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A Gem of a Country

A Gem of a Country If you lived in South Africa in the late 80’s/Early 90’s, you would probably at some time or another been aware of a show on television in which one or another strange person in a jumpsuit jumped out of a helicopter and ran around the country shouting STOP THE CLOCK (or STOPPIE HORLOSIE, depending on who it was obviously!) These were the days when there was no DSTV, eTv or Top tv, just good old Tannie SAUK, so what was probably the country’s first reality tv show, Skattejag/ Treasure Hunt became one of the top 5 … Read More...

Melanie’s Recent Posts

IS GREEN ONCE AGAIN THIS YEAR’S BLACK?

There’s a house I drive past up the road from us that has a little high-end ‘home industry’ thing going on, bringing fabulous kids clothes from overseas to sell to all the yummy mummies of the northern suburbs. To show people where they are, … Read More...

Elections or Selections?

So, we have elections coming up. But considering I gave up a promising career in politics to continue having far too much fun playing around with a helicopter on tv, I canna get too vocal about the Machiavellian movements of the majority of the parties … Read More...

February Flag Flying

The one thing about staying in Joburg over the Christmas season is it becomes the most rustig place in the country – well, almost. But the problem with that is that you get so laid back, it’s hard to pull yourself back upright again! I have to admit … Read More...