

Viv Vermaak
Viv Vermaak is an award-winning investigative journalist, writer and director. She was the most loved and hated presenter on South Africa’s iconic travel show, “Going Nowhere Slowly’ and ranks being the tall germ, “Terie’ in Mina Moo as a career highlight. She does Jiu-Jitsu and has a ’69 Chevy Impala called Katy Peri-Peri.
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Howzat! What cricket can learn from rugby
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Nov 5, 2023
The intensity and explosion of celebration surrounding our recent Rugby World Cup triumph is cause for a pause for reflection. People are stealing time off

New gold rush on the East Rand
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Oct 1, 2023
Gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand in 1886. The valuable product brought industry to the East Rand with its gleaming underground arterial grids of potential.

Cherish the devil
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Sep 3, 2023
Take care of your devils, dear friends. Make sure their fangs stay jagged and their horns pointy. File their barbed tails till they cut like

I love the smell of old books first thing in the morning
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Aug 6, 2023
I have a room in my house I haven’t cleaned for 20 years. An urgent selling of the property has forced me to start dismantling

If Musk and Zuckerberg can do it, so can you
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Jul 2, 2023
Elon Musk does it, Mark Zuckerberg does it, and I do it. Everybody’s doing Jiu-Jitsu. It’s the sport de rigueur of Hollywood and the rest

We are all black now (some are just lighter than others)
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Jun 4, 2023
First, it happens slowly. Then it happens fast. The melting pot of races, cultures and socio-economic conditions simmers and gurgles at an ever-increasing temperature until

You can put your solar system where the sun don’t shine
- By Viv Vermaak
- . May 7, 2023
You know that long whistle a mechanic makes when he looks at your engine while he slowly shakes his head? The mournful eye contact as

Miracle on Mons Road
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Apr 2, 2023
I have lived in Germiston for a long time. This is the first year I have thought of moving out. I have never felt so

Priscilla the Pointsman and the Guilt Entrepreneurs
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Mar 5, 2023
They have pop-up stands during peak hours. Frustrated and grateful motorists toss some money their way. Then, it rains coins for a moment, and the

Do NOT make your bed!
- By Viv Vermaak
- . Feb 5, 2023
I just made my bed. 34 Seconds if you straighten the duvet and wipe the crumbs and the dog off. It takes 8min 36 seconds