Should Shakespeare Be Taught In Africa?
Should Shakespeare’s plays be taught in Africa’s schools and universities? It’s a question that emerges, sometimes flippantly and sometimes in earnest, when conversations about...
What a joke!
A mushroom walks into a bar and orders a cold Coke. The barman says “I’m sorry, we don’t serve mushrooms”. “Awww” says the mushroom...
Are we too busy watching other people’s lives to live out our own?
Maybe it’s just me but when I sit down to do something I really want to do, like you know, build that dream writing...
The madness of strictly 90% local music
This week the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) – the public broadcaster in South Africa – sent out an instruction to all 18 of its radio...
Star Wars: The Movie Event of All Time?
3 years ago, The Dark Knight Rises made $25 million in pre-movie sales, a record at the time.
Then in 2015, along came a tiny...
Why shortcuts to success never work
The dictionary definition of the word "shortcut" is the following: "An alternative route that is shorter than the one usually taken".
We all love and look...
Hacksaw Ridge: Mel Gibson is back!
Mel Gibson has had an interesting career. Launching into the public eye with the original Mad Max franchise, he continued to gain traction in...
Trevor Noah Wins MTV Award
South African born comedian Trevor Noah has added to his list of accolades after winning an MTV award at the recent 2017 ceremony.
Noah –...
A Different Kind of Television
You may ask why another Whitehouse drama is worth watching. Between the heightened melodrama of Olivia Pope in Shonda Rhimes' Scandal (South Africans know the show as The...
Disney Movies Mean More Than You Think
What would a childhood be without Disney?
There is a saying, ‘Everyone knows where they were the first time they saw Mufasa die’. I was...