This week you will notice that the Courier is thicker, offering yet again more value to our advertisers and readers. Yes, we are growing again. More >>

I started them last year and finished this weekend – three tasks I had promised myself I would do, come what may. It took a lot longer than expected, but I read the life stories of Albert Luthuli, Kader Asmal and Nelson Mandela (“Albert Luthuli: Bound by Faith,” by Scott Couper, “Kader Asmal: Politics in my Blood,” an autobiography, and “Mandela,” the official biography by Anthony Sampson). I read them because two were from this area – Luthuli from Groutville and Asmal from Stanger – and Mandela, well, because he’s Mandela. More >>

Crime and corruption, everyone must agree, are the two most damaging and disfiguring blots on the face of our society. More >>

It’s long been a standing joke on the North Coast, but now it’s official. Zimbali is a foreign country. More >>

I didn’t have the greatest start to the New Year. More >>

Looking back on 2011, I want to thank all of you for your educational e-mails over the past year. I am totally screwed up now and have little chance of recovery. More >>

Regrets, I’ve had a few;

But then again, too few to mention.

~ Frank Sinatra More >>

At the age of 69, Sir Alex Ferguson is manager of the most successful and well known football club in the world, Manchester United. For 24 years he has been in charge of a group of highly egotistical multi-millionaires, while other football club managers have come and gone faster than a revolving door at a brothel. More >>