Category: Making a Home
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Ruda gesels met Evita Bezuidenhout – die Bekendste Wit Vrou in Suid-Afrika
Evita Bezuidenhout is vir meer as 40 jaar reeds ‘n Suid-Afrikaanse instelling – ambassadrise, onderhandelaar, gasvrou van formaat.
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A Love Letter to Durban, the Flawed & Charming City of My Birth
For all its island-style humidity and drone-sized mosquitos, Durban is, for those of us who left our childhoods there, entwined with our sense of identity.
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Why Nothing Can Beat the Magic & Joy of Watching a Game from the Stands
Match days are a special experience, even more so if there is a trophy or a playoff place at stake. The thrill in your heart starts when you wake up, even if kick off is still hours away.
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The 5 Stages of Coping With the Terrible Agony of a Rugby Loss
Denial. Anger. Bargaining. Depression. Acceptance. Be prepared – it’s going to be a shaky ride.
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Thanks Mom & Dad, for the Lessons That Helped Me Change My Life
There’s a note my mother shoved under my bedroom door one night. I should probably frame it. It lives tucked between two birthday cards, stashed in a file in my office. Every so often, I take it out, smooth out the creases, and read it.
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Why You Have to be Just a Little Insane to be a Loyal Rugby Fan
Some will scoff at the thought of investing such energy into 15 men with obscenely large pectorals chasing an oval ball around a patch of grass, and will look at you like you’ve just rambled on for an hour about how deftly you’re able to gut a mackerel.
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If You Could Watch Any Game of Rugby live, What Would it Be?
From a South African perspective, that 1995 World Cup between South Africa and New Zealand at Ellis Park will be a popular answer. From the Boeing flyover to the raising of the trophy, I don’t think it would have been possible to maintain a resting heartbeat on that day.
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The Oke’s Guide to the Perfect Rugby Picnic
Before I carry on, droëwors is not biltong. Biltong should be delivered in stages. It should be rationed. Biltong during rugby is finished quicker than a new Harry Potter novel at a primary school.

