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Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Judy Ditchfield

Nothing puts me off shopping more than a hard sell salesperson. You know the type trying to sell you something that you don’t want?  On more than one occasion, as they have starting their pushy, “trying-to-convince-me” sales talk, I have immediately said: “I will call you if I need you” retort.  Most of the time that seems to fly over their heads, and they continue to badger you. If they follow me around, I high tail it right out the store.  No question. I can’t stand it.  I don’t need to be hounded, because as quickly as you hound me, you will hound me out your store. Bad customer service.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Phyllis Ndlovu

It is no exaggeration that the global pandemic took every single country, government, and business by surprise. It has been a common onslaught, a common enemy if you will, but every single human being has responded differently to the commonness of it. Individual responses have largely depended on the meaning they each ascribe to the state of affairs. There might be as many responses as there are people, but my observation has been that these responses fall into three broad categories.

Judy Ditchfield

Nothing puts me off shopping more than a hard sell salesperson. You know the type trying to sell you something that you don’t want?  On more than one occasion, as they have starting their pushy, “trying-to-convince-me” sales talk, I have immediately said: “I will call you if I need you” retort.  Most of the time that seems to fly over their heads, and they continue to badger you. If they follow me around, I high tail it right out the store.  No question. I can’t stand it.  I don’t need to be hounded, because as quickly as you hound me, you will hound me out your store. Bad customer service.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Charlotte Butler

We have lost the ability to play

As children we happily dressed up and became somebody else. Either the hero or the bad guy. A mop became a horse, a doll wrapped up in a towel became a crying baby, a stick a gun. Moms high heels and necklace turned us into a very important business woman. A blackboard, chalk and cane made us a strict teacher, shouting at our imaginary class.

Phyllis Ndlovu

It is no exaggeration that the global pandemic took every single country, government, and business by surprise. It has been a common onslaught, a common enemy if you will, but every single human being has responded differently to the commonness of it. Individual responses have largely depended on the meaning they each ascribe to the state of affairs. There might be as many responses as there are people, but my observation has been that these responses fall into three broad categories.

Judy Ditchfield

Nothing puts me off shopping more than a hard sell salesperson. You know the type trying to sell you something that you don’t want?  On more than one occasion, as they have starting their pushy, “trying-to-convince-me” sales talk, I have immediately said: “I will call you if I need you” retort.  Most of the time that seems to fly over their heads, and they continue to badger you. If they follow me around, I high tail it right out the store.  No question. I can’t stand it.  I don’t need to be hounded, because as quickly as you hound me, you will hound me out your store. Bad customer service.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Ilse Klink

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves – Dr Viktor Frankl

For many of us the pandemic of 2020 has stopped us in our tracks. All those New Year’s resolutions, all those grand plans, all of those manifestations have been put on ice. Now, we make room for new ones.

A little lost

Charlotte Butler

We have lost the ability to play

As children we happily dressed up and became somebody else. Either the hero or the bad guy. A mop became a horse, a doll wrapped up in a towel became a crying baby, a stick a gun. Moms high heels and necklace turned us into a very important business woman. A blackboard, chalk and cane made us a strict teacher, shouting at our imaginary class.

Phyllis Ndlovu

It is no exaggeration that the global pandemic took every single country, government, and business by surprise. It has been a common onslaught, a common enemy if you will, but every single human being has responded differently to the commonness of it. Individual responses have largely depended on the meaning they each ascribe to the state of affairs. There might be as many responses as there are people, but my observation has been that these responses fall into three broad categories.

Judy Ditchfield

Nothing puts me off shopping more than a hard sell salesperson. You know the type trying to sell you something that you don’t want?  On more than one occasion, as they have starting their pushy, “trying-to-convince-me” sales talk, I have immediately said: “I will call you if I need you” retort.  Most of the time that seems to fly over their heads, and they continue to badger you. If they follow me around, I high tail it right out the store.  No question. I can’t stand it.  I don’t need to be hounded, because as quickly as you hound me, you will hound me out your store. Bad customer service.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Boniswa Holland

Over the past few days I have been mulling over the idea of a whole new world.  We see it all the time in movies, especially post apocalyptic films.  After the aliens have come and gone, or the war has ended, the people always emerge in the sunlight with the wind blowing, gazing over an earth that is unrecognisable but inviting.

Ilse Klink

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves – Dr Viktor Frankl

For many of us the pandemic of 2020 has stopped us in our tracks. All those New Year’s resolutions, all those grand plans, all of those manifestations have been put on ice. Now, we make room for new ones.

A little lost

Charlotte Butler

We have lost the ability to play

As children we happily dressed up and became somebody else. Either the hero or the bad guy. A mop became a horse, a doll wrapped up in a towel became a crying baby, a stick a gun. Moms high heels and necklace turned us into a very important business woman. A blackboard, chalk and cane made us a strict teacher, shouting at our imaginary class.

Phyllis Ndlovu

It is no exaggeration that the global pandemic took every single country, government, and business by surprise. It has been a common onslaught, a common enemy if you will, but every single human being has responded differently to the commonness of it. Individual responses have largely depended on the meaning they each ascribe to the state of affairs. There might be as many responses as there are people, but my observation has been that these responses fall into three broad categories.

Judy Ditchfield

Nothing puts me off shopping more than a hard sell salesperson. You know the type trying to sell you something that you don’t want?  On more than one occasion, as they have starting their pushy, “trying-to-convince-me” sales talk, I have immediately said: “I will call you if I need you” retort.  Most of the time that seems to fly over their heads, and they continue to badger you. If they follow me around, I high tail it right out the store.  No question. I can’t stand it.  I don’t need to be hounded, because as quickly as you hound me, you will hound me out your store. Bad customer service.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Tumelo Don Mosenye

Isn’t it weird? …How we’ve come to live since the 26th of March?

Many are suffering from psychological anxiety as they don’t know whether they will still be employed so they can be able to continue to provide for their families now, and post covid-19. The reality is that the country’s economy continues to go down the slope and it’s beyond inevitable that many will lose their jobs. These kinds of intrusive thoughts breed depression.

Boniswa Holland

Over the past few days I have been mulling over the idea of a whole new world.  We see it all the time in movies, especially post apocalyptic films.  After the aliens have come and gone, or the war has ended, the people always emerge in the sunlight with the wind blowing, gazing over an earth that is unrecognisable but inviting.

Ilse Klink

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves – Dr Viktor Frankl

For many of us the pandemic of 2020 has stopped us in our tracks. All those New Year’s resolutions, all those grand plans, all of those manifestations have been put on ice. Now, we make room for new ones.

A little lost

Charlotte Butler

We have lost the ability to play

As children we happily dressed up and became somebody else. Either the hero or the bad guy. A mop became a horse, a doll wrapped up in a towel became a crying baby, a stick a gun. Moms high heels and necklace turned us into a very important business woman. A blackboard, chalk and cane made us a strict teacher, shouting at our imaginary class.

Phyllis Ndlovu

It is no exaggeration that the global pandemic took every single country, government, and business by surprise. It has been a common onslaught, a common enemy if you will, but every single human being has responded differently to the commonness of it. Individual responses have largely depended on the meaning they each ascribe to the state of affairs. There might be as many responses as there are people, but my observation has been that these responses fall into three broad categories.

Judy Ditchfield

Nothing puts me off shopping more than a hard sell salesperson. You know the type trying to sell you something that you don’t want?  On more than one occasion, as they have starting their pushy, “trying-to-convince-me” sales talk, I have immediately said: “I will call you if I need you” retort.  Most of the time that seems to fly over their heads, and they continue to badger you. If they follow me around, I high tail it right out the store.  No question. I can’t stand it.  I don’t need to be hounded, because as quickly as you hound me, you will hound me out your store. Bad customer service.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.

Jocelyn Broderick

I’m armed and ready. Making excuses. Stalling. Heart racing. Maybe it’s not the time. Maybe there’s a reason not to? What if this is the defining moment that changes our lives forever? Should I find a reason not to? All I can think over and over is that this is a risk, this is a risk, this is a risk.

Tumelo Don Mosenye

Isn’t it weird? …How we’ve come to live since the 26th of March?

Many are suffering from psychological anxiety as they don’t know whether they will still be employed so they can be able to continue to provide for their families now, and post covid-19. The reality is that the country’s economy continues to go down the slope and it’s beyond inevitable that many will lose their jobs. These kinds of intrusive thoughts breed depression.

Boniswa Holland

Over the past few days I have been mulling over the idea of a whole new world.  We see it all the time in movies, especially post apocalyptic films.  After the aliens have come and gone, or the war has ended, the people always emerge in the sunlight with the wind blowing, gazing over an earth that is unrecognisable but inviting.

Ilse Klink

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves – Dr Viktor Frankl

For many of us the pandemic of 2020 has stopped us in our tracks. All those New Year’s resolutions, all those grand plans, all of those manifestations have been put on ice. Now, we make room for new ones.

A little lost

Charlotte Butler

We have lost the ability to play

As children we happily dressed up and became somebody else. Either the hero or the bad guy. A mop became a horse, a doll wrapped up in a towel became a crying baby, a stick a gun. Moms high heels and necklace turned us into a very important business woman. A blackboard, chalk and cane made us a strict teacher, shouting at our imaginary class.

Phyllis Ndlovu

It is no exaggeration that the global pandemic took every single country, government, and business by surprise. It has been a common onslaught, a common enemy if you will, but every single human being has responded differently to the commonness of it. Individual responses have largely depended on the meaning they each ascribe to the state of affairs. There might be as many responses as there are people, but my observation has been that these responses fall into three broad categories.

Judy Ditchfield

Nothing puts me off shopping more than a hard sell salesperson. You know the type trying to sell you something that you don’t want?  On more than one occasion, as they have starting their pushy, “trying-to-convince-me” sales talk, I have immediately said: “I will call you if I need you” retort.  Most of the time that seems to fly over their heads, and they continue to badger you. If they follow me around, I high tail it right out the store.  No question. I can’t stand it.  I don’t need to be hounded, because as quickly as you hound me, you will hound me out your store. Bad customer service.

Judy Ditchfield

As if lockdown pressure wasn’t enough. From beyond the bars and locked front doors, lurking around every single corner, the pressure genies have emerged.  As people have struggled to acclimatize and readjust, just trying to start functioning through this, a very loud voice has arisen. 

Jocelyn Broderick

The Rat Race

It’s been a week of being home day and night with my two sons and my man. Don’t think I have ever been at home this long, without popping out to the shops; rushing to endless meetings; trying to finish documents and corporate speeches; invoicing and following up payments, doing endless, endless admin, before getting home late and facing the kitchen on my night to cook. And ending up alone in the kitchen after supper, because I have my own special version of clean and won’t go to bed until the kitchen is spotless. My bad…or good. You choose.

Charlotte Butler

These words can be found in the well-known fable by Greek Fabulist and story teller, Aesop’s The Tortoise and The Hare. I first heard the story while lying in the lounge in our home in Port Elizabeth. I listened to it often on our Hi-Fi. It was one of my favourite LP’s – yes vinyl.

In fact, those words; Slow and Steady Wins the Race, became my mantra for most of my life.