johannesburg.
Click on Naledi’s frontal lobe for the whole story…..
A Sleeping Lion
“The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is arguably the most popular South African song of all time.
Click, carefully, on the Lion.
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Taphephobia
Edgar Allan Poe was the “shock jock” of the Victorian Era. Click on the macabre poet for details… Read more
Tin Foil Underwear
I can stand in front of my counter-height microwave oven while melting butter, without damaging the family jewels. Click on the cat for other applications of the Faraday Cage ... Read more