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Watching Bafana Bafana lose to Nigeria for the umpteenth time over the weekend was debilitating. In all fairness, any team in the world can lose to Nigeria in Abuja. But the meek surrender by our boys is treasonous. Who can argue with Nigerians now that the only reason we won in 1996 was because they […]

Sven-Goran Eriksson has parted company with Manchester City, who have been given permission to speak to Blackburn manager Mark Hughes. This may not sit too well with the faithful who supported retaining Sven after he had achieved his mandated top 10 finish. Simon Hattenstone, a Guardian columnist and fan of the club, was outraged at […]

Facebook, bless it, has (dare I say it? ) revolutionised the online world for many people. Parents in particular. In addition to worrying about what their offspring get up to when they’re supposed to be at school, en route to and from school, hanging at the mall at weekends or Mxiing it up to the […]

One thing that always gets me and turns my world upside down and inside out, is when people talk about things as if they assume you know exactly what they are talking about. Ninety percent of the time, you don’t know and feel to stupid to ask, so you simply let it slide. In all […]

So I got myself one of these little notebooks. I must admit that it was a bit of an impulse buy. It has been a bit of a eye-opener for me. I really enjoy this little gadget and it goes with me everywhere I go. Here are my reasons why it’s such a cool gadget: […]

Submitted by Jessica Scott Reading some of the responses on Sarah Britten’s blog titled “Is it wrong to feel relieved that I left South Africa?“, I was shocked by the vehemence of some of the responses. It is not surprising that the subject of emigration evokes heated debate among those who want to leave and […]

Four years ago we staggered out of the mess that was Kamp Staaldraad and the abysmal 2003 World Cup misadventure. Now, in 2008, Der Springbokken start the international season as the world champions and number-one-ranked team against a Welsh team who, well, are more garden gecko than fearsome dragon and must surely make the Willie […]

I don’t know if you saw this recently — but it’s an actual screen capture of President Mbeki’s diary, as published on government’s own website. I wish I was making it up, but I’m not: (Source: http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/diary.asp?show=President%20Mbeki) No, you nerd, the important thing here is not that he only scored a Google pagerank of 4/10 […]

Getting lost in Pretoria to collect your new teammate is not a good sign when you’re about to spend the weekend navigating your way through the countryside. Getting lost en route to the meeting point is even less encouraging. Navigation is not my thing, but Toby must have been seriously concerned when I missed the […]

Almost three years ago to the day, on June 8 2005, SA Rugby’s presidents’ council put in motion a unanimous council resolution — a transformation charter of sorts that was a groundbreaking plan to fast-track transformation and representativeness in rugby in South Africa. It has been declared that the game of rugby is in peril […]

Submitted by Dylan Edwards The news that Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday will be celebrated with a concert in Hyde Park would have been exciting news for many South Africans. Unfortunately, the Hyde Park in question is not the northern Johannesburg suburb; in fact, it’s in London. And the excited South Africans are not the 40-odd-million […]

Submitted by Trevor Watkins Some of us achieve our destiny only in death. The image of the burning man that has flashed around the world this month will haunt our beloved nation for years to come. Such images have changed the course of history, and may yet change ours. Most South Africans are bowed down […]