“…we have our fair share of detractors who confidently predict that we will fail to host a successful World Cup.
“Many detractors are indeed destructive racists, who don’t believe South Africa has the organisational ability to pull it off,” says Moneyweb’s David Carte. “This confers on the organisation an enormous duty to prove them wrong. Get […]

“They said the economy would be ruined.
They said there would be revenge.
They said we could never live together.
They said… but they couldn’t see.”
~ Archbishop Desmond Tutu ~

I’m at Soul Survivor, a youth worship festival at Shepton Mallet (!) close to Bath. We passed Stonehenge on the way - really random to be driving along and then Stonehenge suddenly appears. There are about 12000 people here, all camping - the closest I’ve ever been to something like this is the Newsong Festival […]

Travel tip: always have an address for where you staying when you enter a country. An address like “London” is not good enough. Otherwise the nice-looking lady will say ominous things like “It’s a legal requirement,” and you suddenly realise you don’t have any contact details for Solomon (who, in this hypothetical situation, you’re staying […]

Only an Aussie could pull this one off!
From the State where drink driving is considered a sport, comes a true story from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

I leave for the UK on Friday. Here’s my (provisional) itinerary:

Aug 4, leave Joburg. Arrive 7am Heathrow on Aug 5
Aug 5, pm. Heather B’s birthday braai
5th - 8th, London with Solomon Magura
9th - 13th, Soul Survivor with Sol (Bath, I think?)
14th - 20th, London with Sol
21th - 24th, Sidmouth with Heath S for Lyndi’s 21st […]