“[Mandela] came as a very militant leader of the Youth League. He turned tables around, he was absolutely as intolerant in a way to our leaders as Julius Malema is now. [Mandela] moved from being that difficult and militant to being an icon, and one of the most admired leaders worldwide. Who knows, the Julius […]
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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SABC crisis deepens
The crisis at the SABC seems to literally deepen by the hour as it haemorrhages money like a crazed gambler at the slot machines, drives out its most talented performers and continues to bolster its reputation as a crude propaganda organ of the ruling party. In the space of a few days: • Cosatu has […]
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Balfour declaration Shaiks credibility of rule of law
“I am not going to make the reports of the doctors available. I heard Jody Kollapen from the HRC talking about that this must be a public thing — but for goodness sake do we want to be that silly, would you do that to your sister or brother if they were terminally ill — […]
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Lahore attack just erased the line between sports and politics
One of the most heated and ongoing debates across the planet has been the dividing line between sports and politics. Though most of the major sports governing bodies such as Fifa, ICC and the IOC preclude government interference in local sports organisations this has not deterred politicians from trying to meddle in team selections, tours […]
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Shaik medical parole: What about Shadrack X?
The decision to release Schabir Shaik on medical parole, just 28 months into the 15-year sentence he received for his conviction on fraud and corruption, is going to create the next political implosion just this side of the election. Sit down Carl Niehaus, please rise minister of correctional services it’s time for a session of […]
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South Africa first, but I’m voting ANC
South Africans are heading for probably their most important election since 1994 when voting in the next government in April 2009. Unlike the post-apartheid elections — which simply confirmed what we have always known — that the majority would endorse the liberation party, this time the electorate will give us a clearer indication of where […]
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ANC, DA and Cope nursery rhymes for the elections
Over my bank manager’s dead body will I be putting up with soppy TV adverts of the party faithful waffling the same old tired garbage at us day in and day out. The adverts will feature party hacks extolling the virtues of some really shady looking characters and expecting us to believe how much these […]
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My empathy with David Cameron on his terrible loss
Conservative Party leader David Cameron’s son, Ivan, an epilepsy and cerebral palsy sufferer, passed away at St Mary’s Hospital in London yesterday. According to the Independent (click on link) there was a sudden illness which occasioned the six-year-old being rushed to hospital where he later died. There are no words that really offer comfort to […]
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Is Cope merely the anti-Zuma?
Two highly respected analysts have now asked roughly the same question in quick succession. Justice Malala in The Times and Professor Sipho Seepe in an article found in the Jewish Report (page 3 “Seepe sees short lifespan for Cope”) are querying whether there is any substance to Cope or is it really just a manifestation […]
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Malema: We don’t need no education
“If Zuma is corrupt, then we want him with all his corruption. We want him with all his weaknesses. If he is uneducated, then we want him as our uneducated president.” (Julius Malema ANCYL president at Cato Manor) Zuma, he said, understood South African economics, which amounted to: “Put a bread on the table. We […]
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Joost for fun
It’s funny how people see things so differently. To me my girlfriend is the most gorgeous, kindest and warmest human being ever to have walked the face of the planet yet to my wife she’s .. Mind you, if they ever ask the government (Mrs Traps) she’ll tell them I’m the worst lay she’s ever […]
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ANC must support Zille’s call on Zuma
Khampepe, Ginwala, Niehaus, corruption charges, two centres of powers, kill for Zuma, formation of Cope, recall of Mbeki, Nicholson, Hlope — a never-ending list of reasons why the ANC and not the Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille should have called for ANC president Jacob Zuma to withdraw his presidential candidacy. Each case, incident, investigation represents […]