Who are we? The A B Team!
Because “best” is relative.
We are an elite, highly unqualified editorial board of somewhere between 7 and 15 contributors. The exact number depends on who’s been removed from the WhatsApp group this week. Our ranks include professional shitposters, actual historians, people “with sources,” bar flies, WhatsApp detectives, food critics, local political failures, and at least one person who insists they “heard it from that oke.”
As always, we write about life in and around the Helderberg Basin, and whatever we think YOU would enjoy, from forgotten local history and fascinating characters to restaurant reviews, community happenings, and the kind of gossip that somehow begins with, “Don’t tell anyone…”
Nonetheless, our historical pieces are thoroughly researched because the past deserves better than Facebook comments. The gossip column, on the other hand, deserves exactly the same level of scrutiny you’d give a guy three beers deep who starts with, “I was a sniper and a door gunner on a Black Hawk in Afghanistan. Every tattoo on my hands is someone I shot…” (True story. Although, in hindsight, maybe not.)
Knowing our network, some stories are backed by documents, archives, and verifiable facts. Others are backed by someone’s cousin’s neighbour’s hairdresser’s ex. We trust you’ll work out which is which.
Everyone knows the Helderberg has always been full of colourful characters. We’re just keeping the tradition alive.
Read with curiosity. Laugh with caution. Fact-check anything that sounds like it’ll start a family argument.
Success comes to those who seek it! If you wish to join our team of elite wordsmiths, philosophers, or simply wish to be a muse and add fuel to the fire as we watch the world burn, feel free to reach out to us by contacting us via email.
EDIT:
ja ja , this page is broken and no, we don’t really care to fix it. We’re surprised you’re still reading tbqh famalam. lolz