By Simon Lincoln Reader Yesterday Beijing24 took a painful one. It wasn’t the usual sloppy remark or outrage porn or crisis acting passed off as analytical commentary, but the logical graduation of the effluent Gillian Schutte once composed (after wading in) or the genius trickery of Marius Roodt posing as Shelley Garland that cost the […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 14 February 2021 Greetings my fellow Valentinos and Valentinas, There is no doubt that you romantic types today are going to have an absolute ball, perhaps hit the beach while it’s still open and have a toast with some champagne hidden inside the cream soda can. A game of golf with […]
There’s lot of concern that Jacob Zuma is going to gap it to Russia but if its true, then its another bad idea from a man notorious for terrible ideas. To be a guest of Putin – Edward Snowden refers – you have to be interesting, or fun. Zuma is neither. He’s a teetotaling old […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 31 January 2021 Greetings fellow worriers and warriors Has been another wet week but we’re not complaining here on the fringes of the Kalahari. Several roads are closed to traffic thanks to the overabundance of raindrops, especially in the Danielskuil and Kuruman region, all very reminiscent of the 1988 floods in […]
Letter from America 2021 went 6 days without incident before things got lively. Nancy Pelosi, insulated from summer’s riots by way of her husband’s $150m fortune, came face to face with winter’s version, downed 2 bottles of vodka under her desk (Tito’s) then tried to initiate a coup. The river barge casino captain in Donald […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 3 January 2021 Greetings my fellow law abiding citizens, The temperature yesterday on the fringes of the Kalahari was 22 degrees celcius, cold enough for me to check if my blankets, jerseys and wind breaker were stacked in the cupboard and easily enough for an elderly fellow to grab quickly. To […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 20 December 2020 Greetings my fellow stressed holidaymakers I do wish all of you and your families a very Merry Christmas no matter what you are doing or where you are staying. There have been many who have cancelled their annual break to the seaside because of the closure of the […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 13 December 2020 Greetings my fellow second wavers Well, well, well. The first plague wave surfed, so done and dusted and according to the specialists, whoever they may be, we are now into the second wave. The governing party is once again rubbing their hands in collective glee as it appears […]
SOS Steve on Sunday 1 November 2020 Greetings my fellow sufferers, Not quite a prophet of doom today, but if I look back over the last five decades – have I been around that long, goodness – there has been suffering both personal and otherwise throughout. Sure, the suffering when a teenager was more to […]
Steve on Sunday 25 October 2020 Greetings my fellow hot South Africans and others Do we really have spring in South Africa? You know, that period of about 2 months where we celebrate surviving winter while smelling the roses, drinking chilled wine, being able to tan, swim in the rivers and still slip a blanket […]