Paddi Clay

In acknowledgement of the traditional ‘silly season’, inspired by the rereading of a favourite ‘Christmas’ poem by TS Eliot and a recent presentation by former

Recently the ANC government’s romantic notion of itself as a liberation group, fighting for freedom for the people against an implacable, more powerful foe (an

One of the many vociferous little wars of words fought on the social medium known as X in the aftermath of the atrocious attack by

President Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s own Inaction Man, has been striding the world of late, doing what he does best. Uttering platitudes on women empowerment,

Renovate, renew, repair, restore, revive, reinvigorate:  President Cyril Ramaphosa and Secretary-General of the African National Congress, Fikile Mbalula, are flinging these verbs about as if

You’d be hard pushed to find anyone in the developed world today, no matter how libertarian or how entranced by the polemics of Ivan Illich (Deschooling Society,

Anger is a negative, strong emotion. If you Google or Bing it, you will see few words in its favour. It can lead to genocide

My mother had a pressure cooker, the air fryer of its day. It was a boon to working women. It rendered tough meat tender, stewed

When we have got through this muddled, chaotic period in the life of our country, where the black dog of depression is running wild, I

Staying with friends in Cape Town, I did not have to rush around the house sealing fridges or switching off appliances prior to load shedding.