The African Union conference at Sharm el-Shekh was a fitting response to the sham Zimbabwean election. In essence, a wishy washy call by African “leaders” for some form of negotiations despite the fact that the parties concerned have effectively ruled it out. While the USA has confirmed that it is headed for full blown sanctions, […]
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.
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Gavin Varejes and John Allan take the fight to grassroots levels
One of the biggest bugbears of South African sports fans has been the issue of forced quotas being introduced into team selections. Fourteen years after our becoming a fully fledged multiracial democracy, the next generation of sportsmen and women are available for selection on merit to our club and national sides. If we allow politicians […]
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We don’t buy it, Mr Henry
“Thouth Afwica ith a 10-out-of-10 wugby-pwaying countwy tho we know we are in for a weally tough Test. Goth, I’m in thuch awe of them; they’th the world championths.” If New Zealand coach Graham Henry thinks we’re buying that crock of crap, best he thinks again. If there is anyone on the planet right now […]
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What are Africa and South Africa’s most embarrassing moments?
While we await the African Union’s response to the Zimbabwean election, I thought we’d find out what South Africans believe to be our most embarrassing moment as a nation and a continent. For me, Robert Mugabe thanking President Mbeki for his role in this fiasco is by far and away our most cringeworthy moment. All […]
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Biggest insult to Africa yet: Is Mugabe the real problem in Zim?
“Mugabe is not unpopular in Zimbabwe today because his government has been autocratic and brutal. He is not unpopular because the minority (but substantial) Matabele tribe have been persecuted, killed and dispossessed by a governing party whose power base is among the Mashona majority. He is not unpopular because he and his wife are greedy […]
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Don’t get mad, get Bob
With His Excellency, (no one finer at murdering his own people), president for life (or you lose yours), father (of what remains of) the nation, Bulawayo baker of the year and winner of the class spelling bee in 1934, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe set to announce the result of the presidential election, I figured we […]
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Justin Gimelstob opens his mouth to change feet
Who? Justin Gimelstob, winner of two tennis Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and now on the board of the ATP, during a radio program broadcast to Washington residents decided to have a full go at Anna Kournikova. He called the Russian tennis player “a bitch” and described how he would like to hurt her during […]
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The enigma that is President Mbeki on Zimbabwe
I was chatting to my brother-in-law Nevil the other day about a radio station that he listens to, where they interview many interesting guests including Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille. I was surprised to learn that Zille, instead of launching into diatribes about how awful the president is, conveyed among other things her respect for […]
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Were the All Blacks poisoned in 1995?
With the might of Peter de Villiers’ green and gold Springbok army about to embark on a Tri-Nations campaign against the old enemy, I though I might revisit this crock of…theory. To be fair to them, I believe that if my missus was among the chefs cooking for those Kiwis, there’s every chance that they […]
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Scientific findings on gay brain will send bigots to hell
The biggest argument in favour of bigotry against gays and lesbians among certain religions and the non religous, is the fact that their sexuality is a matter of choice. They are, according to those who espouse this theory, born as men and subsequently choose to pursue an unnatural sexuality based upon some sort of sick […]
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If we’re celebrating Mandela, why are we acting like Mugabe?
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Mad Bob must be feeling pretty warm and fuzzy about the conduct of some of our leaders right now. Madiba less so. The man who devoted his life to a liberation struggle, for all the right reasons, and then to nation-building, now has to listen to […]
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Robert Mugabe: Catalyst to recolonise Africa or its reluctant true liberator?
Isn’t it ironic that Robert Mugabe, while claiming to protect Zimbabweans from colonialism and imperialism, is in fact the catalyst through which the recolonisation of Africa by gangster warlords might take place? And isn’t it even more ironic that in order to stop him and his maniacal party, Africa might finally realise that true liberation, […]