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We’re moving house again – Johannesburg style (Financial Times Weekend Review, June 1999)

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

He was from one of the sprawling black townships north of Johannesburg, and this was his second week in his first job.  Standing in our kitchen, clutching the hose he had just wrenched from the water inlet, he was staring … Continue reading →

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Bin it, bag it or (glass) bank it? The mind boggles (FT Weekend March 1999)

Posted on February 22, 2011 by

Financial Times Weekend supplement, 6th March 1999 Frosty glances from my new neighbours alerted me to the fact of my misdemeanour, though not alas to the substance of it. That, apparently, is the Bavarian way. Shortly after our relocation there, … Continue reading →

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