Heather Robertson 
During the winter school holidays, my 17-year-old son discovered an old book of mine, a treasure from my turbulent youth in the 1980s, when I felt things falling apart around me. It is a translation by Dr. Jun Wu of an ancient Chinese book written around 400 BC Tao Te Ching. I was fascinated by … Read more
Dear DM168 reader, It’s incredible how we Southerners are so fascinated by such a rare natural phenomenon as snow. I couldn’t touch the icy flakes that littered the faces of my family, friends and colleagues 35 minutes down the N1 in Johannesburg, but what a welcome relief and happiness it was to see so many … Read more
my dear DM168 reader, How are you? Do you feel that life is a daily drudgery and not worth getting out of bed for, or are you like a 102 year old Holocaust survivor Ella BlumenthalAnd Who thinks life is beautiful. If you didn’t get last week’s newspaper in which this headstrong Capetonian perennial shared … Read more