While the Sunday Times was reporting that the ANC were losing voters left, right and centre, Rapport was recording the incredible events that took place at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Angus Buchan, a farmer of Scottish descent who preaches hope and decency through prayer and traditional family values, had drawn a crowd of 70 000 to […]
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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Distinguishing between Mandela and Mbeki is poor
While president Thabo Mbeki was making preparations to continue his mediation efforts in Zimbabwe with support from the African Union and the United Nations, Nelson Mandela, Africa’s greatest citizen, was celebrating his 90th birthday. Madiba, a man who has devoted his entire life to the struggle for the liberation of his people, losing nearly three […]
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Ian Botham is the man from W.H.I.N.E
There is nothing quite like the whingeing Poms when it comes to cricket. Commander-in-chief? Saint Beefy of Ignatius: DON’T JABBER BEEFY JUST WOCKY (Apology to Lewis Carroll) ‘Twas brillig, and this Limey toad Did cry and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy ’twere for Cook had got an iffy call, And the moan and wrath […]
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Zimbabwe: Where do you go to my lovely?
While the political ping pong ball that is Zimbabwe’s future is knocked backwards and forwards across the negotiation table I thought that a sing-a-long might cheer us all up; something that would be appropriate while you’re watching the population being brutalised and murdered on television. Most of you will know the tune to Where do […]
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A dingo ate my baby
If I’m to be totally honest about this, I would like to see the Springboks thrash the Wallabies in Perth on Saturday and then make an immediate application for the game’s permanent suspension. It would leave us holding the World Cup and victories over the All Blacks in New Zealand, Wallabies in Australia, England in […]
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No country for Afrikaans then?
Afriforum, the civil rights arm of Solidarity, has laid a charge of attempting to defeat the ends of justice against a senior superintendent of the SAPS forensics laboratory in Pretoria. This genius has allegedly refused to receive evidence in over 50 cases because the covering letter was in Afrikaans. Regardless of whether he likes it […]
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New Yorker on Obama is not satire, it’s crap
A so-called satirical cover of the New Yorker magazine, depicting Barack Obama as a Muslim and his wife as an armed terrorist, has created a huge storm among the media, politicians and religious leaders. While the publication tries to justify it as a reflection of right-wing views of Obama, it is at best a stretch, […]
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Cristiano Ronaldo: Diary of a slave
In light of Cristiano Ronaldo confirming Fifa president Septic Bladder’s view that he is a modern-day slave, I thought it only right and proper that he keep a diary to ensure that future generations be made aware of his suffering. DIARY OF A SLAVE (Cris aged 23; Mental age circa Barmitzvah Boy) 6am Awoke to […]
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Spare South African sport the Stofiles
Regular readers will know that I am a strong supporter of transformation in South African sport and vehemently opposed to tokenism. I have not only written numerous articles on the subject but also pledged the entire proceeds of my forthcoming book to transformation in rugby. The children of South Africa, primarily those in our underprivileged […]
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Russia is no friend of Zimbabwe or Africa
The defeat of the United Nations resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe was the right result but for the wrong reason. China, with the Olympic Games just a few short months away and seeking to avoid confrontation, indicated that its veto basically fell with Russia’s. Had the latter gone with the resolution the Chinese would […]
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Craig Dowd: A spaced-out rugby oddity
Ground control to Major Dowd, ground control to Major Dowd … Take your protein pills and put your helmet on; Ground control to Major Dowd, commencing countdown, engines on … Check ignition and may God’s love be with you … (Spoken): Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Springboks! What do yer […]
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Obama: Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?
Barack Obama may not be King Henry II and the Reverend Jesse Jackson is certainly no Thomas Becket but I’ll bet you anything that the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee wishes that he could have dealt with this fellow as the Royals used to do in the good old days. Something along the lines of “I’m […]