After an attempted hit like the one on Thami Zikode, it seems somehow appropriate to eat Godfather-style pasta

We found ourselves stranded at Doha International. On the bright side, I got to see a bit of Qatar, but it was the food that bowled me over

There’s nothing wrong with Mokonyane and others going to ANC headquarters, but the place swarms with people hostile to Ramaphosa

Curiously, Afrikaners of Huguenot descent do not seem interested in their French heritage. I wonder why

Like some of the homeland leaders, Manyi, Mngxitama and Motsoeneng were merely doing the bidding of their nefarious masters

It’s a quarter of a century since this country came to its senses. We have a lot to acknowledge but it will take a long time to undo the legacy of Zuma

Thugs are no longer what they used to be. They once loved big words to 'pleat' the girls, now they are burning books and hounding writers

I was amazed at how much Berliners know about such South Africans as Ace Magashule, who is not even the president

In preparation for my trip to Berlin I thought I should go to a local German restaurant, just to get my taste buds ready for the adventure

The American girl’s laughter at the term load-shedding for blackouts finally confirmed to the SA girls that they were from a Third World country

Vilakazi Street was buzzing even though it was in the middle of the week. If only its entrepreneurial spirit could be replicated all over the country

Some will fall for Adriaan Nieuwoudt’s latest wild scheme — a whites-only settlement — out of fear, others out of racism

My Portuguese evening was too perfect to be spoilt by ungrateful, greedy birds or knowing the true identity of the wizard in the kitchen

A woman’s voice sounded exaggeratedly loud in the ensuing silence: ‘When will this thieving stop?’

The ANC poster featured a smiling Ramaphosa alongside the legend: ‘The power is in your hands’. What a morbid sense of humour they have