News/Politics

There can be no doubting the fact that Republican presumptive nominee Senator John McCain’s selection of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate owes a lot to the decision of Democratic nominee Senator Barrack Obama’s decision not to invite Senator Hillary Clinton to the party. If Denver showed anything, it was that there is […]

Why is it that every time the government does something positive to ensure our safety and security, you lot start moaning and bitching about crime, schools, hospitals and all the other unnecessary crap that we don’t need? I mean what is the point of their making the effort if this is the thanks they’re going […]

This week’s Talkback question on the Mail & Guardian Online: One ANC, many voices: A crisis ahead of elections?

On the 25 July 2008, the Rosebank and Killarney Gazette published an article about the proposed building of a large mosque in the heart of residential Houghton. The building will house between 1 500 and 2 000 people in prayer and provide for the increasing need for places of worship for Houghton’s Muslim community. Phase […]

In September 2005, Mark Scott-Crossley, a farmer from a province that has gained notoriety in respect of relations between farmers and farm labourers, was sentenced to life imprisonment for the callous murder of Nelson Chisale, who was fed to the lions. The community and Nelson Chisale’s family found consolation in what appeared to have been […]

As an infrequent but dedicated purchaser of books from Amazon.com, I was surprised to read a number of articles claiming that the company would no longer be shipping goods to South Africa because our Post Office was infested with thieves and nogoodniks. Customers of Amazon who still wanted to acquire their products were, according to […]

America, Nato and the European Union might want to rethink their approach to the issue of Georgia, South Ossetia and Abkhazia. As things stand now they are, in condemning Russia for recognising the two breakaway former Georgian territories, practising double standards. Correct me if I’m wrong but weren’t the USA and her mates the same […]

It is often noted that for as long as lions do not learn to write their own history, tales involving lions and hunters will always be about the heroism of hunters. Or something along those lines. I’ve been thinking about this phenomenon quite a bit lately, as I frantically scour the length and breadth of […]