“Whites owe more than other race groups”. It’s the kind of headline you will only see in South Africa, a land where everyone — government, marketers and the media — is determined that South Africans continue to see everything, even credit card debt, according to racial categories created more than fifty years ago: “The Consumer […]
2008
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Rugby line-up: Shotgun wedding set for 18 November
Monday — Dust-up between Peter de Villiers and Jake White over the non-availability of six Springboks for the Jake White-coached Barbarians side against Australia on December 3 at Twickenham Tuesday — Luke Watson hearing at SA Rugby in Newlands, with a possible demonstration in the parking lot and a gathering of the top ten rugby […]
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Chicken feet and biltong: interviews with the Chinese (Lee Yao)
Hollywood actress Sharon Stone said that the Sichuan earthquake was karma for what China did to Tibet. What do you think of that? Well, what I can say is that Sharon Stone is a stupid [bleeeep! Not on my blog!] bitch. What is your view of South Africa and South Africans? What have you learned […]
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Palestinians on Obama
Passing through Occupied Palestine, on my way to the Hajj pilgrimage, I managed to interview some Palestinians to get their thoughts on the new president of the USA. Hala from Ramallah It is like a dream for the minorities of the world that a person of colour can be president of the United States, the […]
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It being Sunday n’all
It’s hard to keep Dylan’s words out of your head reading about the breakneck pace at which change is happening all over our planet. From the fun and fire in the US [I can’t see what all the fuss is about. We’ve had black guys getting into white houses for generations] to the Biblical-scale of […]
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The tortoise, the hare and Google in the sea
The moral of the tale of the tortoise and the hare is a warning against the dangers of resting on your laurels. Well, that’s arguably the main moral. But there are probably others that can be drawn from it too. Don’t be arrogant. Don’t give up. Don’t eat carrots. Don’t fall asleep on the job. […]
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A South African in America: what the Obama victory means for us all
Judy Sikuza Four days later, my heart is still pounding! Hands shaking, butterflies in the stomach — an unfathomable feeling of awe! How can the election of a president in a country of which I am not a citizen have such an indescribable effect on me? The voice inside of me abruptly responds: “How can […]
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Zimbabwe state media? You mean Zanu-PF mouthpiece
AFP is reporting that the Zimbabwean state media is blaming the opposition for the deadlock in the power sharing deal and urging President Mugabe to simply go ahead and appoint his own cabinet. What a load of cockcustard! This is so far removed from the reality as to demand an explanation lest all those who […]
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Should Mbeki be held to account for HIV-Aids related deaths?
Zackie Achmat, a loyal member of the ANC and a Zuma supporter, as well as leader of Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) has accused Thabo Mbeki of having “blood on his hands”, referring to deaths related to HIV/Aids. Achmat is emboldened in his reckless statements by an inconclusive study conducted by a group of professors from […]
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Dmitry Medvedev is ready to test Barack Obama’s mettle
Political “analysts” have been unanimous in their assessment of immediate challenges that president elect Barack Obama would have to contend with once sworn into office in January 2009. The most prominent and most obvious is the state of the economy of the United States (US). Obama inherits a dysfunctional economy which has plunged almost the […]
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SADC must read Zimbabwe factions the riot act
When the Southern African Development Community gathers on Sunday to try and resolve the deadlock between the Zimbabwean political factions they must focus on the fact that it is the members of the SADC, aid agencies and the masses of Zimbabwe who are paying an enormous price for these factions to continue refusing to reach […]
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Devious Shikota is merely Mbeki 2.0
Come 2009 elections, Shikota won’t be getting my vote. While their pro-constitutional rhetoric is encouraging, it’s also hard to believe. Where was Lekota’s commitment to the constitution when he was in Mbeki’s cabinet? He seemed quite happy to toe the party line when it came to Aids, Zimbabwe and other issues. It’s tempting to think […]