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Stop street shopping

Monday, 08 March 2010 12:17

Where will it end?

I have a naive buddy called Fred, who sees South Africa’s traffic light trading as something really positive.

We were driving through Johannesburg’s northern suburbs when he asked me to give him a few minutes to pick up a few purchases at, as he put it, “the next stopping centre”.

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RSV Please!

Monday, 08 March 2010 12:14

It’s just plain rude to not turn up

I am a cad. Not for the first time, I had accepted an invitation to an event and failed to pitch. It’s something I try like the devil to avoid, as it is not only bad manners, but sets a precedent when people think about inviting you again. And, of course, it’s just plain rude.

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Rands & Sense

Monday, 08 March 2010 10:42

FIFA: Football Investments Fail Always

As I write this, I honestly don’t know the result of the final Test match at the Wanderers, but I put in a call to Mr Onions today and he said it was “in the bag” – but for whom? Funny old thing, sport – one minute you are the English cricket team and can’t hit a cow’s bum with a banjo, and then suddenly you are winners of the Ashes and making the Proteas look like world beaters. Well, those who play for England anyway!

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From Russia with love

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 12:16

By hook or by crook

Trust me, it may sound like a dream come true but in real life, having a statuesque Russian hooker put her arms around you and whisper sweet nothings in Cyrillic is just plain terrifying…

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Rands & Sense

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 10:44

No negative waves, man!

It’s all in the mind! Since childhood, we are told that we can imagine a reality, that we can influence our lives through thought, that positive attitudes and negative thoughts can jump across into the physical world and impact on our existence.

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