It’s on everyone’s lips. It’s causing mayhem on stock markets around the world. It’s affecting the sporting world with major international events being cancelled or postponed. It’s affecting any large gathering of persons, such as conferences, festivals, trade shows, and exhibitions, many cancelled. And it is starting to affect our tourism industry, with first cancellations hitting hotels. It’s the Corona Virus, this strain called COVID-19. Amongst the doom, gloom, rumours, and Social Media panic, there are ways of reducing one’s risk of contracting the disease. Continue reading →


On Facebook I saw an article that attracted my interest and attention, being a proud litter cleaner in Camps Bay, about Pick n Pay trialing the use of paper bags in its fruit and vegetable departments, and selling these items loose and not pre-packaged, in 13 of its stores around the country. 
