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From an article on the Small Claims Court in the Southern Suburbs Tatler, our local freebie newspaper: The third case that afternoon involved a Xhosa-speaking man who, apparently, did some building work for a Xhosa-speaking homeowner and did not get paid for it. The two parties could not converse in
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First saw on IOL that someone has managed to make a genetically modified blue rose. In the hunt for pictures, went off to Google News but alas a search for "blue rose" only turned up one other article. Both attribute the discovery to Suntory which doesn't
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Met up with Mahle today who is interested in making a Xhosa Children's Bible or at least part of one. Great idea.
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Telkom can't explain its tarrifs. Well that's not surprising - a legislated, state-owned monopoly has been privatised and their prices are higher than prices in countries with competition. Why would they be otherwise. But at least the government seems to think its a problem. What smells
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Take look at the list of casualties by country in World War Two. Changed my perception of the war - far more losses in Russia and China than I would have expected...
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Last night at church we had the final of three training seessions on being a multi-cultural community in South Africa. Jabu spoke about his experiences in the struggle, going to prison, what God did in his life. It reminded me of The Heavenly Man. Then Charles from the Foundation for