It’s really just relentlessly stressful - terrifying really - living on the breadline, with endless uncertainty and little hope of better to come. So many millions in South Africa do exactly that. Just hope this election produces a government that gives a damn.

A very generous somm just swapped this into a blind tasting. I distinguished myself by thinking it a Cab Franc 😂. It was astonishingly fresh! Some mushroom and red fruit, a hint of vanilla sweetness. Creamy. Very fine tannins that held it all together perfectly. Heavenly.

Congratulations to our incredible Rapid School Build team for winning gold in the category “Best Public Service Innovator (Team/Project)” at the Premier’s Service Excellence Awards! We thank them for their tireless work to expand access to education in the Western Cape.

This voyage should surely be made into a series? Extraordinary.

The idea that Zuma was an aberration is a fantasy of inane left/liberal westerners who never understood/didn’t want to understand the ANC for what it always was. They, too, are complicit. Liberal South Africans, by contrast, always understood, and kept themselves apart from it.

There are a number of “legit” pollsters - each will have a different “house effect” as a consequence of their methodological choices.

Fair to say South Africa’s self-righteous soft left have distinguished themselves by being wrong about everything for 30 years. Not given to humility, however, they continue to be wrong now.

Agree with this. Dismantled the Lions. A game worth watching now and then.

All time is impossible. Almost different games. Since readmission: Matfield, Eben, Habana. Du Preez and Burger arguable. Then De Villiers.

Here you go, this should make your day. A South African just smashed Britain's Got Talent. Just wow.

youtube.com/watch?v=CNce_A…

Joubert in for Steyn at 15 and this is the team (since readmission) I would pick. Appalling choice at 13. (Fourie vs Am.) Juan Smith pipped because of PSDT’s two WC final performances.

And now, a new party political broadcast by Count Binface, which is both a crucial call-to-arms about water pollution, and my tribute to Tina Turner... 🪙👁️ #VoteBinface #MayorBinface #BindependenceDay Feargal Sharkey

You can take the taxis on Hospital Bend if you have the grip, Valtteri!

Politics is never over. People who disagree with Speaker Johnson's domestic policies should carry on disagreeing. But they can pause to salute courage and integrity - and also by the way unexpected parliamentary skill from this new leader of the House.

Did I see that correctly? Four women just broke the previous marathon world record?

This really is extraordinary. Have the police considered - stay with me here - *investigating* the crime? A crime against the poorest people in the city, I would add. National government really is a basket case from beginning to end.

Must be a team for the ages!

Hey Cape Town, did you know that Amazon Web Services (Amazon Web Services) has built their first skills centre outside of the USA right here in Cape Town? 🇿🇦

That means more tech talent and more tech JOBS in Cape Town! 🧑‍💻📡

They're offering FREE tech classes to get you started 👏✅…

Away from the realm of dishonest, back-stabbing, race baiting politicians, David Maynier and his team are working hard to improve education outcomes in the WC. A quality education is one of the first steps out of poverty, leading to a life of value for all.

If only we could get the DA out of power in the Western Cape, South Africa’s future looks bright.