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Shannon Hope: The irrationality of belief… and hope

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I’ve never known Shannon Hope in a meaningful way although I’m sure we have some scars in the same places. In the Durban music scene, most of us were just trying to survive the fact that dreams never built reality. But I was in awe of Ketamine, the band she fronted that got recorded by Smashing Pumpkin’s producer, Bjorn Thorsrud. I was there when he watched them perform in a crummy bar in Umhlanga. The resulting E.P. included ‘In the Shape of a Heart’, a contender for South Africa’s greatest … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

Do you know this DBN ‘attorney’ conman?

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DO YOU KNOW THIS DURBAN CONMAN? His name is Dharshi Harase. His first name is sometimes spelt as Dharse and pronounced as ‘Dashi’. He pretends to be an attorney and one of his targets was a retirement home. He is/was living, in the Durban South Beach area, in between Checkers and the beachfront. He was a regular at the Thatchers Bar. He is/was running errands for a law firm in Masonic Grove, next to the Durban High Court. He has been also been seen in northern Durban areas. His Facebook … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!

Survival and murder on the way to work

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Hlompho Mohapi’s murder, stabbed and throat slit on the Garden Route, emphasises that people need to be able to live where they work… or jobs need to be created where most live. “Southern Cape Police are investigating the murder of a 25-year old woman from Thembalethu in George, Western cape. Hlompho Mohapi’s body was found on Thursday next to a gravel road near Herold’s Bay. She was stabbed and her throat was partially slit. Community members say she was given a lift to the airport, where she would have started … Read the full article…

The truth may be bitter but sharing it is sweet!