Being afraid of germs is one thing, but having a (cute) walking germ carrier in your home forces you to rethink your way of living, writes Haji Mohamed Dawjee.
HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: Once upon a time, Musica hit all the right notes
In December 1992, within a week of its release, the soundtrack to film
The Bodyguard sold more than 1 million copies. The album remains the bestselling soundtrack album of all time, clocking 45 million copies sold globally. One of those copies resided in my household.
Of course, we were no strangers to Whitney Houston’s music. She was a staple in the catalogue of artists we listened to. More than that, she was ethereal, untouchable and had a sort of angelic quality to her. One can never get close to a star, but in Whitney’s case, it was more than that. She was completely untouchable, unreachable and unbelievable and so, seeing her on a screen, doing what she did best, brought her adoring fans closer to her. That and also, in my opinion, the movie remains a classic.
HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: 17 reasons why it s all go for Joe
OPINION
Let’s not start by re-hashing the inauguration. We all already know about it. It was magic. It was historical. It was tear jerking. And of all the
Game of Thrones-inspired fashion, Lady Gaga killed the couture second only to queen Michelle Obama, who looked regal, graceful and powerful as ever.
After any event like that, you’d expect people to go home, kick off their shoes and lean into some binge-watching or a nap. I’m pretty sure that’s what the United Kingdom s royal family does when they’re done with their official waves from the balcony anyway. But that’s for ordinary Joes like you, me and the British royal family. The top-shelf Joes, like Joe Biden, get straight to work. So let’s have a look at all the things he signed off on since placing his hand on that 172-year-old family Bible and being sworn in as the new president of the United States.
First published in Daily Maverick 168
Our little boy has just turned one, which means he doesn’t yet need his own seat, which is great because we save on costs. We owed my mom a visit in Pretoria and she couldn’t wait to spend some time with her grandkid, but on the other hand it would have been more worth it if the ticket had come with a sitter, two beds for my partner and I and perhaps, as an extra kindness, sleeping tablets so we could just pass out for the one-and-a-half-hour flight from Cape Town to Lanseria.