The story of TV’s first-ever interracial kiss is actually one of the medium’s biggest urban legends. Most believe it occurred on Star Trek in 1968. The common belief is that the first kiss between an African-American and a Caucasian happened in a third season Star Trek episode called “Plato’s Stepchildren.” Before I correct the common misconception, I will fill you in on the details of the Star Trek kiss, which is historic in its own right.

The “Plato’s Stepchildren” episode involved the crew of the starship Enterprise being made into unwilling slaves, the condition being… ( Read on! )

originally appeared on my news24 column on 2010-08-03 14:30

One thing that can be said about beauty is that it doesn’t last, ugly on the other hand does. Beauty is the sprinter, ugly is the marathon. Would you rather have something temporary or something that lasts? Actually, that is a dumb question; most would rather be good looking temporarily even though most wouldn’t dare admit that publicly, after all, who wants to be thought of as shallow? I’d choose beauty first, then ugly later, at least I would have the best of both worlds by the time my time on planet earth expires.

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first appeared on my news24 column on 2011-07-07 07:46

I must say, when I first thought about what celebrity is I thought I’d try to define it by saying that if one is well known in their village then they are famous. But then I thought about it again, everyone in a village knows everyone therefore that means all are famous in a village. The way I saw it, if you are famous where you are, then you are famous. But, alas, I was wrong.

The first thing I decided to do before I wrote about this was to find the definition of the word “celebrity”. So I picked up my very big Concise Oxford… ( Read on! )

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Originally appeared on my  News24 column 2010-12-08 07:54

Oscar Pistorius’s dad said some disturbing things this week when he said that it is the ANC’s fault that people have to have guns because the ANC doesn’t protect white people. He reminded me of comments Steve Hofmeyr made. This was a column in response to what Steve Hofmeyr said.

Let’s face it; there is a deep and unspoken view when it comes to crime in South Africa it is black. Some will go on to quote prison stats. Of course, the stats will back them up.

Most of our prisoners are black. True. What often amuses me are those… ( Read on! )