My work presents me with many copywriting challenges, which I relish. This is of course, all good and well, as long as I am capable of living up to the tasks assigned to me. I was recently heavily critiqued on a body of work which me and my team spend a fair amount of time on. Our nameless client [let’s not anger anyone shall...
read moreFriday night, I enjoyed a great home cooked dinner hosted by Nomonde, a new friend who is a qualified winemaker at a popular distillery here in Cape Town. Over dinner among other things, we discussed the flexibility in which wine is consumed lately. I hold the belief that wine is like a culture that should be practiced with...
read moreSomeone pinch me… I still cannot get over the fact that I am now a Capetonian. It all happened so fast. Let me back track and start from the top. Two months ago my life read like this: “Girl, 24 years old, single, living in a granny-flat …with her parents, broke, stuck- in- a -rut at her job as a newspaper...
read moreIts been crazy really, The wind, the rain, this sudden rush of winter trying to keep its intense grip over us fine citizens of Cape Town, is really, truly insane. Being on a scooter also means that a). I’m in constant danger when it comes to the elements and b). Wind is the most dangerous of them all. There is a flip side to...
read moreOnce upon a time, in a land far, far away there was a magical valley that lay where two rivers converged. Once home to large herds of elephant, the land was divided by the king and given to farmers to till. Soon enough the fertile soil started to sprout vines heavy with fruit. The farmers harvested the fruit and distilled it to a...
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