Stand ready to be judged! Kidding. I do need some help though. I need some information and I need to share, especially if you're single. Just for the record, I don't care how or why you're single. If you're keen to share your morning breath with someone happily ever after, split shelves in the medicine cabinet, have that special someone to attend functions and a name for the little space at Next of kin:

It works, but it’s not for everyone. Checkers jerked everyone’s chain with Checkers60, and then everyone and their pet beaver needed to deliver on the same day. The results have been mixed to say the least. The problem with same-day delivery is that you’re necessarily chasing price; you’re chasing convenience. Why would someone need to buy two bags of charcoal and 6 bottles of Sprite?

There will be fewer streamers and content owners. This is going to suck. Netflix started this when they offered low-barrier-to-entry entertainment. I say low barrier to entry, but you needed a streaming device and stable internet access, preferably uncapped. Over the years, there have been different items added to the mix to muddy the waters, but essentially, Netflix wanted to bring entertainment to people in a way that made entertainment accessible.

“Seems a little vain.” I thought to myself. It’s been almost 20 years. But it seemed appropriate considering the circumstances we find ourselves in almost 20 years later. When I first wrote the novel, I had a hard time explaining transgender to people. Most people could not distinguish it between homosexuality. (Big shout-out to Rhodes Uni Law School for Law of Persons.)

Let me say that I am a massive fan of Showmax. They have great content, they’re always up to date with the latest shows, and mostly they’re pretty affordable. ShowMax was always quality, and they had a marked distinction between parent company MultiChoice’s DSTV, which always limped along with born in Apartheid heaviness. For the last month, I have had to reset my password daily.

In 2004, I started writing The Rainbow Has No Pink. Handwritten on an A4 exam pad. I knew I wanted to write something. Originally, the story was supposed to open with a chapter where the main character kills herself via gunshot. It was a dark time in my life. I would start seriously writing it, every day in between blogging and job hunting, I wrote that book.

1989 will forever be etched in my memory as the year that everything changed. From watching the Toyota Top 20 with Patricia Lewis, to Fine Young Cannibals reaching number 1 with “She drives me crazy.” A theme song for the rest of my life. It was the year I was in Mrs. Kander’s classroom. Mrs. Kander was my class teacher and taught History and Afrikaans.

No social media professional or digital marketer takes kindly to their work being audited. Especially where that audit is requested by higher-ups, and because there is something personal that goes into managing social media. As a good friend told me, “You need to work on your bedside manner.” I don’t remember when I started being blunt about things or having it come across like I thought the next person was stupid, but that’s what I was told, and I have been actively working on “adding a spoonful of sugar” to my audits and recommendations.

Much has been written about the general state of the Internet. My blog post will probably contribute to that pollution, but here goes. Maybe it's time to switch it off, just a for a few days, give people a chance to reset. The more of the Internet is accessed, the more you realise there need to be a qualification for the Internet, like a basic understanding of logic and human rights and what constitutes a lie.

Do you really hate Muslims? Why? What happened in your life that caused you to hate Muslims?

I want to tell you that in a month or two, you will move on and forget about this trauma. But you won’t. Because there are lessons to learn. I don’t profess to understand everyone’s challenges but these are mine. A year ago, I was angrier than a bear being poked with something pointy. I had some good and decent friends tell me to let go, but I was only ever going to let go when I had figured how to pay them back.

Growing up brown is a mix of experiences. In the past, allowing your daughter to finish high school was a sign of wealth and liberal parenting. Marrying another brown person out of your caste? This family thinks they’re white. Marrying outside your race? You are a self-hating brown person with no culture and love for our way of life. But it doesn’t end there.

Warning: The following blog post may contain strong language Living in a constitutional democracy has its drawbacks, like the need to be tolerant of everyone. I mean, it’s nice in theory, but have you met everyone? Walking, talking, breathing adverts for family planning. Middle-aged men and their insistence on wearing skinny jeans – what gives? The price we all pay for living in a constitutional democracy is that we need to tolerate everyone as much as we expect to be tolerated.

Digital marketing is a single aspect in the digital journey for acquiring and retaining customers. Digital is made up of a variety of interrelated pieces, dependent on each other to deliver the full customer experience. I know, lots of words, where are the pictures? Three years of paid media experience does not make a digital marketer. Do you understand the impact of copy?

Over a year ago, I was let go like an old boot, replaced by “I have ChatGPT and therefore I am a copywriter.” There was more, but there was an impractical craze and a literal commitment to a myopic strategy – let’s save money by using AI. All my content plans were rewritten to sound like AI, and then the posts became less, and then the posts stopped.

As Israel moves ahead with its plans for lebensraum, leaning on ancient texts to claim ownership over persons and land, those against the current genocide taking place in Palestine have urged similar people to boycott businesses that have an interest in Israel and support the regime. There have long been calls for boycotting brands such as Coca-Cola, for example. I didn’t follow it because I truly believed that Coca-Cola employed local people, and they would suffer.

We cannot do or practice anything without dick measuring it against someone who doesn’t do it or practice it or does it but not the same as we do it. My late father used to have this saying, If it’s not bothering you, why are you bothering? Which was his way of saying STFU and mind your own business. But we live in time when boundaries are ethereal things planted at unpredictable times and how is an interfering dickhead supposed to say?

Sometimes criticism can get you labeled as a self-hating Muslim. Luckily I am Halal-Friendly. 🙂🕌🧕🍽️🧼🍖🧢