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To my fellow students I am given once again to reflect on the pathetic leadership provided to the students of South Africa by the ANC government, and in this case by the SACP’s Minister Blade Nzimande, and the ANC’s Youth Militia of Cosas, Sasco, ANCYL, YCL and PYA. I recall that they all promised us […]

Today the M&G posted another excellent and “it says it all” cartoon by that master of public comment, Zapiro. In the picture, titled “Revealed in Oz … “, it shows Caster Semenya dressed up like Dorothy, flanked on her right by the Tin Man, Scarecrow and Lion. The Tin Man has “Aussie editors” scrawled on […]

I I jump off a packed train in Munich and walk from the platform towards the station when a plain clothes policeman stops me. He flashes his badge at me. He is not an immigration officer. He is an undercover cop. I give him my passport, simultaneously searching the crowds for the familiar face of […]

Next Wednesday, Tony Leon’s friends will be bid him and Michal a fond adios as they depart for wonderful Argentina. I am seething with envy. So is Richard Calland. His M&G column “Tony, I want your job in Buenos Aries” two weeks ago was so full of animus, it demands a response — albeit a […]

By Adam Currie Well, well, well … I do love to spark a debate and my last little ramble (A Canuck Kaapie) certainly got some individuals blood boiling. A good few old-school Johannes shook their heads, put there brandewyns aside, and decided to give me a good ol’ Groot Krokodil finger wag. I was thrown […]

By Theo Mapheto No doubt, Julius Malema must be the most talked about politician in the country. In the northern suburbs, no dinner table chit-chat is ever complete without a blow-by-blow account of his latest exploits; his woodwork skills being the common butt of jokes and all. Adding fuel to water, President Zuma has issued […]

By Sipho Mazibuko As a recent victim of crime, though indirectly, I initially denied the statistics. Some appeared as mere concoctions by those hell-bent on demoralising our society and undermining our hard-fought democracy. As with almost everything, we don’t believe … until it happens to you. Hoodlums, criminals, thugs, rapists — all brings feelings of […]

Tonight marks a defining moment in the return of “European nights”, also known as the Champions League — the best continental championship in the world right now. This season’s final is going to be held at Real Madrid’s homeground, the Santiago Bernabeu. As usual there will be more questions than answers which will be answered […]

The hotline to the presidency was launched yesterday. The toll-free number is manned by 43 officials (yes, that is about 1 person for a million South Africans) who will then be responsible for seeing that the complaints raised are addressed, or at least that the respondents are held up to date on how their issue […]

1. Will Julius be present to welcome the Boks? 2. Does it really matter? Honestly, whose opinion of Julius (positive or negative) will be affected by anything he ever does? 3. Does the above not point to a greater fault in how politics is viewed, debated and understood in SA? 4. The Caster saga has […]

If I were to say to you, there is nothing worse than a hypocrite, I would be writing off 99% of the human race. What we say and what we do rarely match up. When Giovanni Boccaccio in 1350 first penned those much quoted words, do as we say, not as we do, he really […]

It is frightening to see the gulf in class between the English Premiership and our own. While the like of City, Liverpool and even Sunderland plundered four goals apiece over the weekend, South Africa’s finest combined for a completely underwhelming barrage of just nine goals in eight matches. It is a shocking statistic, especially when […]