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Charlotte Bauer
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Tour de goodies
More entertaining than watching the riders go by is being in the skirmish for promotional junk, writes <b>Charlotte Bauer</b>.
Somewhere over the runway
Life under the post-aviation volcano would be slow moving, if not entirely peaceful at first, writes <b>Charlotte Bauer</b>.
Getting shirty
In recent times, and most visibly since the murder of AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche, a certain kind of shirt has come to stand for more.
Life in Oz is too ruff for us Saffers
Growing numbers of mostly white South Africans, who moved to Australia so that their children could play on the streets, are re-packing for Pretoria.
Royals shock Zuma
Possibly the only British citizen not troubled by Jacob Zuma’s state visit to the UK this week is the queen.
Queen’s banquet for Zuma: Wine, women and bagpipes
Perhaps the royal planners thought they would have things in common: whether by accident or design, Zuma was seated next to Camilla Parker Bowles.
Public tide turns against JZ
Charlotte Bauer: What has sobered me since the story went public is how very seriously South Africa’s citizens are taking this turn of events.
My sister will be famous
The name Belinda Bauer might not ring big bells for South Africans, but she is both my sister and the author of a new crime thriller.
Making merry without the office party
The biggest upside of not having an office party is that the risk of death or injury on the way home will be massively diminished.
Down comes another German wall
On November 9 the Goethe-Institut knocked down its boundary wall to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Cape Town — the place Jo’burgers love to hate
When you live in Johannesburg it’s easy to hate Cape Town.
Current threat to our free press
We are in a recession and this is no time for the sin of pride. The credit crunch has hit everyone hard, but arguably none so hard as journalists.
Crowning Gloria
Charlotte Bauer is blown away by a recent encounter with Gloria Steinem, the original women’s libber.
Thinking outside the inbox
Charlotte Bauer’s best Digital Age experience last week was seeing the Google Maps car — cruising down her street as she came out of her driveway.
Dressing up
COUNTERPOINT: You magazine just did what the rest of South Africa has been dying to do.