South Africa vs. FIFA 2010
I am not a great football (or soccer) supporter but I am a great supporter of South Africa. With today’s start of the Football World Cup, it’s not surprising that South Africa has been receiving...
View Article… the Zimbabwe I loved - an update on that troubled land.
Let me start with a brief history of my years in Zimbabwe – then you’ll see why I’m so passionate about its present and its future. In 1978 we moved up from Durban to the then Rhodesia. First to the...
View ArticleBack in the USA... the California trip.
The trip had to be limited to just over two weeks but we wanted to see family, the California coast, the 'desert' and, of course, Las Vegas... so here's what we did. As usual we flew trusty British...
View ArticleIt's been a while since my last blog but...
Here’s what caught my attention worldwide in 2012… In January…The let’s make Scotland independent campaign rumbles on. Despotic Alex Salmond, Scotland’s first minister, continues bamboozling that...
View ArticleSome January 2013 thoughts and observations…
So it’s January again. Yet another year and I’ll try to return to my monthly blogs after last year’s sabbatical!Business-wise, January brought much disappointment… besides the usual slow corporate and...
View ArticleWhat’s caught my attention through February 2013?
… in the United Kingdom And indeed across Europe; the horse meat fiasco galloped on. More major manufacturers declared that horse DNA in varying levels had been discovered in their products....
View ArticleWhat’s caught my interest in March 2013…
Although more than half of the month was spent on vacation in South Africa (more of that later) many worldwide developments and occurrences were significant so deserve mention.In the United Kingdom,...
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What’s caught my interest in April 2013…Past prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, succumbed to failing health and Great Britain said goodbye to the great stateswoman with all the pomp and circumstance...
View ArticleSo that was 2013...
JANUARY – In Belfast, Northern Ireland violence returns with ugly protests over the decision to cease flying the Union Jack over the city hallThe Syrian troubles continue to flare with Assad’s regime...
View Article... is Great Britain for sale!
Like rats following the pied piper, many of Britain’s treasured and favoured companies seem to have been sold or are on market to overseas predators… those already gone include Cadbury’s, Alliance...
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