While cabinet posts are being allocated and the constitutional amendments prepared, two additional issues of critical importance come to mind. The end of sanctions allied to whatever investment (is there anything left out there after the Lehman implosion?) can be made available and the rebuilding of the Zanu-PF as a credible party. I do not […]
2008
Posted inLifestyle
Confession: I have pleasures that really shouldn’t be pleasures
Am I the only one who derives pleasure from things that I really don’t have any business enjoying? On these very pages I have shared the incredible joy I experience each time I take a shower with a brand-new cake of soap, fresh from the wrapper. I wrote about the fact that the intensity of […]
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Right-wing Zapiro, or a guy who gets it right?
The country’s visual conscience corrected his balance with his revised cartoon on Sunday that switched the Jacob Zuma rape of justice image, with members of the Thabo Mbeki camp. Both, according to his accompanying caption, are valid. I analysed this development for the Daily Dispatch as regards his basic message. Which is: South Africa needs […]
Posted inMedia, Tech
Twenty websites to spark your creativity
Every now and again I find myself low on creativity and in need of some inspiration. The thing with creativity though is that you can’t force it on. Instead, you need to feed it with “creative fuel” (random stimuli) and eventually your AHA! moment takes place. I’ve listed below some websites that I often visit […]
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Just your average weekend, then
With the sun finally out, we should all be seeking the great outdoors. But if the local and foreign soccer leagues keep producing the first-class buffet of this last weekend, then it may prove too much to relinquish the TV remote. From lunchtime on Saturday, I sat transfixed as the Kop rejoiced in receiving unexpectedly […]
Posted inBusiness, Media
Now you can even swap your child online
There is a website, www.childtrader.com that allows and even encourages you to permanently swap your child should you feel that you are not an ideal match. You cannot sell or buy a child, only swap one (your own, preferably) for one that is better suited to you. The website is filled with testimonials, FAQs, encouragment […]
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Metrorail misery
Recently, Cape Town Metrorail commuters have been subjected to more than just the customary overcrowded carriages, which during rush hour make sardine cans seem spacious. A few weeks ago there were delays of an hour or more thanks to cable thieves having vandalised a signal box at Woodstock station. Thankfully the bastards were caught. Then […]
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Hurricane Lehman occasions bloodbath on Wall Street
Just when you thought it was safe to come out of the bunker following the CERN Laboratory experiment, along comes a financial storm so severe that you start thinking that it might have been better if those black holes had swallowed us up after all. I mean FFS what was the point in celebrating the […]
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As Zimbabwean politicians sign a power-sharing deal, expectations build for the new prime minister
They have no choice but to work together if indeed they believe in ending the political deadlock and ending a decade-long recession. It is supposed to be a landmark agreement ending a decade of political crisis and economic downturn. It is September 15 2008 and the venue is the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare. The […]
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Boom or Bust: Part III — A close-up of 10 Bok players in the 2008 Super 14
Take a sample group of 10 Springbok players, playing in the 2008 Super 14; just because they are household names because of their visibility and profile in the media, you think you have a handle on this game of rugby and know what is going on. Then try to focus on these famous 10 and […]
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What is ‘genuine white racism’ anyway?
And how do we know it “runs rampant”? I am prompted to ask the question by this comment by Carlos Amato in a very scholarly and thought-provoking article about that Zapiro cartoon: “Genuine white racism remains rampant in this country,” he writes, “but such indiscriminate accusations will not help to defeat it. Zapiro, who was […]
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Snakes alive! An appeal against the Zuma decision?
Beeld this morning confirms that the NPA is currently weighing up an appeal against the decision in favour of Jacob Zuma handed down in Pietermaritzburg on Friday. The judgement, which will set the scene for many interesting tripartite alliance meetings this week, rendered the charges against the ANC president invalid. Of course, as the unnamed […]