School daze: Advice for parents
This being the annual Southern Cross education issue, I feel it appropriate to offer some food for thought to young […]
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Perspectives
Perspectives
A prostitute’s redemption
My former editor at a Catholic magazine, Fr Gigi (his nickname), once asked me to interview a certain young woman
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Perspectives
Why punish the butcher?
I have noted with considerable interest, and more than just a modicum of dismay, that the Catholic hierarchy in the
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Ntabeni Perspectives
The African Rivermoss
The time just after the First World War was a spring time not only for Xhosa politics but literature too.
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Perspectives Shackleton
Truth about lice
With the recent outbreak of head lice in the Western Cape, do we really have to continue with the unhealthy
Perspectives
A hiding can be good for kids
I was enormously surprised to see the results of a poll a few weeks ago showing that a massive majority
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Perspectives
Ready for the final exam?
Have you ever watched teachers and learners preparing for the matriculation examination, or any General School Certificate examination? Let me
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Perspectives
Our homemade mass ended on a violent note
Something for which I will forever be indebted to my long-suffering parents was their ability to keep completely straight faces
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Perspectives Rowland
From one hot cross bun to another
I have just washed nine mugs—in the dishwasher—plus a sundry collection of plates, glasses and the odd dish, all built
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