I had the rather dubious pleasure of attending a discussion on the matter of the proposed media appeals tribunal and protection of information at the University of Johannesburg last night. Let me warn you from the outset: if you want intelligent, hon...
It's a question that begs asking, isn't it?
Every time a referee reaches into his pocket to extract a card, he is swamped by players wearing looks of thunderous incredulity on their faces and waving their arms in dramatic disbelief. Never mind the...
A moment of silence for the Bafana team caterers, please. Benni McCarthy's exclusion from the World Cup squad must come as a dreadful blow to them. A dreadful blow indeed.
That's my offering to the ever-increasing collection of Benni jokes doing t...
See, this is why I don't appreciate it when these foreign johns comment on the state of South Africa. They're bound to get it wrong.
The worst thing about the World Cup is the masses of scribes, descending onto our little wedge of turf like carrio...
Industrial companies have never had an easy relationship with the public. Ever since the Industrial Revolution, when these behemoths were first born, they have been blamed for all manner of things, ranging from child labour to global warming. But it ...
Dear Steve Hofmeyr,
We've never met, and what I know of you is what I've gleaned from newspaper and magazine articles that detail your suburban conquests there in the East Rand, or wherever your haunt is. You don't know me, which I'm perfectly happy...
I know you've had enough of reading about Julius, but this one is different. Promise. Because it's a bit of good news at last!
Earlier today, the ANC issued a statement condemning the behaviour of Youth League President Julius Malema at a press co...
I have news for you. Yes, you. South Africa is going to succeed.
I've come across you several times on the interwebs. You like to brand yourself as the ultimate thinking person and a visionary. The amount of energy you invest in foretelling South ...
South Africa's artists shouldn't be the ones moaning. Do they really think they're going to be worse off thanks to the World Cup?
In case you've been under a rock for the last few weeks, or have been too busy living your life to care, a bunch of S...
South Africa faces many challenges as a country. We have one of the worst crime rates in the world, unemployment continues to hinder progress and the government faces an uphill battle with corruption within its own ranks.
What we have enjoyed so ...
Sipho Hlongwane has done none of the things that normally qualify people to be on this august site. He has never written a book, or completed a fancy PhD in the vagaries of politics, economics or even a BA.
What he does then, is scribble. For fun. And that somehow landed him here. He earns his keep as a very tiny cog in a massive industrial machine, and occupies his evenings and early mornings slogging away at an LLB degree.
An avid fan of jelly beans, reading and Arsenal FC, he enjoys political satire (what he does not enjoy is talking of himself in the third person) and thinks that South Africans tend to take themselves a little too seriously. May this blog never fall into the same trap.
