Not always one for toilet humour, I still had to chuckle about a public toilet in Munich which has recently been converted into an art museum. Of course wonderful articles like this inspire puns. Creating art, like going to the loo, is a great form of relief. One is able to vent and offload and […]
2008
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Zuma’s speedy appeal date could bring trial into play
The Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) has set down the NPA’s appeal against the decision of Judge Chris Nicholson, in the Pietermaritzburg High Court, which led to the charges against ANC president Jacob Zuma being withdrawn, for hearing on November 28 2008. The parties have to file their heads of argument prior to November 25. […]
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For a slightly different take on the US presidential elections …
… check out Tom Shone, a British writer living in New York who has apparently been knocking on American doors and encouraging them to vote for Barack Obama. This is no ordinary political blog, though. With amusing quotes from David Sedaris (the darkly comic novelist), predictions on how, what you order on a pizza, determines […]
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Barack Obama: Africa has unreasonable expectations of the man
Barack Obama’s presidency of the United States ushers a new beginning for America; a new beginning for cordial relations with other nations. His is to dispense hope to millions of Americans whose confidence has been abruptly shattered and altered into despair; whose hopes for the American dream came crushing with pitiless haste, subjecting them to […]
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Big Brother Africa 3: time to ditch Hazel
One of the best cures for the xenophobia haunting South Africa has to be Big Brother Africa. Twelve housemates, from as many African countries, locked in a house from August to November and forced to get along as best they can while trying to be the last man or woman standing. Viewers are able to […]
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SA cries out for an election manifesto
Submitted by Patric Tariq Mellet All political parties, including the ANC and the new splinter party, will be challenged by the electorate to quit howling abuse at each other and to provide a clear set of policies and action plans to which they will commit. People do not want the same old story that they […]
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The ANC’s gift to the world: freedom of political choice and self-expression
The best gift the ANC has offered to dissidents that it now calls its “prodigal sons” is the right of political choice and freedom of association. After all, it is a voluntary organisation. It is for this reason that, so far, the ruling ANC has acted decisively and strongly to successfully halt its members from […]
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The race that really does stop a nation
There aren’t too many other sporting events in the world that merit a public holiday. The residents of New South Wales had to turn up to work today, but office workers across the land are unlikely to be productive on the first Tuesday in November — the day when dressing up, having a flutter and […]
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Is the African National Congress truly committed to democracy?
South Africa has since 1994 been the paragon of democracy in Africa. We have remained the benchmark upon which many of our peers have been measured against. While South Africa remains the paragon of virtues of democracy in Africa, the ruling party that has been the architect of the emancipation of the oppressed and the […]
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When is a racist not a racist?
I was privileged to watch Abdullah Ibrahim’s trio perform in Artscape’s Opera House last Saturday. I have seen them perform several times and am always amazed at how talented all three musicians are. But to watch an Abdullah Ibrahim performance requires concentration, which is probably why South Africa’s best jazz pianist refuses to perform at […]
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Ebony and ivory, together in imperfect harmony
I don’t want to hear tomorrow that America has its first black president. It’s not about Barack Obama being black. It’s about him being right. The only thing that has bothered me since we welcomed political change and proper democracy to our sunny shores in 1994 is that government in this country having been worrying […]
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Magpie is a noisy bird
A new Twitter-based advertising service called Magpie was recently launched, giving Twitter users the opportunity to earn money in return for allowing adverts to be posted in their Twitter stream between updates. So if someone you follow has signed up to Magpie, these ads will appear in your timeline, under their username, but prefaced with […]