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Only two teams remain in the hunt for the 2023 Rugby World Cup...New Zealand and South Africa. While current rankings do not perhaps list them as the best teams in the world, few can dispute that they are currently the form sides, especially having battled through from the “tough” side of the draw. The way in which they found their way to the final was, however, very different. The All […]

If you’ve read my first ‘Dash Diary’ you’ll know that I didn’t have the greatest of times, but the Nedbank Desert Dash is one of those events that calls you back – you cross the finish line aching and tired, telling yourself “Never again!” but 5 minutes later you’re contemplating your next one. Anyway, 6 years had passed, I’d had a son, started a new role at the company, bought […]

The moment Disney fans hear the voice of the late Robin Williams come out of the Genie in Disney's new short film Once Upon a Studio is even more meaningful than people might realize. Around the three-minute mark, Josh Gad's Olaf from Frozen is spotted humming "Friend Like Me," Robin Williams' classic tune from 1992's Aladdin, while sketching the blue Genie. The larger-than-life, phantasmagorical wish granter then bursts right off of the page in all his […]

I’m not riding the Nedbank Desert Dash this year but if the adage “third time lucky” holds any truth, the next time I do I’m due a good one! My relationship with the Desert Dash began in September 2012. A friend called me, informing that a member of the 4-person team sponsored by his company had fallen ill and couldn't participate. He asked if I could take their place. The […]

There's something we're all using that's ruining our skin.   The big question is: What is it???   Well, it turns out every time you use your cell-phone you are putting your skin at risk of all sorts of problems and that’s even more worrisome considering we’re basically on our cell-phones 24/7.    So why exactly are our phones bad for our skin?  Here’s why…    Firstly, it can cause […]

The pool rounds of the Rugby World Cup 2023 are over, and it is, perhaps, prudent to do a quick analysis of what we learnt of the first part of the Rugby World Cup based on the matches we've seen thus far and then to make a couple of observations thereafter.     Probably the biggest revelation is that the gulf between the "big guns" and the "minnows" is enormous, […]

When I was in school, I used to look forward to the days that I would finally be a fully fledged adult.  I would get excited at the idea of having my own car and my own house and doing whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted.    I looked at adults and their adult lifestyles in awe and anticipation.  It always seemed as if they had their entire life together and […]