Picture the scene of a woman being severly beaten up by her husband, in the very middle of the amphitheatre at the V&A Waterfront. She cries in terror, revulsion, and despair to all who can hear. She begs for help, and tries to alter her behavior and identity to calm down and please her man.The […]
2008
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Don’t get mad, get Bob
With His Excellency, (no one finer at murdering his own people), president for life (or you lose yours), father (of what remains of) the nation, Bulawayo baker of the year and winner of the class spelling bee in 1934, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe set to announce the result of the presidential election, I figured we […]
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Justin Gimelstob opens his mouth to change feet
Who? Justin Gimelstob, winner of two tennis Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and now on the board of the ATP, during a radio program broadcast to Washington residents decided to have a full go at Anna Kournikova. He called the Russian tennis player “a bitch” and described how he would like to hurt her during […]
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Four days and counting … to 5 July + Carter is an underwear model
John Smit has finally joined his team and the assembly is complete and Dan Carter is an ordinary underwear model and human and vain and can be neutralised. The Boks’ preparation included a field session yesterday and then one on Thursday. Just what one needs to get focussed and in the groove for Saturday’s National […]
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The enigma that is President Mbeki on Zimbabwe
I was chatting to my brother-in-law Nevil the other day about a radio station that he listens to, where they interview many interesting guests including Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille. I was surprised to learn that Zille, instead of launching into diatribes about how awful the president is, conveyed among other things her respect for […]
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Channel Islam, Jon Qwelane and the Jewish plot against civilisation
Writing in the SA Jewish Report some years ago, journalist and talkshow host Jon Qwelane challenged the Jewish community to prove to him that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion was, in fact, a forgery. Evidently, he had some doubts on that score at the time. Happily for Qwelane, those doubts would now seem […]
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Offshore exodus goes on: Heyneke Meyer to coach Leicester Tigers
Dan Carter is to play with five South Africans (Percy Montgomery, Philip Burger, Gerrie Britz, Steve Meyer and Gavin Hume) at Perginan at the end of the year. Now, Leicester Tigers, one of Europe’s heavy weights in rugby, have announced former Bulls head coach Heyneke Meyer to lead them into battle next year. And so […]
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What is a geek?
I started writing a post on how to understand how respect works with developers, that quickly expanded to cover other technology worker types as “passionate technology people”. Which is rather unwieldy a term to be throwing around throughout a post and not entirely encompassing of the people I mean anyway. “Geek” is the most accurate […]
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Values and the price of capitalism
The recent release of Naspers’ results was marred by a reputation scandal after it was revealed that Paarl Web, a subsidiary of the Cape Town based multinational media company, printed Zanu-PF pamphlets for the Mugabe regime. Read Naspers and the trail of Mugabe’s blood money as well as Mugabe’s man unmasked on MoneyWeb for background. […]
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Zim: a tad too late …
“You are hereby fired,” the Queen of England must have muttered, when stripping Mugabe of his honorary Knight Grand Cross in the Civil Division of The Most Honourable Order of Bath. “The elections are an outright sham!” squealed George Bush. “We will not recognise the outcome of the elections!” declared Europe as one, showing for […]
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“African-American”: meaning what, exactly?
One of my favourite stories illustrating the fragility of US race relations is that of Trevor Richards, a South African who emigrated with his parents from Johannesburg to the States in 1998. Six years later, at his school in Omaha, Nebraska, fifteen year old Trevor (with the help of two classmates) nominated himself as a […]
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What does Mugabe want from God?
Mugabe’s assertion that only God could remove him is cause for celebration. The despot has effectively pointed out his own fallibility and has paved the way for the Zimbabwean people, SADC and Zapiro to finally dethrone him. Now we just need to find God. According to academics, diplomats and Ahmadi, the Palestinian shephard, there are […]