Cape Town, My City.

Between the media, American televangelists and my grandmother, the general consensus seems to be that the world is collectively heading down the moral tubes. Children don’t respect their elders, common courtesy has all but gone out the window and the words ‘bitch’ and ‘nigger’ has been resurrected as terms of endearment by a generation that [...]

William Shakespeare, the most famous of all playwrights brought to the world twisted accounts of betrayal as seen in Macbeth, tragic tales of love in Romeo and Juliet and a sordid tragedy that life can turn into [Hamlet], penned down more comedies as opposed to the tragedy and drama he’s renowned for.
Dramatic and tragic are [...]

This whole market crash is serious business. The way it’s been explained to me, we are basically screwed in two years time. Recession, depression, nuclear war etc… It’s all happening and it’s happening soon. That means no more fancy Cape Town accommodation, vacations or even my nice, shiny flat! This is way too much to [...]

Cape Town accommodation has always been the bright, shining light for property owners. Way back in 1998, it was predicated that the property market would one day burst, showering us cheap property prices and excessive wealth. This was sadly, not to be. As I speak now, a one million rand home in Parklands has just [...]

Yom Kippur is over. The fast which lasts 24 hours ended yesterday with a delicious bowl of beef chow mein. I had my doubts this year, as my hunger has grown in leaps and bounds since the last time. Yet I persevered. The weather is and was unfeasibly comfortable for Cape Town and the [...]

There was a battle fought in Cape Town a while back. However it was a silent one, with a clear winner which had emerged from the start. It was a battle of architecture, of new over old and the necessity for Cape Town to create its own business landmark of the 21st Century. I’m speaking [...]

It’s about -80 degrees Celsius outside. It is colder than Vostok in Antarctica, the place where the coldest temperature known to man was recorded. This must mean that today is the coldest day man has ever had to live through. It’s so cold I wish I was typing with the thermo key board; it’s the [...]