I’d like to wish Kevin Pietersen all the best and a strong showing in the opening npower Test between England and South Africa at Lords tomorrow. As I say I’d like to, but unfortunately I’d be bullshitting the turncoat. For me an ideal return would be two ducks with lashings of dropped catches. He’d better […]
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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Should South Africa be hosting World Cup 2010?
I read with interest Jon Qwelane’s article “Roll out Plan B, Mr Blatter” which is to be found on the News24 website. In it he calls upon FIFA president Sepp Blatter to use the alternative venue they have set aside for the 2010 World Cup, currently to be held in South Africa. Qwelane sets out […]
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Zimbabwe: G8 is racist? Not so bright, Matonga
“Zimbabwe’s Government called the G8 statement racist and an insult to African leaders. “They want to undermine the African Union and [South African] President Mbeki’s [mediation] efforts because they are racist, because they think only white people think better,” said the Deputy Information Minister, Bright Matonga. “It’s an insult to African leaders.” The Times As […]
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Sunday Rose? Try “Vorsprung Durch Psychopathic”
If Nicole Kidman has named her child ‘Sunday Rose’ then a trend of weird names for children is about to hit the fan. So I figured why not put it to my panel of readers to assist celebrities and politicians from around the world with suggestions for interesting names that they can call their offspring. […]
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Mbeki from Kigali to Harare
If you’re like me, then much of your school life was spent in front of the principal explaining why you did the wrong thing even though you knew better. Of course, in those days we were in for a good hiding, while today’s little shnookums are untouchable. Shame. Anyhow it got me thinking about two […]
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Viagra to harden the Springboks?
I very seldom laugh like a dog while I’m driving, but a headline in the Citizen about Viagra enhancing sports performances nearly caused a crash. Can you imagine the Test in Wellington on Saturday if the Bokke were on “the pill”? Just for starters, the haka would have been of grave concern to the All […]
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Mbeki is not like Mandela. Zuma is
News reports that President Thabo Mbeki has been meeting in Harare with Mugabe and a tiny dissident group from the MDC leaves me in no doubt that the next item on the table is going to be trying to convince Zimbabwe, the African Union and the United Nations that this is the only government of […]
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First blood: All Blacks (9) 19, Springboks (8) 8
While Adolf Hitler was losing his head at a waxworks museum in Berlin, the All Blacks were keeping theirs and recording a deserved victory in Wellington on Saturday. Not one for the faint-hearted, this Test was not so much ebb and flow but more bleed and go as the two juggernauts squared up. Definitely worth […]
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The Republicans’ worst nightmare
While Republicans prepare to bombard presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama with claims of flip-flopping on Iraq and everything else, Africa — should he prevail — stands on the threshold of gaining something more significant than just a first African-American president: liberation from an old boys club of despicable tyrants. Incredible as this may […]
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The South African Hucker to stun the All Blacks
One of the most daunting sights that any rugby player will ever encounter’s is the New Zealand Haka being performed by the All Blacks. This Maori war dance just before a Test match is guaranteed to send a chill down even the hardest of spines. Not for the faint-hearted. With the Springboks top world ranking […]
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Anti-smoking Nazi bastards II
My doctor has classified me G6 K4 which means that if I’m called up during times of war as an army reservist, the SANDF uses me for prisoner exchanges. Beats working for a living. Anyhow as some of you may recall, this genius of the medical profession and I don’t always see eye to eye. […]
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Denver: “Lift ev’ry voice and sing” versus “Die Stem”
At the closing ceremony of a rugby Test played against Wales recently, Springbok captain John Smit admonished a fan in the crowd who was waving the old South African flag. The skipper correctly pointed out to this gentleman that the Bokke knew who they were playing for and made his displeasure known. Nation building at […]