apartheid still hangs in the air like a poisonous cloud left over from chemical warfare.

It is far easier to explain to a three-year-old how babies are made than to explain the processes whereby bread or sugar appear on the table.

... strong bonds are forged in high emotional temperatures.

There are two phases of enjoyment in journeying through an unknown country - the eager phase of wondering interest in every detail, and the relaxed phase when one feels no longer an observer of the exotic, but a participator in the rhythm of daily life.

Is this something else our age does - on the one hand make communication easier than ever before, while on the other hand widening the gulf between those who are 'developed' and those who are not?

Buying a bicycle is a momentous event, akin to marriage: you are acquiring a partner.

poverty denotes a lack of necessities and simplicity a lack of needs.