Sven-Goran Eriksson has parted company with Manchester City, who have been given permission to speak to Blackburn manager Mark Hughes. This may not sit too well with the faithful who supported retaining Sven after he had achieved his mandated top 10 finish. Simon Hattenstone, a Guardian columnist and fan of the club, was outraged at […]
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The Facebook parent phenomenon
Facebook, bless it, has (dare I say it? ) revolutionised the online world for many people. Parents in particular. In addition to worrying about what their offspring get up to when they’re supposed to be at school, en route to and from school, hanging at the mall at weekends or Mxiing it up to the […]
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Microformats explained
One thing that always gets me and turns my world upside down and inside out, is when people talk about things as if they assume you know exactly what they are talking about. Ninety percent of the time, you don’t know and feel to stupid to ask, so you simply let it slide. In all […]
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We are African
As South Africa reeled from the xenophobic violence that has rocked our country, one of the founders of the Black Consciousness Movement, mother to Steve Biko’s two children, Dr Mamphela Ramphele, made an impassioned plea. She reminded us that we are Africans, and as Africans need to remember where we have come from, who we are, and how our future is intimately connected to all who share this continent with us.
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Elections 2.0: New media and democracy
The internet has a critical role to play in democracies. Likewise, it will play an important role in the country’s upcoming national elections. This is now being recognised by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), which for the first time had “new media” on the agenda at its national media conference in Pretoria — a high-level […]
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The cohesion campaign: Quo vadis?
Last Friday, Pallo Jordan launched what is called a social cohesion campaign. The aim of this is to afford South Africans the chance to air their views on suggestions to change names of geographical places — in aide of creating a sense of belonging among citizenry across the country. This is a good step to […]
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A place where they torch cars in the street
Last week, someone torched a Landcruiser in the suburb where I live. It seems that the resident, known only as “Stephen”, awoke in the middle of the night to discover his car, which was parked in the street, on fire. Someone — for reasons presumably unknown — had decided to torch it. I found this […]
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So what’s so great about the eeePC?
So I got myself one of these little notebooks. I must admit that it was a bit of an impulse buy. It has been a bit of a eye-opener for me. I really enjoy this little gadget and it goes with me everywhere I go. Here are my reasons why it’s such a cool gadget: […]
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Racists, traitors and treason
Submitted by Jessica Scott Reading some of the responses on Sarah Britten’s blog titled “Is it wrong to feel relieved that I left South Africa?“, I was shocked by the vehemence of some of the responses. It is not surprising that the subject of emigration evokes heated debate among those who want to leave and […]
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Bok world order
Four years ago we staggered out of the mess that was Kamp Staaldraad and the abysmal 2003 World Cup misadventure. Now, in 2008, Der Springbokken start the international season as the world champions and number-one-ranked team against a Welsh team who, well, are more garden gecko than fearsome dragon and must surely make the Willie […]
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President Mbeki explained … by the US Congress
I don’t know if you saw this recently — but it’s an actual screen capture of President Mbeki’s diary, as published on government’s own website. I wish I was making it up, but I’m not: (Source: http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/diary.asp?show=President%20Mbeki) No, you nerd, the important thing here is not that he only scored a Google pagerank of 4/10 […]
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Be very afraid; June 27 might be catastrophic for Zimbabwe
The signs are very clear: June 27 and its aftermath spell doom for Zimbabwe. Already weeks leading up to the run-off have been characterised by abductions, torture and murder. The violence is just unimaginable. As a matter of fact, what people saw in South Africa in the past couple of weeks is reminiscent of the […]