Cricket SA v New Zealand: Familiar foes face off at T20 World Cup February 17, 2026 Daddy Friendships will be put aside when South Africa and New Zealand go head-to-head in a crucial Group D match at the T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad on Saturday (3.30pm). A…
Food & Travel Salad Days: Celery! Apples! Walnuts! Grapes! Yes, it’s a Waldorf Salad February 17, 2026 Daddy Harry Hamilton, the angry American man in the Waldorf Salad episode of the Fawlty Towers sitcom, was never going to be pleased. With hindsight, he was a ghastly boor of…
Food & Travel Pork rump steaks with chorizo and olives February 17, 2026 Daddy Pork steaks were never a thing until quite recently, certainly not readily available and pre-cut and labelled in the butchery sections of our supermarkets. But there they are, so what…
Food & Travel Braaied picanha steaks with soy, lime, garlic and cumin February 17, 2026 Daddy Picanha. Made for fast cooking. Tender at first bite. Ideal for a rare finish, yet given to a delicious crust where the flames have touched it. It’s the perfect steak,…
Food & Travel AirFryday: Test-driving a frozen cottage pie February 17, 2026 Daddy Sometimes we’re rushed and take the easy route, popping into a store to buy a frozen cottage pie or macaroni and cheese on the way home. Would it have been…
Food & Travel Lekker Brekker: Kedgeree, a spicy start (or end) to the day February 17, 2026 Daddy Kedgeree seems an odd sort of name. You may wonder: is it Irish? Is it Indian? Caribbean perhaps? Indian would be closer to the truth, but in modern times it…
Food & Travel Caprese salad with a touch of the Karoo February 17, 2026 Daddy Caprese literally means “of Capri”. The salad we call Caprese, or Insalata Caprese in Italian, originates on the Isle of Capri on the Tyrrhenian Sea where the Mediterranean meets the…
Educations Emotional day as unplaced learners, flooding and overcrowding mar first day of school February 17, 2026 Daddy From unplaced learners and fee disputes in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal, to flood-hit schools in Limpopo, overcrowded classrooms and infrastructure backlogs in the Eastern Cape, and smoother starts alongside last-minute pleas…
Educations Gauteng schools face crisis with almost 5,000 grade 1 and 8 learners still unplaced February 17, 2026 Daddy With schools across South Africa set to reopen on Wednesday, 14 January, the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is under severe pressure to place learners. A staggering 4,858 Grade 1…
Educations Compulsory Grade R faces budget constraints and unplaced learners as 2026 academic year begins February 17, 2026 Daddy Among issues under the spotlight heading into the 2026 school year is the implementation of a compulsory Grade R year in the foundation phase, in line with the Basic Education…