I don’t know about you, but I prefer my leaders smart. I don’t want their intellectual capacity to be open for debate. Even if a leader is a jackass, I want to be able to say: “Sure, he’s a jackass, but he sure is smart,” like many people thought of good ol’ Mbeki. I don’t […]
Khaya Dlanga
Khaya Dlanga* By day he perpetuates the evils of capitalism by making consumers feel insecure (he makes ads). For this he has been rewarded with numerous Loerie awards, Cannes Gold, several Eagle awards and a Black Eagle.
Khaya has an ego-crushing bank balance but an ego-boosting 6.5 million views on the popular video-sharing website YouTube.
Africa's top Digital Citizen Journalist in 2008 for innovative use of the internet, at the Highway Africa conference, the largest gathering of African journalists in the world.
Jeremy Maggs' "The Annual - Advertising, Media & Marketing 2008" listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in Advertising, Media & Marketing.
Winner of Financial Mail's Adfocus New Broom award 2009. He has listed these accolades to make you think more highly of him than you ought to.
* The views expressed in this or any future post are not necessarily his own (unless of course you agree with them).
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Blacks can use the K-word and whites can’t?
Had Irvin Khoza been a white person, he would be out of a job by now for using the K-word. Finish and klaar.
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America is the hope of the world
My fellow Americans … I know you may be wondering why I call you fellow Americans since I am not one of you.
Posted inGeneral
South Africa, what the hell is wrong with you?
The power failures have given the prophets of doom hope for the country; hope that it’s all downhill from now. Finally our prophecies are coming true, they whisper in their hearts.
Posted inNews/Politics
The judge in the Zuma case will need balls made of steel
Considering that this is my first post, I would rather be writing about something else, but I feel compelled to tackle the subject at hand — even though it goes against everything I am; my natural sense of optimism. As I understand it, optimists are not oblivious to the realities of earthly existence and its […]