Is it just me, or are you also getting a little weary of companies that offer a bunch of hollow words in place of customer service? I get it that retail staff are relatively low paid workers and probably don't feel like bouncing around, being happiness personified, all of the time, but if some retailers …
The Mediterranean
I just happened to be in a part of old Joburg the other day that I hadn't visited in a long while. On my back from my appointment, I realised I was driving along Jules Street, and that reminded me that I couldn't be far from that amazing Portuguese fish market, The Mediterranean. As I …
When you know it’s right
Much has been written about Bob Marley since his premature death in 1980. After a difficult childhood and turbulent teens, he got into the reggae scene and the rest is history. He's, without doubt, the best-loved of reggae singers and still today has a following on Facebook that eclipses that of the Beatles. The following …
Waste not
It's really disheartening when you see what global efforts are underway to deal with climate change and waste (well, perhaps with the exception of certain notable individuals with funny hairdos), and to see so little being done here. Not so long ago, we were at the forefront of changing smoking laws, charging for plastic bags …
A sting in the tale
Where else in the world does a trip to a government office set off a chain of Facebook posts requesting which office is the best to visit, or what's the quickest way to get something relatively mundane done? And by quickest here, we're talking just a few months, instead of many, many months. Where else …