In Irish legends St Brigid (5th century nun) complained to St Patrick that women were waiting too long for men to propose. He suggested...

About ten kilometers from Nkandla, where my mother was born, lies a deposit of iron pyrites or fools gold. Every so often people are...

My cousin, Carol, was allergic to bee stings and we were always super-aware that if she got stung, she could die. Yes, this was in the...

I have an old friend who is in prison for Christmas (and maybe next year too). I opened my Christmas cards that I had bought at discount...

Do you remember the moment when your life changed? Perhaps when you met the love of your life or listened to a doctor pronounce bad news?...

In my childhood we had limited toy options. Skipping rope, pieces of elastic tied to our legs, home-made skateboards, marbles and...

My eyebrows have disappeared as I have aged and a while back my daughter bought us an eyebrow painting kit. I have grown used to being...

One of my father's workmates decided to weld an empty fuel tank. Not the brightest idea in the world because the gases inside ignited and...

"Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you, beware of friends that flatter you." Which I think means that true friends will tell you the...

As Winter touches our lives with its icy fingers, I remember my childhood in Zululand. Winter never got down to freezing and it was...