I live in a country where our local musicians, media, politicians, creatives and the blogosphere share something in common; the abject celebration of mediocrity. I believe that this perpetuates a prosaic environment in which many do the minimum to get by. After all – there is little incentive to be excellent at what you do when you are praised for being average. My intentions are not negative or pessimistic in addressing this issue, however. I want to see clever, creative and ingenious South Africans celebrated and acknowledged on the world stage, and back at home. But this can not happen if we continue to focus on self-reference, think locally and applaud bland and uninspired performances. Criticism is a vital tool for improvement and one that is not employed with enough frequency in SA, as is the case with our environment of generally apathetic consumerism that has led to a generally unacceptable service industry. (more…)

During my show on 27 September 2007 on Talk Radio 702 the topic of Ibogaine was briefly discussed following a call relating to hallucinogenic substances in discussing Graham Hancock’s book Supernatural.

I have since been contacted by listeners wishing to know more about the substance, especially with regards to its apparent success rate at curing heroine addiction.
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