"A pervasive moral turpitude underlies South African society."

"As remote as the rings of Saturn... A man with his stubby million-rand finger perennially prodding the public's pulse…"

"The happy-go-lucky barefoot kid who loved rugby, ice-cream-and-hot-chocolate sauce, staying at home for a braai and t…"

"The voice (sometimes an ominous rumble that sounds as though he's been gargling with pebbles, sometimes the bliss of …"

"His voice, like a malted milkshake marinated for more than seventy years, has a slightly monotonous lilt - rather lik…"

"the little roly-poly Russian-born rebel of the canvas."

"It is her total professionalism and perennial striving for perfection that elevated Moira from the merely blonde to t…"

"The original of the yellow rose is clad (you've guessed it) in canary yellow. The lemon-meringue confection has been …"

"A black-belt bullshitter"

"to miik the citizens to the extent that they start mooing, is contrary to improving living standards."