Opinion pieces I have written for, and coverage of my work in, publications other than this site. Newest first. Links marked “print” open the newspaper page on PressReader.
2026
- Student accommodation crisis: finger points squarely at mayor
The Herald (print) · 17 February 2026 · Opinion
2025
- Tributes flow after death of visionary Gqeberha architect
The Herald (print) · 26 August 2025 · Quoted - Ringbarkers ravage stadium precinct
The Herald (print) · 13 January 2025 · Quoted
2024
- Resurrected Restawhile to host Heritage Day bash
The Herald (print) · 23 September 2024 · Quoted - Avoid rush to write new laws
The Herald (print) · 3 July 2024 · Mentioned - Parliamentarians should apply ‘design thinking’ before rushing to write the next law
The Herald · 28 June 2024 · Opinion
2023
- Leopard Trail timber huts earn architecture accolade
The Herald (print) · 15 November 2023 · Project coverage - Buildings, jobs and red-tape epidemic
The Herald (print) · 10 February 2023 · Opinion
2022
- Is it time we begin to re-ruralise?
The Herald · 16 June 2022 · Opinion
2021
- Sound advice offered to city’s leadership
The Herald (print) · 5 November 2021 · Reader response - Sage advice for Bay’s incoming mayor
The Herald (print) · 3 November 2021 · Opinion - Lessons from 2020: It is not just about buildings
News24 · 10 March 2021 · Opinion - Schooling without schools and other lessons from 2020
The Herald · 3 March 2021 · Opinion
2020
- Covid-19 seeks to expedite one global government
Sowetan · 21 April 2020 · Opinion - Towards one world, one government
The Herald · 15 April 2020 · Opinion - Has time come to bail on Red Location Museum?
The Herald · 19 February 2020 · Response to my 2019 article - It’s our duty every single day to reject bad design, bad coffee and bad attitudes
MyPE News · 11 January 2020 · Opinion
2019
- We can ensure the best rise to top
The Herald (print) · 13 December 2019 · Opinion - Dynamite the only option for Red Location Museum
The Herald · 6 February 2019 · Opinion
2018
- Has anyone seen Gunter’s Wurst Wagen?
MyPE News · 24 October 2018 · Opinion - Working to assert our freedom, one step at a time
The Herald (print) · 24 October 2018 · Opinion - About Splitting Atoms and Borders
MyPE News · 24 March 2018 · Opinion
2017
- Technological advances could herald a future without government
The Herald · 19 September 2017 · Opinion - Elon Musk is dead wrong about Mars
MyPE News · 3 July 2017 · Opinion - GDP growth no measure of how well we are doing
The Herald (print) · 12 May 2017 · Opinion - In the Privacy of my Home – Challenging the State to Arrest me
MyPE News · 10 April 2017 · Opinion - Prime property up for sale
The Herald (print) · 24 March 2017 · Quoted - More return in rural infrastructure
The Herald (print) · 23 January 2017 · Opinion - Don’t let culture be reason to isolate ourselves from others
The Herald (print) · 12 January 2017 · Opinion
2016
- Tim Hewitt-Coleman is wrong about funding of arts
The Herald (print) · 28 October 2016 · Reader response - Prioritise spending on critical needs
The Herald (print) · 24 October 2016 · Reader response - #Feesmustfall, Brass Bells and the Pain of the Taxpayer
MyPE News · 19 October 2016 · Opinion - Statism and the East Cape Taxi Protest
MyPE News · 27 June 2016 · Opinion - Metro water park proposed
The Herald (print) · 19 April 2016 · Project coverage
2015
- Beyond Tolerance
MyPE News · 27 December 2015 · Opinion - Help the Little Guy
MyPE News · 3 November 2015 · Opinion - Drop the mindless controls
The Herald (print) · 14 August 2015 · Opinion - Taking first steps to off-grid living not that hard
The Herald (print) · 24 March 2015 · Opinion
2014
- Let’s imagine living in cities that make us happy
The Herald (print) · 24 December 2014 · Opinion - Who will champion Port Elizabeth’s ICC?
MyPE News · 1 October 2014 · Opinion - Is this the end of excellence?
The Herald (print) · 25 July 2014 · Opinion - Time to knuckle down to work and have a braai
The Herald (print) · 24 May 2014 · Opinion - Architects show way to the future of NMMU buildings
The Herald (print) · 16 April 2014 · Quoted as ECIA President - Look after what we’ve got
The Herald (print) · 9 April 2014 · Opinion - Building design triumphs
The Herald (print) · 31 March 2014 · Mentioned
2013
- Eastern Cape architecture on the rise
Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism · 10 December 2013 · Quoted as ECIA President - All building not architecture
The Herald (print) · 14 October 2013 · Opinion - Public must have a say in planning
The Herald (print) · 7 October 2013 · Reader response - Metro building plan bottleneck
The Herald (print) · 3 October 2013 · Quoted as ECIA President - The Three Headed City Monster
MyPE News · 20 September 2013 · Opinion - Focus on inner city’s historic spaces
The Herald (print) · 18 September 2013 · Quoted as ECIA chairman - We can all take green action
The Herald (print) · 7 August 2013 · Opinion
2012
- Metro dragging feet on green initiatives
The Herald (print) · 5 December 2012 · Reader response - Central blueprint for future
The Herald (print) · 29 November 2012 · Opinion - Singled out for design excellence
The Herald (print) · 22 September 2012 · Project coverage - PE architectural projects scoop four top awards
The Herald (print) · 15 September 2012 · Project coverage - EC architects building a green future
The Herald (print) · 8 September 2012 · Quoted - PE projects in line to win top architectural awards
The Herald (print) · 28 August 2012 · Project coverage
2011
- Let’s buy produce grown in our own region
The Herald (print) · 30 June 2011 · Reader response - Ubuntu Centre
ARCHITECT Magazine · 7 April 2011 · Project feature (local project architect) - Farewell to Oceanarium
The Herald (print) · 24 March 2011 · Mentioned
2010
- Dolphin show area seats about 5 000
The Herald (print) · 3 November 2010 · Reader response
