by Rob | Jun 12, 2020 | News
Today marks 100 days since the first Covid-positive case returned to South Africa from Europe, and what a time it has been. Not only for South Africa, but for much of the world. It is often said that Time means little to a fence post, but a great deal to a human...
by Rob | May 27, 2020 | News
I took a long walk early this morning, grateful that I am able to walk unassisted after my motorbike crash a year ago, and importantly to reflect on quite where we are at. I love the cold, and walking in a white, frosty environment this morning did my soul no end of...
by Rob | Apr 27, 2020 | News
Thank Heavens for late season rains over much of the country – let us hope they assist in producing bumper maize and cereal crops. We are going to need them. Zimbabwe even moreso. With self-isolation after my Antarctica/Argentina/Chile trips in February and...
by Rob | Apr 16, 2020 | News
Corona virus has forced so many of us to reconsider our vocations, or at least how we fulfill them. Our computer expert son takes delight in telling us that we are technological dinosaurs. We were clearly born BC – Before Computers. As a result the very notion...
by Rob | Mar 30, 2020 | News
In these most bizarre times of our generation, there is much to ponder. One of my very special friends from Army days, now living in Nelspruit, suffered a life-threatening motor vehicle accident some 15 years back. His brother’s health has collapsed completely...
by Rob | Mar 14, 2020 | News
A little over 6 weeks ago I left home, on two wildly exciting voyages which included Chilean Fjordland and Antarctica. Coronavirus had just been announced in China, but who would have imagined how this virus was about to change global dynamics. In the interim...
