Eastern Cape – Morne Condon

We work or suffer together

Some blog posts ago I wrote about the so-called “super spreader” events. These are events where a disregard for social distancing and mask-wearing result in an outbreak of COVD infections days or weeks later. It appears time to revisit that theme, for two reasons.

Is our diversity at all new?

The world today is all about diversity, it gets screamed from the rooftops, yelled in our faces and shoved down our throats. Things must be diverse, at all costs and by any means necessary. Thing is though, haven’t we always had it?

A man and his fire brigade

So you’ve heard of the Roman Empire, of Rome itself and you also know the name of Julius Caesar. Probably you know the name of Spartacus but have you heard of Crassus, a man with a nose for a real fire sale – and who knew how to get rich?