July 30th, 2006 
Sharon Gill 
A former magazine editor now living in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, can officially lay claim to being the worst fiction writer in Africa. Left: Renée Zellweger poses proudly with her latest award, a sturdily framed photograph of Christopher Backeberg, which she won for being the actress he would most like to flirt with if oil-wrestling wasn’t an option.
June 30th, 2006 Sharon Gill 
You can’t trust traffic cops, especially senior ones, to respect the law, but you can fight back, writes Gavin Foster … Durban’s municipality, supposedly one of the best in the country, has recently endured an endless succession of humiliating newspaper articles charging it with corruption, fraud, negligence, ineptitude, thuggery, arrogance, callousness and sheer stupidity, thanks [...]
Posted in Personal Rants 
Tags: Durban City Manager, Durban Metro, Michael Sutcliffe, Paul Kirk 
No Comments » June 12th, 2006 Sharon Gill 
When reports surface that something stinks in Durban Metro, the man in charge is answerable to the residents and ratepayers who pay his salary. Right? City manager Michael Sutcliffe doesn’t appear to think so … Words: Sharon Gill & Mike Sutcliffe! Photo: Gavin Foster
Posted in Personal Rants Tags: Cherise Cox, Durban City Manager, Durban Metro Police, Michael Sutcliffe 1 Comment » September 15th, 2005 Sharon Gill 
Politicians spend a great deal of our time and money passing myriad laws aimed at making us think they’re very busy people, writes Gavin Foster … Words: Gavin Foster Photo: Alan Foster
August 5th, 2005 Sharon Gill 
South Africa obviously has no homeless, starving, unemployed people, no aids orphans, and all the country’s state-run facilities are operating at 100% efficiency. Obviously. Otherwise we wouldn’t be giving money to some psychotic despot who has crippled his own country through sheer ignorance and arrogance…
