This is my last column for the year.

What a rollercoaster 2021 was, hey? We are ending it unsure what variant Covid-19 is planning for humankind next.

I like this time of the year. Companies wind down, traffic congestion eases and non-Gautengers trek back to their ancestral homes. Add the holidaymakers pushing trailers and boats down to the coast, and us who get left behind on the highveld enjoy about two weeks of peace and pure bliss...