*** There is a universe where you exist better You have loving parents You are not neglected Your mother does not call you a demon Your father does not leave You are not in pain You have awakened my heart You have got me loving You have got me hoping I hope we...
Month: July 2018
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Love Is A Journey: 11 Days of Love and Tar (Part 4)
It’s the 30th of December 2016. All along our plan was to ride from Jozi through the Groblersdaal Border into Botswana, passing through both Palapye and then quickly onto Francistown where we would eat lunch, then head onto the border between Zimbabwe and Botswana. This would lead us into Bulawayo, Zimbabwe with enough daylight for...
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Sushi Babies …
I first came into “contact” with sushi when I was 17 years old, I was in Matric and my well off friend Andre brought some for our history class. I honestly did not like the idea of raw fish, but he insisted and so together with a few of my classmates I had sushi for...
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Food: Leg Of Lamb Roast
There are few meals as impressive as a roasted bone-in-leg of lamb. Even though it’s surprisingly easy to prepare. Many home cooks find it a challenge. It’s early in the morning, Chef Theo and I have a private gig and we’re looking for the perfect leg of lamb. (I mean a leg of lamb that’s...
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Andile Khumalo: We Need Inclusivity, Not High Walls
This week the Western Cape branch of the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants in Southern Africa (Abasa) held its annual dinner to celebrate all the black candidates in the region who had passed their board exams to qualify as chartered accountants. The theme of this year’s celebration was “Impactful Economic Development”, and Advocate Thuli...
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The World Needs Marvin.
At no other point in our history has the definition of masculinity come into question as has become apparent recently. What has long been held as the quintessential mark of what makes a man, has come undone under the realities of the devastating harm that the misinterpretation of what masculinity is can cause in our...
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Love Is A Journey: 11 Days of Love and Tar (Part 3)
It’s 5am and we are gunning it full speed from Polokwane to the Groblersdal border gate. The journey is about 206km. This means about two and half hours of thinking time. Its fascinating how much time the open road gives one to reflect and question their own actions. The first thought on both our minds...
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The Thrill of A Biker …
When asked by Marvin why I like bikes, something so dangerous, potentially getting closer to death every time I get on the bike, the best possible answer I could think of, is a set of words spoken by an African biker, preacher and poet named ‘Bra Pony’, “it is not a bike, it is a...
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Is Chivalry Dead?
‘Chivalry’ – noun “the medieval knightly system with its religious, moral, and social code.” According to the Cambridge dictionary, chivalry is “very polite, honest, and kind behaviour, especially by men towards women”. This definition hits closer to the question, is chivalry dead? Is it? Did it ever exist? I recently met up with, somebody that...
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Zanzibar
Gone are the days when you say your vows, dance with the family and hop onto a plane for weeks of island bliss as a honeymoon. Sure, that sounds about right, but we did it differently. We had two weddings right after each other; on the 22nd of December was our “white” wedding, we then...