Malema’s five-paragraph mea culpa is uncomfortably reminiscent of those grovelling pleadings favoured in the Communist show-trials.
2010
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The World Cup’s two faces
By Gcina Ntsaluba Cape Town was a bit of a buzz this week with celebrations to mark the 30-day countdown to the kick-off of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Even the mayor, Dan Plato, showed up at the celebrations to share the spotlight with local artists, including JR of “make da circle bigger” fame to […]
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If Barbie is Mandela then Fritzl must be JFK
In one of the most ridiculous analogies yet, Johan Lemmer, stepfather of convicted child molester Cezanne Visser who is also known as “Advocate Barbie”, has likened her plight in being forced to serve her sentence to that of anti-apartheid icon and former president Nelson Mandela. Lemmer told Beeld newspaper that “just like Mr Mandela, Cezanne […]
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2012: If Zuma’s replaced, who should take his place?
Read an interesting article today on the Mail & Guardian and was moved to pen this arrogant opinion. I’m happy to see that people within the movement realise that the current ANC leadership has put it in a precarious position in terms of intellectual weight. As the Mail & Guardian reported, “there is a general […]
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Does missing laptop plus two black people add up to guilty?
By Thabang Tlaka It was a beautiful summer afternoon so my aunt, an employee of the University of Pretoria and I, a student at the university, decided to sit on a bench and enjoy the late afternoon sun. Suddenly, a man came running out of the Theology building behind us. Clearly panicking and confused, he […]
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More sap, less paint
By Roger Diamond I see there is a new “race” between the US and China. This time it is to create as much green power as possible. The hype around this new race is good, with even the US president opening his mouth on the issue. Big green NGOs such as 350.org are getting in […]
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ANCYL not helping Malema’s cause
When the African National Congress released a statement welcoming the national disciplinary committee’s (NDC) decision against ANCYL president Julius Malema, they were at pains to point out that they had noted his plea of guilty and his show of remorse. ANC reaction In their statement, issued by spokesperson Brian Sokutu, the party welcomed the ruling […]
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Have you got your SA flag sokkies yet?
The other day I bought a pair of South African flag wing-mirror socks for my car. For R100 nogal, but that’s because I am a true Sandtonite and therefore happy to get ripped off. (If I’d bought them in Randburg it would have been a different story.) Yes, I succumbed to all the gooey patriotic […]
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Wanted: MPs on Facebook
One of the big stories of the week, which did not get much coverage, was one that would have been funny if it was not so very sad. It had to do with the fact that 85% of parliamentarians are not computer literate. This means that only 15% of our elected leaders know how to […]
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Did Lolly lick himself?
Just in case Steve Hofmyer reads this, let me preface so that we are clear: it is never good when anyone dies. Especially when it is an unnatural death, as this implies a violent violation of their rights, obviously. Now, when someone dies, and you ponder aloud the idiom “live by the sword, die by […]
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Proteas choking on stale air?
That didn’t last long did it? While South African cricket fans have become used to being underwhelmed by our national team, our recent exit from the World Twenty20 was even more whimpering than usual. What we are used to is a barnstorming start, then the inevitable loss in the knock-outs. Maybe Corrie van Zyl and […]
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The act of forgetting
Memory is pain. In Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet portray a couple who each undergo a procedure to erase any memory of the other from their minds. The whole idea is to remove the pain and anger inevitably associated with a failed romance. But there’s a twist. The Jim […]