Author: Meneesha
Create the perfect CV
How many of you have a CV that you regularly update? When was the last time you thought about what would go into your CV? I’ve recently had to think about my own CV. It’s not something I’ve considered for over 16 years – I’ve been with the same company…
On my desk
Magisterium: The Bronze Key by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare (Corgi Books) As we head into the school holidays, parents are often left wondering what they are going to do to keep their kids entertained and out of mischief. Instilling a culture of reading in children is, I believe, the…
A letter to my mum, after her death
Dear Mum Last week I found myself facing one of the worst crises I’ve ever experienced. I got home shaking, picked up the phone and dialled your number… then reality dawned and I put the phone down… and sobbed till I lost my voice. It’s almost a month now that…
Put a smile on that dial
Did you know that today is World Smile Day? What a fantastic idea. We celebrate or acknowledge so many things, so why not have a day in honour of the simple smile. The list is endless but these are my top 10 reasons why we should smile more.
Book review: The Couple Next Door
There are only 10 lines on the last page of this book. But it is in those last 10 lines that the final shock is dealt. It comes unexpectedly and it pulls you almost violently out of a sense of complacency. Anne and Marco Conti are the dream couple –…
Are you ready for “The Happiest 5K on the Planet”?
It’s cutting it fine, but you still have time to sign up for this year’s Color Run™ set to take place in Durban this weekend. Durban has always been one of the highlights on The Color Run™ calendar and this year the Rainbow Tour is hitting our fair city, with…
Pokémon Go – the good and the bad
My blood ran cold as I watched, almost in slow motion, as my son ran around a mall parking lot trying to catch a Bulbasaur – unaware of the car behind him. We’ve grown accustomed to emergency room visits with him, but this in my mind’s eye was going to…
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Rogue: The Inside Story of Sars’s Elite Crime-busting Unit by Johann van Loggerenberg with Adrian Lackay (Jonathan Ball) It all began with a series of reports published in the Sunday Times of illegal spook operations within the SA Revenue Service. Reports claim a “rogue unit” spied on President Zuma, ran a brothel…
Delicate beauty
Between my partner and I, we have managed to murder every indoor plant we’ve owned. Sigh… it’s our cross to bear. But somehow, every year the three orchids we have reward us with an explosive display of colour and beauty. How such delicate plants manage to survive where the hardiest…
