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Finally, after more than a few years where cup supremacy (which I will grudgingly concede belongs to Kaizer Chiefs) and pride were the only things to be played for, the old Soweto rivals, Chiefs and Pirates, will square off in a match that means something beyond just the respective fans’ moods when they go to […]

I don’t like sounding like an alarmist. What I like even less is announcing how much I don’t like being an alarmist because we both know that a “but” will be making an appearance soon. I won’t disappoint. But (yes, there it is) I think that if we carry on as if things are just […]

South Africans are the worst kind of bipolar sufferers: put some bleeding guy with an oblong-shaped ball on a patch of grass and the entire country clings to one another like chewing gum to an economy-class table. But raise the topics of crime or politics and we’re ready to go to war with one another […]

Let’s face it, come April, the great man will be state president. Rumours abound that the NPA is set to drop the case against old JZ. He must be dancing — it wasn’t necessary for his umshini to be brought to him, after all! Slavish Zuma loyalists like to paint objections to the man’s accession […]

I have been asked by young South Africans to explain why I have chosen to vote for the DA. However, let me first say that I encourage all people to vote and further let me say that I encourage all people to vote for the party that represents as closely as possible their own perspective. […]

It’s been a long time coming in this country, and another proud move towards a true virtual community. Today, FNB launched How Can We Help You, a niche social network centred on financial content. And I’d like to think we really are first to market here. Corporate brands can easily become “social” for social’s sake. […]

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Once again we are being treated to the less than acceptable conduct of two judges who have failed to appreciate the importance of their position within our fledgling multiracial democracy. In the case of Judge Nkola Motata the accused in a drunk driving matter, he has been called upon by the magistrate to explain why […]

I was watching the debates on the upcoming election in the Western Cape recently. A large piece of the debate referred to what was deemed a “housing crisis”. I hear similar things being said around Durban and indeed all over South Africa. I make the claim there is no housing crisis in South Africa. The […]

It is difficult to converse about the use of TV technology in football after such a wonderful week at least for Manchester United and Buccaneers. In African-American English, We got it good man! Manchester United are turning Old Trafford into the Theatre of Dreams we have known it to be under Sir Alex. The usual […]

So the news wires and opinion forums (this one included) have been all abuzz about the latest chapter in the life of a well-connected, rule-flouting, middle-aged businessman. Views, bile and hysteria have been spewing forth much like the golden nectar from the draught taps at a hot, lazy and increasingly despondent Kingsmead this past weekend. […]

And I mean it. I think he is a pretty pleasant and probably funny guy too. I can’t help but imagine exchanging slaps on the back and doubling back in laughter as we have chats about whatever it is that young men talk about. As much as I take issue with some of the things […]