With labour and ANC organisations flexing their muscles post-elections it is time for the relevant ministers, leaders and organisers of protests and strikes to start drawing to the attention of the participants therein that they are always subject to the laws of our country. While striking and protesting are two democratic methods of expressing people’s […]
Michael Trapido
Mike Trapido is a criminal attorney and publicist having also worked as an editor and journalist.
He was born in Johannesburg and attended HA Jack and Highlands North High Schools.
He married Robyn in 1984 (Mrs Traps, aka "the government") and has three sons (who all look suspiciously like her ex-boss).
He was a counsellor on the JCCI for a year around 1992.
His passions include Derby County, Blue Bulls, Orlando Pirates, Proteas and Springboks.
He takes Valium in order to cope with Bafana Bafana's results.
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Child psychology says North Korea will attack South Korea
On June 25 1950 the North Korean Army under cover of an enormous artillery barrage crossed the 38th parallel into the Republic of Korea (South) initiating what is generally known as the Korean War. It was to be a conflict which created enormous global pressure at the time with a United Nation’s force comprising a […]
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Pulling Zapiro doccie symptomatic of what is wrong with the SABC
Mismanagement aside the SABC has to understand that its primary function as the national broadcaster is to air the views of all the people of this country as well as keep them informed of all ongoing news regardless of whom this may favour or prejudice. Accordingly the decision to sit on the Zapiro episode of […]
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Zille unmoved by Zuma olive branch
Western Cape Premier Helen Zille has clearly rejected the overtures made by South African President Jacob Zuma to opposition parties during his inaugural address. In his opening speech Zuma called upon opposition parties to work with the government where there are areas of common interest and called upon the ruling party to be more open […]
Posted inSport
How dare India allow Lalit Modi to travel to SA?
The Mail & Guardian on Sunday reported that the chairperson and commissioner of the IPL, Lalit Modi, had broken bail conditions and was involved in a number of troubling legal confrontations upon his return to India. My question therefore is how dare they have allowed him to travel to South Africa in the first place? […]
Posted inGeneral
Federalism: DA wary of report that may reduce number of provinces
A report which was commissioned by former provincial and local government minister Sydney Mufamadi and which seeks to advise on the way in which provincial and local government function will be published later in the year. In an interview with the Saturday Star Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Sicelo Shiceka confirmed that South Africans […]
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Muslim marriage law should be supported
The Constitutional Court has reserved judgement on an application brought before it which seeks an order to compel parliament and the president to enact a law recognising Muslim marriages. The court according to the Mail & Guardian link above appears to have narrowed its problems down to two issues ie whether it can be the […]
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Cosatu called it right on S’bu Ndebele’s Merc
As we noted earlier this week the row over British members of parliament claiming expenses on their second homes does not revolve around the issue of whether they were legal or not but rather the question of their moral defensibility. Indeed in the overwhelming majority of cases the items concerned were totally legitimate in accordance […]
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Zille needs to understand symbolism
Helen Zille was an anti-apartheid activist who repeatedly put her life in danger in order to bring about a free, non-racist and just South Africa. In addition to exposing the truth about Steve Biko while she was still a journalist, Zille allowed the use of her home as a safe house for other activists and […]
Posted inBusiness
Zuma’s balancing act: Cosatu takes on Vodacom
Immediately after the election, and referring to President Jacob Zuma selecting his first cabinet, I observed that the vested and conflicting interests of business and labour was going to be a particularly tricky political tightrope that he needed to walk. On Friday, and while we are still digesting the appointments in cabinet relating to this […]
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ANCYL, DA much funnier than Tories and Labour
The thing I love most about British and South African politics is that no matter how serious an issue is, the politicians somehow manage to make such a matzoth pudding out of it that it becomes more rewarding to watch this lot unfolding on television or in the newspapers, than it is to visit any […]
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Zuma appointing Mulder should be warmly welcomed
There are two compelling reasons why I was thrilled to see President Jacob Zuma confirming that Dr Pieter Mulder, leader of the Freedom Front Plus, was being given the post of deputy minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. First and foremost is that it tells us that the president — and by extension the government […]