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Archive for 'From the other side'

Where to Harties ?

  Yes, where are we going, is it getting better or worse? Let’s look at what bothers us or perhaps impresses us. After being a casual visitor to the dam since the ‘70s, we invested and [...]

Why squatter camps…?

Yes, why do we have Squatter Camps, does anybody want Squatter Camps? I don’t think so, least of all those living in them. Huh, you may say? Then why do we have them, why not just [...]

The day America died

By Rick van Rossum Oh yes, millions are in mourning. We’ve just seen the most expensive election in the history of the world, it cost $6 billion in cash, that’s more than 50 billion Rand. It [...]

Promises, Promises…

with Rick van Rossum Yes, we get them all, especially when it gets closer to election times. You know, better service delivery, better water and sanitation, roads, hospitals, education, politicians, no more potholes or squatter camps, [...]

Made in South Africa…

with Rick van Rossum Yes, made right here in our country. Hmm, what? People, yes people, and don’t sell us short. GAL, the Global Achievement Landscape, is littered with famous South Africans. I don’t know them [...]

To forgive or not to…

with Rick van Rossum Went to see off a good friend, last week. A sad day for us all. A young man cut down in his prime, for what, a cell phone, a laptop and a [...]

Spring is here, believe it

Oh yes believe it. Gone are those nippy cold fronts and desperate mornings where you’d rather stay in bed. It’s like a new beginning, a new chapter in life. Everything wakes up, waiting for the first [...]

Where are we going?

with Rick van Rossum You know, you get these guys who predict trends. It’s a very important part of how to prepare for the future and how to get there. I thought of some of these [...]

They’re out to get us

with Rick van Rossum O yes, make no mistake. We all know about these ATM scams, Home invasions, the Hijacks, Identity frauds, the Municipalities, the Banks, Credit Card cloning, Armed robberies, or just plain stealing your belongings. [...]

Blue-Light-Specials

with Rick van Rossum Blue-Light Specials, what are they? First I heard of it was in the US in the ‘70s. A manager at K-Mart, the US equivalent of the good old OK Bazaars, coined it. [...]