Mamelodi Sundowns are sitting pretty on top of the Absa Premiership log, they are saying catch us if you can to the likes of Kaizer Chiefs, Golden Arrows and Ajax Cape town who are following closely. Sundowns are on 21 points, while Chiefs, Arrows and Ajax are all on 17 points respectively. This weekend is […]
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Assange T-shirts and the US’s Newspeak
Man, the world we live in now works in nanoseconds. Up-to-the-minute Julius Julian Assange T-shirts are available for ordering here. He has barely been jailed and T-shirts saying “Free Julius Julian Assange” are already available. (My favourite is still “Julius Julian Assange is my homeboy”.) Sure, no doubt the T-shirt was available well in advance […]
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The mystery of the 300 barrier
The passing of a milestone is an important moment to acknowledge for a batsman. It shows that you respect the applause given to you by the crowd, your teammates and somewhat begrudgingly, the opposition. And now, more than ever, do we regularly see batsmen celebrating a landmark. The recent Test between Australia and England saw […]
Posted inEquality, News/Politics
What is a feminine vagina?
In Africa, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 92 million girls from 10 years of age and above have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). Amnesty International estimates that 2 million involuntary circumcisions are being performed every year, mainly in Africa. This practice has no physical benefits for women, and can cause death. The details […]
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Thou shalt want, more
Imagine for a minute you woke one morning to find all advertising replaced with religious scripture. If you are Christian, imagine the messages were Muslim, and vice versa if you’re Muslim. Every logo, billboard, television advert and radio spot, now a quote from the Bible. How would you respond? I’m pretty positive that people would […]
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WikiLeaks just a smokescreen
As I wrote this I felt I’d been given a challenging advertising brief: write a campaign that will convince zealous feminists to happily subscribe to pornographic magazines for men and make those women look forward to savouring the contents. In other words, I’m inclined to think most will sneer at this piece. But that’s what […]
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Thoughts on wearing a lanyard
The other day I picked up another lanyard. It’s in a restrained and tasteful shade of khaki and branded Land Rover, and it will come in very handy in my ongoing quest to stop myself from losing things like keys and cameras and gate remotes. Lanyards are very useful for that sort of thing. It […]
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Arrows for false gods*: WikiLeaks & ‘the national interest’
One of the better observations made by a local commentator in the wake of the WikiLeaks disclosures, was offered by Richard Calland, who suggested that the “purely nation-state, Westphalian view of the world” was increasingly in question. Calland wrote of a compelling anarchist narrative informing WikiLeaks’s direct action. He is quite right but the point […]
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The curious case of Khanyi Mbau
By Zuki Mqolomba Truth be told, Khanyi Mbau’s narrative tells of our very own narrative. Her ideals reveal much of what now constitutes our national character, the new sets of value propositions that are now hegemonic in mainstream society. Indeed we are the lived expression of her spoken words. “Just because they can’t put bread […]
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Thought Leader commenter awards: The yays and nays
By Aliki Karasaridis Do blog commenters warrant a second thought, never mind an award? Thought Leader blogger and Bookmark Award winner William Saunderson-Meyer recently told me that writers need to “grow a thick skin against the personal invective of those blog commenters who substitute abuse for argument”. But he did also say that bloggers should […]
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The first time I wore handcuffs
This is a less kinky story than you think it’s going to be, though I have another story involving some red fluffy handcuffs and some Spanish border checks but that is for another time. The images relating to the story I’m telling you now can be found on the My First Time website. The first […]
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I kiss the feet of St Julian of Wiki
As I write, Google returns 56 million results for my search on “Assange”. Pretty intimidating for anyone trying to join the discourse on Julian the Terrible. Here’s my contribution: Fucking ace, Julian. Make those mothers sweat and shit themselves. OK, that hardly qualifies as thoughtful input into the debate on media freedom and the right to […]