After posting my last blog on Xenophobia I was pretty exhausted and poured myself a drink. I thought it was a good opportunity to chill out and watch the news – that’s when the trouble started.
I was half asleep and found myself channel hopping from one news cast to the next. I saw vague [...]
I created this quick and tasty dish on a cold wintry afternoon in the Kruger Park. I’m not kidding it was very cold, as it can get between June and August. Groups of Impala and even a herd of Elephant were huddled together under bare trees, trying to draw heat from each other’s bodies.
I was [...]
If the late Shaka, the King of the Zulus could read the international headlines addressing the so called Xenophobic anarchy that is escalating across South Africa, I am pretty sure he would sit up in his grave, scratch his head and say ‘Eish – What a load of bollocks’
Now, for those of you who [...]
It was around the year 1900 that a wagon load of unwashed guys carrying picks and shovels arrived in Johannesburg. These were pretty rough guys, killers, who were notorious for raping cattle and stealing woman. I don’t think you need a description of the women that were available in a gold mining town around that [...]
Making a television commercial is never easy; the transfer from the script to the moving image is a long, drawn-out journey with frustrations and insecurities locking onto you like refrigerator magnets.
Shooting on sets and film lots cuts a Director’s anxiety by about 50% because of the controlled environment, so with the support of a bunch [...]
After living under the African sky where nature reigns supreme you’re feeling like you’ve never felt before. You’ve carried 15 kgs of back pack every day for the past few days through the most hostile and unforgiving terrain on this planet. Finally, with a twinge of sadness your Wild Adventure along the Olifants River slowly [...]
Hey you have to try this folks – it’s my wild adventures quick, gourmet tasting Goats Milk Halloumi Stew. It’s great after a long day’s hike amongst the Big 5. Everybody goes crazy for it – so will you.
It’s filling, healthy and extremely tasty. It’s a ‘comfort meal’ to be served around the camp fire [...]
As a moviemaker and a wild adventurer, I have a creative perspective on things I see or put my mind to.
Take a look at the old Hollywood epics where most of the characters were typecast with no surprises. John Wayne (if anybody remembers him) could only be John Wayne in any part he played, so [...]
Delicious recipe for those that like it hot.
Tangy, spicey, tasty and hot.
Requires a variety of ingredients ranging from yoghurt, ginger, garlic, bay leaves and lamb of course.
Making an Elephant soup to most vegetarians and Presbyterians is a horrific thought, until you address the fundamentals and of course, the real issues. Soup (from the Latin, domini, partus, dominus sloppis), was discovered a 1 000 years before elephants were invented. The Roman Emperor of that time, Angostino-Who’s-Your-Daddy Dickus (around 300 000 [...]
