Revolution: Chapter 4 – The First Council M...
The first full meeting of the Council for National Renewal convened at the Union Buildings on 18 September 2026, eleven days after the coup.
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Revolution: Chapter 5 – The Second Council ...
The Second Council Meeting, held on 2 November 2026, marked the beginning of serious economic deliberation. Now came the deeper and more dangerous challenge: how to rebuild an economy hollowed out by decades of corruption, mismanagement, and policy c...
A Hand with the Dishes
I phoned him a week ago and we exchanged pleasantries. "All well. Except, I'm in the dogbox of late."
Revolution Chapter 3 - The Coup
The operation that would later be known as The September Intervention unfolded with a precision that surprised even its architects.
Revolution Chapter Two - The Architects of Ch...
The inner circle that would eventually engineer the September Intervention took shape quietly and methodically during the first half of 2026.
Revolution
Revolution is a gripping political chronicle of South Africa's rebirth after a 2026 coup that topples a failing government and sparks an age of reform.
Revolution: Chapter One
By the middle of 2026, South Africa had reached the edge of systemic failure. The optimism that had once accompanied the democratic transition had long since evaporated; the state had become a weary machine running on inertia, its parts grinding agai...
Misadventure on the Mountain
This is a largely true account, devoid of embellishment. It is about a hike undertaken in the Kogelberg Biosphere by an elderly man and a not so elderly woman.
In the Lavatory with AI
Artificial intelligence summarises and analyses an obscene short story.
Inspiration
"Do you know the world 'unguent'?" "Yes. Unguentum. Ointment. Why do you ask?"
My Hairdresser
I have been going to the same hairdresser for 41 years. If, on average, she has cut my hair every two months, it only requires a simple arithmetic calculation to multiply six by forty-one, and arrive at the number of times she has given me a haircut....
Memory Project: My Green Spectacle Case
I recently chanced upon this spectacle case when rummaging through a bottom drawer filled with miscellaneous junk. The sight of it got me thinking about the history of my accursed affliction.