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"I have to confess to a private irritation (now public) about people who every day post perpetually happy photos of themselves with friends and family in the festive season."

I have to confess to a private irritation (now public) about people who every day post perpetually happy photos of themselves with friends and family in the festive season. Don’t get me wrong. I like happy. But what’s the point?

We need silver linings, but where are they? Our knowledge of climate change demands that we use it to ensure the future of our species.

It was the Arch who would teach me in very profound and practical ways what it really means to be a Christian.

Please, shelve the political correctness and let's have a dose of imagination, especially for the children.

Please, shelve the political correctness and let's have a dose of imagination, especially for the children.

Next week global leaders will gather in Glasgow. They have the opportunity to set a course and a timetable to deliver net-zero carbon dioxide emissions and keep global warming to well below two degrees Celsius and preferably 1.5C.

Few South Africans would know where to find uMngeni local municipality on a map. But throw in familiar town names like Hilton and Howick, and suddenly you have a sense of place; a mental picture of those lush, green fields of the beautiful Midlands area of KwaZulu-Natal.

The potholes that were there on Sunday were still there on Tuesday.

"Witness the thousands of violent clashes at Wembley recently where England players took the knee, But momentum must not be lost to keep doing the right things to heal the ills of the past," writes Lawson Naidoo.