Time and dinosaurs wait for no man

Did you know we have our own dinosaur? Well, when I say  “we”, I mean the Uitenhage/Kirkwood/Port Elizabeth part of the Eastern Cape. When I say have, I mean had – in the region of 145 million years back.

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Enjoy the memory triggers

Noticed how small things can trigger memories? A sudden glance, a smell, a sound, a taste. Just a moment in your average day can transport you back decades, a lifetime even, and more often than not these memories are childhood-related.

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We need to talk …

We live in a world where populism is increasingly the only acceptable social currency. We have a government minister wanting to have athletes investigated for not “bending the knee” to the Black Lives Matter movement, blanket statements by a socialite stating South African men at “roaches” and … pick any number of the other social media tirades currently taking place.

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