Jacques de Villiers – writing quest: Article 24/365. I don’t know about you, but for me along with shame *(20), guilt (30) is a strong theme in my life. I feel guilty for not being able to protect my mother from an abusive husband. I feel guilty for being irritated with her that I had […]
Article 22/365 of Jacques’s writing quest. Words that are synonymous with South Africa are apartheid and loadshedding. If loadshedding continues for much longer, our country will be recognised for two different periods – apartheid and loadshedding. The reason for these two periods is easy to identify: rabid racism and rampant corruption. There are two other […]
Do you remember the movie franchise, Final Destination? That one where death has marked you, and no matter how much you try and avoid it, it catches up with you. Life is just like that too. All its messiness will catch up with you, sooner or later. Its inevitable. I’ve been trying to run from […]
