Caffein Addiction (Part 1) Coffee is a widely used beverage and cooking ingredient. Its versatility is due to several factors, such as abundance of international supply, lack of alcohol content, and ease of preparation. Culturally, it is very easy to accommodate. Cultures which prohibit alcohol do not prohibit coffee and anyone who has the equipment [...]
Urban areas are notorious for various things, among them vagrancy, homelessness, and poverty. And homeless people are, in turn, notorious for certain things too, one of which is substance abuse. The prevalence of cheap alcohol in South Africa makes alcoholism common among those who live on the streets, but not all of them are old [...]
In South Africa, the official road safety promotion initiative is known as the Arrive Alive campaign. The organization employs various measures in order to raise awareness of road safety issues and encourage drivers to be more responsible. One of these measures is a substantial argument that speed kills. This is a controversial sentence in South [...]
“Everybody must get stoned” – Bob Dylan, Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 Bob Dylan is a canonised singer and composer in the Western music tradition. He has generated 34 studio albums and 58 singles, including such classics as The Times They Are a-Changin’ and Blowin’ in the Wind. Although he has not been [...]
Most countries of the world have instituted some form of speed limit on their public roads. The limit may vary from country to country, but the principle of restricting the speed of vehicles applies. In defence of high speed limits or general speeding, some people may raise the issue of the “autobahns” in Germany. These [...]
Despite the level of poverty in South Africa, there is a substantial proportion of the population who are either overweight or obese. The rough figures indicate that approximately half of all women and a quarter of all men in South Africa are overweight, although not all of them to the point of obesity. Historical data [...]
