The encroachment of television, video games, iPads and smartphones on family life by offering so many platforms for entertainment, seems […]

My father was a wise man, as legions of matric pupils at Pretoria Boys’ High School will attest. I remember

This is one of the nicest e-mails of its kind I have ever received. It starts off with the introduction:

I have two stories to tell you today. They come from a Southern Cross reader who is as good at

Every now and then the editor generously allows me to give my mind a rest from trying to dream up

The more I look back on life, the more I am convinced that man’s inhumanity to man is born of

A few weeks ago I was privileged to attend a breakfast function at St Peter and St Paul’s church in

One of the greatest challenges facing our bishops right now, and one that will become more problematic in the future,

A  few weeks ago I invited readers of The Southern Cross to send in their stories of amusing incidents in