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Made in South Africa – Oil of Olay
Early product packaging and Dinah and Graham Wulff Olay originated in South Africa as Oil of Olay. Graham Wulff, an ex-Unilever chemist from Durban, started it in 1949. The name “Oil of Olay” was...
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The Beautiful Boerboel Wolf
I have written about Wolf before – I love him. He is unusually big boned with enormous feet but most of all he has a happy look about him. I get the feeling he is confident and sociable. His owner,...
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Boerboel Pancer Mandolino
‘Proud to announce our 13 month old Pancer Mandolino (Mighty Balloo x Gretchen Liddie) has clean hips, perfect elbows, no eye problems and no cruciate ligament! Today was a good day at the Blygedacht...
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My South Africa by Jonathan Jansen
ucky for this Wildebeest, the young male lost his grip so the Wildebeest could get away. Photo taken by Jacques Matthysen at Kariega Game Reserve My South Africa is the working-class man who called...
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Veiligplek Crespo 12 – 14.5 months
1 year. Look at that colouring and how he blends into the harsh background. His name means ‘harsh’ in Portuguese. It has been a real pleasure to watch the gorgeous Crespo grow up. He is an absolutely...
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Western Black Rhino Declared Officially Extinct
A species of African rhino last seen in 2006 is now officially extinct, according to the world’s largest conservation network. The latest review of animals and plants by the International Union for...
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A PERFECT example of The Streisand Effect
I wrote about The Streisand Effect here, and today I found the perfect example of it here. Nice to see the South African media still has enough teeth and backbone to defy ridiculous orders like these....
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Having a Bad Hair Day? You are not alone…
Great wall art! Even lions have bad hair days!
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Hamba Kahle Tata
It is not often I have no words but today that is the case. So two photographs will say it for me today. The bottom one I never normally show people but a search of the number will tell you what it...
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Diemersfontein Coffee Pinotage
One of the debates in Sweden is whether young people being allowed to drink causes them to drink more heavily for the rest of their lives. The liquor stores are all state owned and very strict – you...
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Two more photos of Crespo the Boerboel
- my beloved ‘lion dog’! He is only 15 months old.
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The legacy of Nelson Mandela lives on…
….reflected in the mourners who gather outside his house to pay their respects. by Siphiwe Sibeko
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Full text of Obama’s speech at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service
What a brilliant piece of writing amplified a thousand-fold by his outstanding oratory (Brett Lock) Here are his remarks, in full, as prepared for delivery: To Graça Machel and the Mandela family; to...
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Mandela Memorial Fake Interpreter Memes
Yes it was disgraceful but to be honest, not altogether surprising. In South Africa, letter carriers and couriers do not necessarily know how to read – my passport was once delivered to the wrong city...
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A spelling mistake OR…
….. a comment on the extremely high accident rate on South African roads?
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The wooden table in my photographs
Someone commented on the table I use to take many of my photographs – like this one for example. Genuine Midori Traveler’s Notebooks The table is about 15 years old and comes from Zimbabwe. It is...
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About malaria and Monty
Monty and I in 1999 Thinking of my dear friend and colleague Monty Cooper who died of malaria eleven years ago today (4th January 2003). He was a former Cape Times news photographer and a Rhodes...
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