December 2007

X-mas vs Christmas

The jingle bells jingling all the way to the sound of overworked cash registers are faraway from the peals of church bells that usher in the silent...

Bad luck can be good luck

AS the year draws to a close many of us will probably be thinking ahead to 2008, and praying for our political, social and business leaders to...

Presidential succession

On December 16, the delegates to the 52nd national conference of the African National Congress will make a decision which will likely shape the future of this...

A lonely Christmas

Christmas 2003 was probably my loneliest and most blessed. My internal life was undergoing what St John of the Cross called the dark night of the soul....