I have written about funny websites before, but this one takes the cake, the pudding, the pie and every other sweet treat that wins a prize. Check out http://tinythingsihate.blogspot.com/ and I dare you not to laugh! Written by Jon Brown, a young comedy writer from the UK, it’s basically a list of extremely amusing and […]
2008
Posted inNews/Politics
Why Mbeki’s quiet diplomacy is the best gift to Zimbabwe and African democracy
To understand the effectiveness of President Thabo Mbeki’s quiet diplomacy, we need to understand that, sometimes, finding African solutions to African problems is a phenomenon that cannot be put into words. In fact, most people cannot grasp or conceptualise it. Here is a made-up attempt to explain what has been happening over the past few […]
Posted inSport
An hour with Saru president Oregan Hoskins
Oregan Hoskins has been re-elected as the president of the South African Rugby Union, home body of the current world champions, in case you’re an All Black supporter and you weren’t sure. Two-time winners of the premier event, actually, having competed in far fewer tournaments. A good thing too, or who knows, New Zealand may […]
Posted inGeneral
Make this American world worth living in again
I don’t know whether that was a baptism by fire or merely an avalanche, but let’s just say that my post in which I listed 10 places I’d sooner live than have a green card has left me feeling kind of dumped on. Quite right too: when you stick your neck out, you’ve got to […]
Posted inNews/Politics
Why X still marks the spot for the ANC
Submitted by Phaphama Dulwana It’s certainly not Thabo Mbeki’s dazzling smile on the ballot papers, or the great service delivery in our country. It’s certainly not the unity inside the African National Congress either. So why are the majority of voters throwing away their votes to the ever-crumbling ANC? Fear! This is the only reason […]
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When the people lead, the leaders will follow
“When the people lead, the leaders will follow.” How often has this statement been proven true? Remember the French Revolution, the breakdown of the USSR, the fall of apartheid in South Africa. Is this beginning to unfold again in Zimbabwe? In each case, people were faced with what appeared to be huge and insurmountable problems […]
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Are church and state reconcilable?
The separation of church and state in an ever-changing society will always be a complicated matter, and has been ever since the idea was new. It remains one of the most universally accepted principles in a democratic system. Accepting, as we do in Europe, the pluralist and multicultural character of the European society today, the […]
Posted inLifestyle, Media
Let’s put our breasts together for …
Submitted by Claire Baker I’m surprised no one else has written about this topic. Perhaps it is too trivial, or perhaps our contributors have been momentarily distracted by what the day has to offer. I’m even more surprised to find myself writing about it. After all, I don’t look that bad in a Wonderbra, so […]
Posted inNews/Politics
Mbeki outwitted Mugabe
Submitted by Takwana Makaya Quiet diplomacy was seen as a failure, but it also was a venomous snakebite that left Zanu-PF splattered into pieces, divided and with nowhere to hide. If President Thabo Mbeki forced Uncle Bob to adopt radical changes in reforming the electoral system, the vampire regime would have told Mbeki to go […]
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On board the MSC Volkstaat
With the blatant racial discrimination that has hit our beloved rainbow nation lately, I feel compelled to explore possible solutions to this age-old racial-superiority point of contention where some feel that it is their right to be held in a higher status than other racial groups. Plainly, it sickens me to know that there are […]
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Paul McCartney and the sexagenarian syndrome
I have no feelings one way or the other about Sir Paul McCartney. By the time I was born the whole narcotics-induced hysteria around The Beatles had died down somewhat and I only read about it retrospectively. As a matter of fact, I have no feelings about any other Beatle or any of those other […]
Posted inLifestyle
Tepid peppermint wonderland
In Durban, it’s always green. In summer, in spring, in autumn, even in winter when the rest of the world dries out to become a dull, brownish grey. It’s also never really cold. Even the chilliest nights pale in comparison to some of the cooler nights that are already setting in here in Jo’burg. That’s […]