Koos Kombuis's Blog, page 4

Slow walk through Main Street

Last week-end, I experienced one of those — all too rare — refreshing periods of exhilaration that gave me renewed hope for South Africa as a country.
I attended a volksfees in the platteland!
Yes! A volksfees in die ware sin van die woord!
I hope that, when the annual Cederberg festival in the town of [...]

Short drive to Voortrekker Road

It all started so innocently. Just another brilliant autumn day, not too hot, not too cold, and I was spending the day with my family. We were in Oudtshoorn for the week, where I had a few shows at the KKNK. We were going to watch a play, then hang around the flea market, maybe [...]

It’s still the same damn zebra!

We have all experienced this at one time or another. The moment of truth in a troublesome relationship. That pivotal point in time when you look into someone’s eyes or see someone do something in a certain way and you have a sudden, explosive intuitive insight into that person’s character. And, after months, possibly years,...

It's still the same damn zebra!

We have all experienced this at one time or another. The moment of truth in a troublesome relationship. That pivotal point in time when you look into someone's eyes or see someone do something in a certain way and you have a sudden, explosive intuitive insight into that person's character. And, after months, possibly years, [...]

The giant leap from 'I am' to iPad

Can Twitter save our planet?
Will Facebook free mankind from the twilight of collective stupidity, religious fanaticism and crazed dictatorships?
Is WikiLeaks the fulfilment of the ancient prophecy contained in Johan 8:32?
In short: is the internet the next step in the evolution of human consciousness?
This isn't just idle speculation. Many people are starting [...]

The Mona Lisa conspiracy

Now they're saying the Mona Lisa was a MAN? I've always suspected it!
I've suspected it even more when I saw that picture — it's a famous picture by now — on the front page of a Cape Town newspaper the other day!
It was the story — "Zille, You Can't Touch This" — by [...]

Introducing the Koos Kombuis fitness plan!

I never thought that I would have anything in common with Springbok rugby captain John Smit — apart from our crappy hairstyles, that is — until I read in this morning's paper that, over the Christmas season, John has lost seven kilograms.
Surprise, surprise! I did even better than that! Over the last nine and [...]

Hold my hand, I'm dieting

I received two birthday gifts this year. One was a fantastically constructed venison pie, which my wife had somehow gotten hold of through some mysterious housewifely process, either by swinging her magic wand, ordering it on Gumtree, or actually making it herself. Whatever the method entailed, it was surely a grand-looking pie, enormously big, [...]

My greatest fear

There's a new author that started publishing stuff in America recently. His name is spelt almost exactly like mine, but with the "u" and "i" in a different order: instead of "Koos Kombuis" he calls himself "Koos Kombius". This is not where the similarities end. He also looks a bit like me: overweight, greying, bald. [...]

Too old to rock 'n roll, too young to braai!

Waking up with a pounding headache in a small room with extremely ugly curtains. Where am I? I force my aching body out of bed, stumbling through the debris of the night before. Empty wine bottles. Dirty clothes flung over a guitar case. Scribbled notes for a musical set list. Blinding sunlight pouring in through [...]