Category: Life Event
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This Holiday, Children, Amuse Yourselves!
If you believe that you’re in your children’s service, and must drive them all over town and find ways to amuse them over the holidays, you’re doomed, writes Sean O’Connor.
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Hey, I’ve Never Met You, Let’s Do Lunch
I don’t take lunch that often or, rather, I don’t take lunch away from my desk too often. This is why I like to take lunch with people I don’t know.
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Why Even Rugby Players Need a Holiday
The chances of staying on your feet are far greater when you get off them for a decent period at some stage, writes Ben Karpinski.
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex, Apartheid, Pieter & Evita
Behind every self-made man is a self-made woman, and in the case of Pieter-Dirk Uys and Evita Bezuidenhout, they’re one and the same.
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Basil Bey, the Rugby Legend Who Changed My Life
Tank Lanning writes South Africa has lost a rugby legend, a great mate has lost a father, and he has lost one of the first guys outside his family to really believe in him.
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How Moving to South Africa Taught Me to Love Rugby
A handful of Stormers games at Newlands set it off. The results didn’t matter, although a fix of live sport on a Saturday afternoon certainly did.
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Hi everyone, meet my, um, er, significant something-or-other
In a world where old traditions and old attitudes are subject to change, deciding what to call the partner in your life can be a tough call, writes Jennifer Leppington-Clark.
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When Parenting Feels Like a Game of Donkey Kong
Parenting can be very similar to gaming. Ever played Donkey Kong when you were younger? Remember the challenge, “How high can you get?”?
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11 Ways to Cope With the Horror of Novemberitis
Feeling a little sleepy? Finding it tough to get down to work? Longing for that long-awaited end-of-year break? Sam Wilson says she knows how you can cure yourself of the dreaded Novemberitis.
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Why Home Renovation is Like Childbirth, & How to Survive It
In the little cottage in my backyard, all that was required was the addition of the world’s tiniest bathroom – a shower, a toilet, a small basin – and some plumbing so I could add a kitchen sink.