There is no strange car with tinted windows tailing my red Toyota. No tall and burly mafioso tracking my movements. My telephone has not been bugged (I hope). None of my three dogs have been slain and hung by my gate. No one, save my few friends and small family, know who I am and […]
2010
Posted inEnvironment, General, Lifestyle, Media
The hypocrisy of ‘greenies’ — a fair charge?
Here’s the question: can we rightfully critique oil companies for their environmental impacts while we continue to fill up on their oil? Does our reliance on their products mean that we have no space to critique the manner in which that production occurs? It’s the type of question I often come up against when writing […]
Posted inGeneral
Five things to avoid on Facebook
And as an avid Facebook user these things really get on my nerves. I think the points should become part of acceptable internet behaviour on social-networking platforms. Listed in no particular order. 1) Avoid attention-seeking posts I’m really not a fan of posts which are obviously designed to draw attention to people’s sorrowful state. Posts […]
Posted inGeneral
Women’s sexual fantasies — what do they mean?
Pssst … hey you. Guess what? Women think about sex … sometimes more than once a day. Sometimes we’re thinking about it while you’re talking to us at our desks. Sometimes we’re thinking about it on the bus. Sometimes we’re just thinking about it while having our lunch. We think about sex. Pssst … there’s […]
Posted inGeneral
Android vs iPhone
Android pips it, but only just. With the new Android software version 2.1 running on local HTC phones, there is no doubt that the iPhone has a true competitor in the market. I am running a HTC Hero with 2.1 software on it and I’ve never owned an iPhone, so doing a comprehensive review is […]
Posted inGeneral
Don’t get duped by the internet hype
I’m on an internet ranting mission. I’m amazed at the lack of understanding in the market about how internet access is charged for and how people are getting ripped. Had a conversation with someone the other day who said MWeb uncapped was competitive with Telkom because it was R219 vs R199 for Telkom’s 1GB on […]
Posted inGeneral
Cool heads, warm hearts: Here’s to 2011
As the Boks head for Brisbane, scene of their infamous 49-0 defeat in 2006, the whines about bad refereeing are threatening to cloud the real problem. We forget that Richie McCaw was not offside while the All Blacks were scoring a record eight tries in their two opening World Cup games. Four tries a game; […]
Posted inGeneral
Is Zuma betraying SADC’s integration efforts?
In 1961, Kwame Nkrumah said: ”Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the greatest forces for good in the world. I believe strongly and sincerely that with the deep-rooted wisdom and dignity, the innate respect for human lives, the intense humanity that is our heritage, the African race, united under one federal […]
Posted inNews/Politics
Xenophobia: Police need to clamp down hard and quickly
The South African government is faced with a major dilemma in the way that it approaches claims of xenophobia in South Africa. On the one hand they cannot be seen to be hysterical as this would only fan the flames created by panic merchants and those who would gain advantage while on the other they […]
Posted inSport
‘They want our children to suffer’
By PK Lee From where Esther Goba sat watching two football teams clad in “HIV-POSITIVE” T-shirts competing in a football tournament in Limbe, Malawi, she wouldn’t strike you as someone who is at the frontlines of the life-or-death match against HIV/Aids. But Esther, aged 53, is doubly affected: she has been living with HIV for […]
Posted inLifestyle
The dark side of the mall
Why do bad things happen to middle-class people? This is a question which has fascinated philosophers for centuries, or at least since the Masterbond scandal. Aren’t middle-class people supposed to be insulated against the harsher realities of life? They have short-term insurance. They have channel TV. Their children spend two-thirds of their lives safely ensconced […]
Posted inGeneral
Rugby World Cup at Kiwi cut-throat prices
The current furore in New Zealand about the country being a rip-off for tourists (so look out rugby World Cup 2011 tourists) should be taken seriously when a former All Black who played in 81 test matches says NZ is “really expensive”and suggests that pricing needs to be addressed. Former All Black Justin Marshall bases […]