Captain in the Cauldron – My review
John Smit's autobiography is an awesome read. I managed to finish it in a few days, purely because I couldn't put it down, unlike a few other books I've read recently.
The book gives a lot of insight into what happens behind the scenes in the Springbok camp, especially around the preparation for the 2007 World Cup campaign.
A number of rumours incorrectly spread by the media were also dispelled in the book, and I have even more respect for our current Springbok captain after reading his book.
I've been following Smit's career since he burst onto the international scene, and have realised long ago that most of his work is done behind the scenes, out of the public eye, even on the field 
. This book was a confirmation of that realisation.
I can really recommend the book, well worth the buy. I hope I get the rest of the chapters for free when they are written
Use a bit of common sense in traffic
One of the things that annoy me the most is someone that does not use his/her nut while driving in traffic.
You are not special, and you don't have special privileges based on the price of your car, the size of your car or the colour of your skin (this is not a racist statement, just an observation).
If everyone used a little bit of common sense, we would actually get out of the traffic a lot sooner.
If you think you're special and you race down the wrong lane to try and push into a line at the front, you're holding up everyone that actually had the patience and common sense to be in the correct lane for where they want to go early enough.
Selfish strikers
Have the people currently striking at Transnet thought of the impact of their strike on the rest of South Africa. My dad is of the opinion that there could be up to one person losing their job in another industry for every person that is striking at Transnet.
How does he get to this?
Lets look at the fruit exporting business. They are currently in peak season for a number of different fruit, and cannot ship any of their product out of the country. That means that the industry as a whole will not make their profits, and may make a loss if they have to dump all of their produce on local markets. Who suffers? The farmers, and the workers that they now cannot afford to pay anymore. Their estimate is that they will lose R1billion equalling 30,000 jobs.
Economists say that the economy will probably lose R15billion therefore some 450,000 possible jobs will be lost, taking the scenario of the fruit producers. Take 10% of that and it amounts to some 45,000 additional jobs that may be lost. If this is not theft legalised what is it then?
I can recommend a brilliant photographer
We do quite a few photo shoots as a family, and we've worked with a number of photographers in the past. And almost every time we walked away with the thought "Won't use that one again". This was never because of the quality of the photography, but more a clash of personalities and work ethics.
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