One of my articles on News24 caused some of my family members to "unfriend" me on Facebook.

It is my contention that there is no such thing as a 'popular uprising', there always seems to be an organization or group fanning the flames of discontent and encouraging violence

Showing respect to elders and authority figures is part of the custom called hlonipha.

It is generally accepted by intelligent people that we humans evolved over millions of years through Natural Selection.

The tradegy at the Newtown school in Connecticut made me wonder why people are so easily driven to extreme violence.

I have often wondered what evolutionary advantage there could possibly be for pregnant woman to have "morning sickness" during pregnancy.

Recently, I had an internet altercation with members of my family. The ones that tried to engage with me in argument are all very religious.

The South African constitutional court made the ruling that murderers from a country where the death penalty can be enforced may not be extradited.

I really don't care if my sin causes a time warp. I'm having far too much fun to worry about it now.

It seems to me that massacres occur more frequently in Africa than anywhere else in the world.

So in this article you will get the benefit of the learning curve we went through. We now have a well-functioning club with nearly R1.4 million invested.

Many older people are struggling to survive financially. It has become akin to a disease all over the world. Let's call it "poor pensionitis".

I came across a word recently coined to describe our current political situation: Ineptocracy.

In comments after a previous article I was accused of being 'xenophobic', of hating the English, being ashamed of being of Dutch descent and generally nasty towards English South Africans.

For some strange reason, many born-and-bred Afrikaners refuse to speak their mother tongue. They seem to be ashamed to admit that they are Afrikaans.

It seems that young children often worry about death and what happens afterwards. Bergie's post started me thinking as well.

Throughout the history of mankind, people invented gods and worshipped them in various ways.

Are we then becoming a basket case similar to the rest of Africa? I sincerely hope not.

I have been following the heated debates about religion and evolution with some amusement and sometimes with dismay at the stupidity of my fellow citizens.

If you listen to the blokes standing with beer in hand around a braai, you would swear that South Africa was one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

One of the most difficult things one can do is to make a decision regarding the future of one's ill pet.

This is one of the most devastating myths that causes untold misery to millions of people.

Like most people I first started drinking alcohol at the tender age of 16 when I was in my first year at varsity.

There is a pervasive myth that sex after 50 declines. As a very active 70 something, I can assure you that this is simply not true.

The first article I wrote had a huge and mostly positive response. The few negative respondents to this article showed an astonishingly strong prejudice against age.

I've had a wonderful and exciting life. I'm still running four businesses and given the state of the South African economy there is no prospect for me to retire any time soon.