Women and the truth | Ysbere en singende orgidee
Mary Treat was a scientific genius. Who? Yes, exactly. So were Jeanne Baret, Ynés Mexica and Marianne North. Who? Mary Treat was held in high esteem by Charles Darwin, yet she is not on the A-list of...
View ArticleSmall stories, big remember
This morning while walking the dogs I met someone from my neighbourhood whose grandmother had died during the Big Flu. Today it was exactly one hundred years ago. The beloved with two of our dogs. She...
View ArticleOngekaart. Ongeloof(lik). Nuwe bediening.
Ongekaart, saamgestel deur Cas Wepener en Anandie Greyling, uitgegee deur Bybel-Media se druknaam Bybelkor, is merkwaardig. Soveel mense is al seergemaak deur die kerk, of dan deur pionne van die...
View ArticleVirtually yours: Anatomy of a very weird Comrades
So, this morning I joined more than 35 000 people in running a virtual Comrades. I have run eleven real Comrades Marathons; seven up, four down. I run barefoot for the 144 kids in the Durbanville...
View ArticleIn the mirror | Wie is jy?
For Women’s Day 2020* I asked a number of women in the book industry one question: “Which woman gave you a voice?” The answers were varied and wonderful. Mothers, aunts, grandmothers, a headmistress,...
View ArticleI had myself injected with Covid-19
Checking my temperature Last Friday I took off my warm jacket and told a doctor to plunge a needle into my arm to potentially infect me with Covid-19. Since then I have had to take my own temperature...
View ArticlePret in die skool? | Fun at school?
Ek het vandag ’n fassinerende onderhoud met Solet Scheeres op Voertaal gelaai. In Nederland is die lees van storieboeke vir die lekker net so belangrik as Wiskunde, sê sy. In Suid-Afrika, daarenteen,...
View ArticleThe man with the library in his backyard
John Nicholson lived in Lavender Hill, a rather poor suburb on the Cape Flats. He lost his job at a furniture factory when the owners disappeared without paying their staff, so he took on freelance...
View ArticleElma and COVID-19
To our English-speaking friends, Elma has hit the Afrikaans media recently because of the work she and a dedicated team of caring people are doing. So we translated the interview which had appeared...
View ArticleKaalpoot en die Comrades op Voertaal
Voertaal het gevra dat ek iets skryf oor die Comrades en my kaal pote. Jy kan dit hier lees. Ek is baie trots op die werk wat die Durbanville Kinderhuis doen. Daarom het ek Sondag 45 km sonder skoene...
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