Did the earth move for you at Trading Places?

The earth is certainly moving for us today. It’s taken years of planning and now at last we have a digging machine (a TLB for those who know the jargon) to shape a small dam for run-off rain water at …Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...

Knuckle tickle for ‘irresponsible’ council boycott

TAKE a look at the behaviour of a bunch of politicians in the Northern Cape, and you can see how even the remotest parts of South Africa suffer from people who put selfish party interests above serving the people. Earlier …Share this:Click to share on Twitter...

When women kill their babies – judges’ dilemma

WHEN a woman kills her baby for no serious reason, what’s an appropriate punishment? It’s a hard question for judges in Namibia where infanticide has become such a problem that a judge recently imposed 20 years as a deterrent. The …Share this:Click to share on...

Crime fiction vs reality: home truths in court

IT’S a standard of crime fiction – the deranged killer who tortures and kills street walkers and rent boys. Most readers would have the luxury of a detached consideration: was the story well-written; did we find it compelling? But for …Share this:Click to share...