In South Africa, you can get Springbok colours for PC, console and mobile gaming. Furthermore, the gaming industry surpassed the movie industry worldwide in terms of revenue a year ahead of analysts’ expectation. In the United States, the average age of gaming is 45. These statements are all placed right at the top of this […]
2008
Posted inBusiness, News/Politics
Load-shedding: Who do you blame?
This week’s Talkback question on the Mail & Guardian Online: Load-shedding: Who do you blame?
Posted inTech
In Steve we trust — maybe
During my search through cyberspace to find the best live reports on Steve Jobs’s keynote speech at Macworld yesterday, I came across an ad that had the caption “In Steve we trust”. Very funny. See it on the Popular Mechanics website. It’s entertaining writing about Apple and possibly even — dare one? — mentioning something […]
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In Steve we trust — maybe
During my search through cyberspace to find the best live reports on Steve Jobs’s keynote speech at Macworld yesterday, I came across an ad that had the caption “In Steve we trust”. Very funny. See it on the Popular Mechanics website. It’s entertaining writing about Apple and possibly even — dare one? — mentioning something […]
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Brief: Feeling suicidal?
I was feeling really down last night. Da blues had got me good ‘n strong. I was lonely, confused and deeply depressed. I decided this was it. Time to take the plunge … time to end it all. But in one last gasp, one penultimate snatch at a straw, I phoned Lifeline. I was put […]
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Bizarro world and the problem of the parallel universes
I worry about the proliferation of multiple universes in South Africa. There, I said it. Now I must write very quickly before those nice men in their white coats come to take me away. Parallel Universe #1 exists between city dwellers and rural folk. Move away from the large metropolitan areas and it is as […]
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What do you mean you don’t ‘get’ South African politics?
What if we could represent South African politics visually? What if we could take a snapshot of M&G investigative reporter Stefaans Brümmer’s brain? Would it look like a plate of multicoloured spaghetti? A box of rubber bands? Or would it look like this …
Posted inLifestyle
Redefining the new South Africa
Every day we encounter words or phrases that take on a whole new meaning when placed in a South African context. Knowing what they mean, where, when and how to use them may well enhance your enjoyment of our beautiful country and perhaps even save your life. Accordingly, herewith more definitions for everyday South African […]
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TL representation: Some digressions on bloggers, power and ideas in society
Thought Leader is doing collective introspection on its race and gender representation, and in some cases in denial about the problem. I hope that this blog adds a little to the debate. It’s a little bit theoretical at first, but it gets practical — with a couple of digressions on the way. Edward Said in […]
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Am I irrelevant?
Have I allowed myself to become outdated, irrelevant, inconsequential and stuck in a dark corner of the early 2000s? Has technology passed me by and been handed on to a younger generation of smart, happening geeks? My friend Vincent called me up some months back and told me, in effect, that I have. “You’re wasting […]
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Angie and the last straw: a young lady’s resolution
For Jazz-Anne, The moonlight was comming through the curtains as bright as it ever could. She regularly tossed her body from one side to the other. The bed was sickeningly warm, and so she also continuousely swept her legs and toes under the sheet, from the one side to the other, to find the cold […]
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Dear Bob … about my farm
My relationship with Bob Mugabe has been trundling along for quite a while now — I send him emails, and he never replies. I even invited him to go on holiday with me, and he ignored me. But it all started much earlier, with a couple of brandies one night, when I stumbled across the […]