Got a phone call earlier today from someone who sounded as though they were in the middle of a shopping mall. My cell number, I was told, had been “possibly” selected to win R10 000 of award money. I was amazed, but not because of the prize money: I was wondering how long it would be before I’d get calls to sell me Viagra, or to embiggen my penis. I didn’t ask the R10 000 person if they were offering easy access to drugs or penis enlargement, though — I semi-politely hung up instead.