Constant travel, serial speaking engagements and a 10-day walk all help to block the bad stuff from my consciousness

Since I arrived in Lagos three days ago, not a day has passed that I haven’t eaten goat meat

It’s a town rich in history, and the reason I’ll be going back, with my family, is the tales the locals pass around like pinches of snuff

As I begin to drift to sleep, soggy sarmy in hand, a demon appears and says: ‘Why in the hell are you walking, you’ve already written the book?’

I want to do what my ancestors did 120 years ago, before the start of the SA War. On October 7 I’ll start walking from Joburg to Ladysmith

The book, an attack on the mining industry, was launched at a club where appalling job policies would have been hatched over cognac and cigars

Trevor Manuel’s ‘big man’ arrogance towards the judge in the Moyo saga might fit elsewhere on the continent, but not in SA. Shame on him

The guy who’d kept us entertained with jokes had beaten Primrose a day after we’d spoken exhaustively about women abuse

When I was growing up, most of these places were reserved for whites, so to save ourselves the hurt we trained ourselves not to see them

The Local Grill is arguably the best steakhouse in Johannesburg. It’s not surprising its branch in Nairobi, Kenya, which opened last September, is a hit

The things you can do to deal with cold weather are limitless – among them is visiting this place, where the chef nailed the rogan josh

Three decades on, ‘Sarafina!’ provides food for thought for a new generation as well as for their parents

Hopefully the police will get to the bottom of Marc Batchelor’s murder. Or am I being too optimistic?

I couldn’t see why the author had to mention the source’s religion and narcotic proclivities. They have no bearing on the facts of the story