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In agreeing with Davidson Nicol of Sierre Leone on the meaning of Africa, Ali Mazrui states that “yes, Africa is a concept, pregnant with the dreams of millions of people”. In fact, in Mazrui’s outstanding book, Africa since 1935, a number of essays take the reader through a number of important issues on Africa and […]

I was very pleased to read an article by an HIV-positive radio talk show host, Criselda Kananda, titled, Mbeki was brave to enough to challenge HIV orthodoxy. She says, “I would fail myself and what I stand for if I were to allow the legacy of Mbeki to be reduced to im being called a […]

The media is an integral part of our lives and helps shape who we are and who we may become. In first year sociology you get taught the agents of socialisation for an infant/child, and one of them is the media. In our society there has been constant debate about the role of the media […]

Until a year ago, social scientists, analysts, historians and the local peanut gallery had been formulating complete genealogies to understand HIV/Aids denialism in the highest office. Sociologists and anthropologists had fallen over one another in weaving theory between meta-theory, digging up Foucault, Spivak and Said in attempting to construct an Africanist approach to understanding vitamins, […]

I was naively thrilled when Ryland Fisher posted Black people can be among the most racist. I didn’t like the title. It was an obvious attention-getter, and, before reading the blog, I thought it was probably a spurious opinion. However, his final words, “I’m a racist. You’re a racist. Let’s talk,” moved me to write […]

With the launch of the iPhone 3G in South Africa and witnessing the hype first hand, I was thinking iPhone-only social networks have a serious chance at generating traction internationally and even in our local market. iPhone owners, like most users of Apple products, are a fairly obsessed, elitist group of people. An iPhone-only social […]

Saturday, September 27 2008 Barclays Premier League Arsenal v Hull City (Home win) League leaders should have far too much for Hull City despite a decent start from the newly promoted side. Hull threw away a two goal lead to draw 2-2 with Everton and will pay in blood if they defend against the Gunners […]

It’s no secret that FIFA, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and other key 2010 World Cup role-players are observing the political developments in South Africa closely. Following the dramatic axing of president Thabo Mbeki, Deputy Minister of Finance Jabu Moleketi, who also heads the LOC’s finance and procurement committee, was one of 14 ministers who […]

Terry Venables has confirmed that he has had talks with Newcastle about filling in for Kevin Keegan, who left the club recently, but rejected the offer. The position will start as caretaker as nothing can be finalised until the club has been sold by Mike Ashley. As far as fans are concerned his continued ownership […]

Disclaimer: This blog is not about the hatred, dislike or favoritism of any team. It is purely about the “psychological” aspects of playing against Chiefs, reflecting on the MTN8 cup final. There can be no denying that Kaizer Chiefs is arguably the most successful team in South African football. On Tuesday night they scraped yet […]

First came the promise of the OLPC, then came the Asus Eee PC, and life got good. Now that Pandora’s box has been opened, a hell spawn of so-called netbooks are flooding the market creating confusion, and completely eroding the good work done by the original Eee PC. I picked up the Asus Eee PC […]

“Australian Rugby Union officials are pushing for top European nations to be included in an expanded Tri-Nations tournament and teams from North and South America, Japan and the Pacific to be involved in an expanded Super 12 competition. “ARU chief executive John O’Neill reportedly wants the Super 12, the southern hemisphere’s premier provincial rugby competition, […]