Black Tuesday in South Africa – 229 MPs vote in favour of the Secrecy Bill
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From frying pan to fire?
November 28th, 2011 
Sharon Gill 
Sharon Gill looks at some of the factors that prompt South Africans to pack up their lives and move to a foreign country, and those that inspire them to come back.
Posted in Personal Rants, Travel 
Tags: Australia, corruption, cost of living, crime, emigration, EU, France, inflation, New Zealand, pet passport, quarantine, South Africa, Spain, UK, unemployment 
2 Comments »After a while
November 15th, 2011 Sharon Gill 
And you learn that you’re stronger than you think
And you’re worth way more than you think.
And every goodbye makes you stronger and wiser,
And less likely to take any crap from the next one.
What’s this in my drinking water?
November 13th, 2011 Sharon Gill 
The most common cause of milky white water is dissolved air trapped in the water that is released when you open the tap. The authorities hasten to assure us that this does not reduce the water’s quality or safety. Why, then, does it taste so vile?
Posted in Personal Rants Tags: eThekwini municipality, eThekwini Water, fluoride, World Health Organisation 3 Comments »Home isn’t where it used to be
November 5th, 2011 Sharon Gill 
Home used to be the place where your family was safe, or the country you chose to live in.
But things have changed.
Do I feel safe in my own home? No. Do I think of this country as home? Not anymore.
Home, for me, is going to be somewhere else.
