Friends! 'An Act of Murder' is arriving soon, and I'd be delighted and honoured if you'd come to one of its launches, whether at the Book Lounge in Cape Town on 10 April or the Oude Leeskamer in Stellies on 16 April. (I'll also be in Joburg in May, but more of this anon.) All details below.

South Africa faces its worst health crisis in 20 years. Worse than COVID, and one that will overshadow diabetes as a major killer, while pouring petrol on a dwindling TB fire. But it is preventable if our government steps up urgently.

Read groundup.org.za/article/sout... by Francois Venter

First impressions of BlueSky. Being able to modify feeds gives it a big edge over Twitter. Accessibility on iOS using VoiceOver is clunky and, even with the unraveling, Twitter accessibility remains superior. @bsky.app