Big chunks of rubbish float at the top
US president-elect Joe Biden’s meticulous selection of office-bearers for various portfolios should make one realise the importance of competence.
A life not wasted, nor forgotten
Occasionally an athlete transcends the boundaries of his sporting arena and attains a civil personality through his many socio-welfare activities, albeit woven intricately with the game.
Pedestrians first, pedal cyclists second, then the rest
What I am about to write will be of no use, least of all any consolation, to the family and friends, and yes admirers, of the flicker that was denied to sparkle. Because they cannot bring her back...
Two sides of the Covid
Contextually, although lockdown remains an essential defence worldwide against the spread of Covid-19, there have been exceptions at the cost of human lives.
For the honour of Scouter, Lt Gen Robert Baden-Powell
Mass movements are characterised by a euphoric tempo. Thus, it was understandable when on June 7 “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) demonstrators in Bristol brought down and defaced the statue that...
The rigorous and (oops!) the negligent sides
At five feet four, most people’s mouth is where my nose is. In a democracy, they can do all the loud talking at a distance from me, but their flurry of drenched words requires my close proximity....
If not I, then who?
Trending now are a winter holding at around twenty degrees Celsius, finishing office work in a traffic jam, private fogging to rid societies of mosquitoes (members of the Executive Committee not...
Not only Mayors, we need to make promises too
Election time is full of promises. Wowed by the vows, some of us are the happiest. Many of us are steeply sceptical; we suffer the most. Most of us believe the rhetoric, or pretend to, otherwise...
Around the world in 999 words
The following anecdote I have narrated before, but it merits repetition for sheer context.
In 2K20, let us resolve to be a little different
As we draw closer to pulling the curtain on 2019, it is an opportune moment for self-analysing ourselves.