June 2022

On the 1st of June 2022 South Africa woke up to the shocking announcement that Comair had suspended all its kulula.com and British Airways flights. The news was only announced late the previous night. How devastating for all its employees and customers. On the 9th of June 2022, the business rescue practitioners announced that there… Continue reading June 2022

May 2022

Abraham Kriel Bambanani provide childcare and skills development for traumatised children and youth in need. They are my main charity and had been for more years than I can remember. AKB recently celebrated 120 years of their existence and the occasion was shared via Zoom. From all the feel-good personal accounts the one that stood… Continue reading May 2022

April 2022

April was a busy month. It kicked off with my sister and brother-in-law visiting and sleeping over on the 1st. We have not seen them for a very long time, but we speak to each other weekly. It was good to hug and catch up, but I was rather saddened by the deterioration of Cynthia’s… Continue reading April 2022

March 2022

Even though I’ve been unofficially retired since 2018, I somehow still tend to respond to questions about ‘what I do’ by saying SAP Consultant or IT Consultant, depending on the context of the question. I have now taken the bold step of deleting my LinkedIn profile in order to end the regular calls requesting my… Continue reading March 2022

February 2022

My mother once told me that the older you get, the faster time seems to pass. I did not believe her then, but I do now! Without much hype January became February, and while our President is still missing in action we continue with our daily lives as if that dreaded pandemic never happened… We’ve… Continue reading February 2022

January 2022

Well, here we are! It is the 1st of January 2022, and we are still in a National State of Disaster due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. 646 days since it first started on the 26th of March 2020. And there is no indication that the Command Council is considering the possibility of ending it.… Continue reading January 2022

December 2021

We were at Silver Creek Gorge again for the first weekend in December, mainly to attend Lawrene’s 50th birthday party in the stately old farmstead. It rained almost non-stop but that did not deter the party goers one bit. The theme was ‘Beauty and the Beast, with women as beauties and men as they are!’… Continue reading December 2021

November 2021

November kicked off with local elections on the 1st. Besides a few technical glitches at our voting station, everything went smoothly, albeit rather disappointing in terms of turnout. Nevertheless, the ANC came away with a bloody nose. And about time too! Alesia’s bridal shower was at the Brauhaus on Saturday the 6th of November. A… Continue reading November 2021