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When Zapiro caused an uproar last year with his now notorious cartoon depicting Jacob Zuma about to take the lead in gang-raping a woman representing Justice, it said two things about the state of South African democracy. On the positive side, where else but in a true democracy would a newspaper be allowed to get […]

From pages 10 to 17 of the DA manifesto: Image notes: Page 12, yet more photographic proof that the DA has supporters of colour. SCHOOLS School education lies at the heart of the open, opportunity society … and set clear performance targets. Agreeably radical subsidiarity will resolve most of the issues originating from differential contexts, […]

Traps came out of the closet lately and pledged his vote to the ANC. I respect his open approach and would like to follow suit with my views. There are three parties of national significance in the coming election. They are the ANC, Cope and the DA. I will be voting for the DA. Before […]

If there is one person who personifies the expansionist policy of Zionist Israel with ruthless cool-headedness, that person is Benjamin Netanyahu. Many years ago, in 1923, the founder of Jewish Legion, Vladimir Jabotinsky, wrote an article (“The Iron Wall”) in which he said, among other things, that “Zionism is a colonising adventure and therefore stands […]

On Sunday, when Manchester United completed the second chapter in their quest to rewrite the great game’s history books, poor Kaizer Chiefs head coach Muhsin Ertugral was committing a cardinal sin. Sir Alex Ferguson and his Red-hot Devils edged Tottenham to add the Carling Cup to the World Club Cup already at Old Trafford. The […]

Now the drama starts to increase after 23% of the competition has passed us by. All visiting teams won their matches except for the Cheetahs. The top three — the Bulls, Waratahs and Sharks — have won all three of their games and the last 3 — the Chief, Highlanders and Cheetahs — have lost […]

Do you have faith in internet content? As search marketing soars, insidious content spammers are overwhelming and choking the net. Only a return to value will restore the balance. I love Seth Godin. Who doesn’t? The best-selling author and Business Week’s “ultimate entrepreneur for the information age” is a smart guy. A genius who tells […]

I was sitting on a lawn in Sydney’s botanical gardens, trying to fit the whole of the Queen Mary 2 in my camera lens, when the woman in front of me started to take her clothes off. I first noticed her when I chose my spot on the slopes opposite the wharf where the world’s […]

As a UCT student in ’88, I once lived in a commune which included a blind man. His name was Ivan and we often chatted in the kitchen while we made our separate lunches. Once Ivan said to me, “I went to see a movie the other week in Claremont, it was really interesting”. “Oh, […]

Over my bank manager’s dead body will I be putting up with soppy TV adverts of the party faithful waffling the same old tired garbage at us day in and day out. The adverts will feature party hacks extolling the virtues of some really shady looking characters and expecting us to believe how much these […]

At the Web4Dev conference in New York I met with the founders, inventors and creators of some pretty amazing mobile-for-development projects. Below are my top five with some thoughts on how they could be used for education. Ushahidi Ushahidi — which means “testimony” in Swahili — is a free, open-source platform to crowdsource crisis information. […]