The terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11 last year have been blamed for just about everything except global warming – although with the amount of hot air expelled discussing the event Oom Krisjan thinks this will soon be added to the list…

Dismay hit Parliament this week when it was discovered the new access cards featured the national emblem, not the honoured institution’s own coat of arms…

THE Government Communication and Information Service is trying to live up to its name. It launched its first Communicator’s Handbook recently, and a quick perusal over a few dops showed the manne from the Dorsbult Bar why our leaders and our leader writers are so often at odds…

IT’S the week for romance, that boy with his bow – and timely reminders that love can sometimes mean you have to say you’re sorry…

Here in the Groot Marico life goes on at quite a leisurely pace – and that’s how we like it. Oom Krisjan thus feels great sympathy for Minister of Health Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who has been rushing from pillar to post to prevent Aids activists implementing court decisions on the antiretroviral, nevirapine…

For years the Post Office was the epitome of government incompetence; filled with jobsworths who would as soon spit in your eye as give you the time of day. But, since privatisation, everything has changed…