Jack and Jill
The grandmother was left to care for five children after her daughter succumbed to the disease. Her old age pension and the child grants enabled them to survive in a state of poverty.
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On the Beach: The Fishing Fraternity
Sedrick was a lazy bum, and to substantiate her opinion of him she had supplied whole bucketfuls of detail about his reprehensible behaviour and disgusting habits.
The Railway Bridge Over the Buffeljagsrivier
She still loves having a train run through her.
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter
I bought this for R10 at the second-hand book stall outside the Standard Bank in Hermanus one Saturday morning about 25 years ago.
Broadway Then and Now
With the money I had saved during my year on Gough Island, I started building a cottage on the plot my father had bought in Pearly Beach in 1978.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Mary had a little lamb. When it was six months old, Mary's father loaded it, along with 149 other little lambs, onto a truck and sent it to the abattoir.
Why I Haven’t Killed Myself, Yet
It's strange that I have bothered to hang around this long, considering all the nihilistic thoughts that populate my brain.
Injury on Gough Island
In contrast to John's, my right hand is hanging limp and relaxed, while his is cupped, as if he was holding something about the size of a cricket ball. The explanation for this is he was recovering from a recent injury to that hand and had lost a...
The Entrepreneurial Spirit
He enjoyed the hard physical work and the satisfaction of being his own boss.
Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
In my teens and early twenties, I suffered from severe bouts of mental anguish whenever I tried to make sense of my existence.
On the Beach: Nurdle Gatherers
For several weeks, a team of workers has been seen at high water mark along our cost sifting sand in search of nurdles.