Kruger Africa and her residents


Living near the Kruger, Africa’s premier wildlife reserve is a tease. I don’t get to visit as often as I want. I lived on the South Coast a few years back and recall a conversation I had with Mervy Dowsett (RIP friend) . Mervyn and I talked about the beaches and how little time we as residents spent on them. He discussed the issue in the following terms.

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Amanda Castleman, Umsisi House and Black Pot Safaris


I am just making a few notes to refresh my memory.

I met Amanda earlier this year when she needed some work done to blackpotsafaris.co.za. We concluded that work and then started the next project which was umsisihouse.co.za. The website was to be a wordpress site and hosted on her servers. I queried whether the servers were capable of hosting wordpress and was assured they were. Read more…

What is a builders warehouse?


Builders warehouse is the name of a company but it is also two English words strung together. A Builder is a person that creates buildings. There are various facets to the word builder. A builder is a multiskilled construction worker. A bricklayer or brickie would for instance be the person you see on site placing bricks together using mortar to build a wall. A plasterer will cover the bricks with a mortar mix and smooth the mortar for nice flat walls. Decorative plastering is also done. A Builder would be the fella overseeing both of these people or even a person capable of both these jobs.

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World AIDS day and 16 days of abuse


Shebee wrote about her abusive boyfriend and I had sympathy. Mostly I have admiration that she got out and stayed out. You see Shebee is not a stupid person. She understood consequences. If she stayed, he was going to continue with the abuse. If she left the consequences were more desirable.

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