THE ROAD TO HARTIES: “HEAVEN” BEHIND A BOOM GATE
OLD MANTRA: “THE MOST HIDDEN SECRET”. This used to be the slogan of the apartheid-era Hartbeespoort Local Municipality. Opulent mansions erected around the rarefied atmosphere of exclusive leafy surroundings, plus individually-owned boats on the door-step of moneyed high-flyers. I drove to Hartbeespoort for a memorial service of former colleague and brother, Chris “Ntofiki” More on […]
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA: THE ELUSIVE ISRAEL ELECTION RESULT
WEIGHING THE FUTURE: Israeli President Isaac Herzog The votes have been counted. The consultations have been held. The numbers are on the table. And yet, Israel has no government. Like the Phantom who haunts the opera house in Paris, the result is present everywhere and visible nowhere. We can hear its music. We cannot see […]