Bulls Established Fourie du Preez. The IRB brainfart notwithstanding, he was indisputably head, shoulders and socks above every other player in the world last year. The question this year will be whether he can maintain that level of performance and even more crucially, what that will mean for his fitness and motivation levels heading into […]
Siyabonga Ntshingila
Siyabonga Ntshingila is a walking example of how not to go through life productively.
Having been chanced his lackadaisical way through an education at one of the country's finest boys schools and a noted university, he then proceeded to unleash his special brand of inertia on the unsuspecting corporate world.
Alas, as with all things in life, the scam could not go on forever, and like a deVaselined Ananias Mathe reality caught up with him and he is now (thanks to the undue influence of his beloved) making a living as a freelance writer and a sub-editor for Newstime.
Mob justice reaches new low
Disturbing news from IOL this morning. A woman in rural Mpumalanga was forced by residents to join in the mob stoning of her own son after he was implicated in a fatal mugging in the area. Now mob violence as a retaliation to criminal activity is nothing new to SA. If anything the fact that […]
Rating the SA Super 14 contenders and pretenders
The Bulls: Take probably the best provincial/regional team ever assembled, lose probably the best winger of the last five years, add two returning heroes, plus Heyneke Meyer back pulling the backroom strings and what do you get? A very likely repeat. Fatigue is the only realistic barrier to yet another year of Blue domination. Well […]
Non-story of the day: Civil servant goes on approved leave
So today’s non-story? Judge Hlophe going on extended paid leave. Now Hlophe is rivalled only by JZ, Julius Malema and probably Schabir Shaik in terms of circulation-boosting value. A story about his bathroom habits would guarantee thousands of hits on your news site. But once again, I fear we are yet again, being herded, lemming […]
Nasa: Going beyond the clouds
It seems not even revered aeronautical institution Nasa could escape the belt-tightening effects of the recession. Their chosen solution though was something you will not find in any scientific or engineering journals. Reports today indicate that cocaine was found in a processing hangar for the shuttle Discovery. Nasa, however, officially deny that the stash formed […]
Gazing at my crystal ball
1. The Stormers will win the Super 14. That is the local pre-season tourney for the top 14 clubs in the Province/Boland area. 2. Rassie will dictate on field moves via strobe lights from the top of Table Mountain. 3. The Bulls machine will rumble on. Cheeky sub-eds everywhere will fall over themselves to write […]
Shaik, sabre-rattling and rolling
So it would appear, according to the media and opposition mouthpieces at least, that the president is all but set to grant Schabir Shaik a presidential pardon. At least that is what the opposition allege and the media are not too shy to fan that particular flame. And why not? Zuma and Shaik are circulation […]
What 2010 does NOT hold in store
1. In an attempt to quell the simmering leadership tensions, Cope will adopt a rolling substitution policy for its top positions. The Rev Dandala will deny that this undermines his leadership in any way and offer that it is a shining victory for democracy. 2. Upset at having to wait a whole 30 days before […]
Gold teeth and yellow walls
A friend of mine (who is getting increasingly cantankerous with his advancing age) recently managed to turn a beer-nursing afternoon, while watching nubile young ones go by, turn into a dark day of discontent. The cause of all this? A wall painted in a colour he deemed unpleasant. True story. I must also add that […]
Obama between Iraq and a hard place
Who’d be president? I can imagine the temptation to just push that fabled red button must get really strong for Obama at times. When he took over the Oval Office from gung-ho Dubya, the exit plan for the “War on Terror” seemed very simple. Shore up the existing Iraqi and Afghan governments, hand over more […]
2009’s hits and misses
Team of the Year — Close one between the *choke*Bulls*choke* and the Bokke here. I’ll go for the Bokke purely on the fact that a Lions Series is a real era-defining win. Player of the Year — He calls the shots like no other and leaves an imprint on every major victory — Fourie du […]
The beerpocalypse is upon us
Warning: the next few paragraphs contain an extremely one-sided and highly indignant view on a contentious issue. No, I haven’t joined the Desperate Alliance or the selective amnesia support group that broke away from the ANC, this isn’t at all about politics. It’s bigger than that nothingness. In the UK, the noble Birtish Beer and […]