There is certainty of presence of some human flaws among all of us, one of which is the general weakness to elevate certain individuals to pedestals and exaggerate their importance in the grand scheme of things. This occurs due to variety of reasons; one being that the individual holds a particular position of importance in […]
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Blood and water, trees and forests
I’ve promised myself never to go on too much about social apps, but there is one app that I’ve fallen in love with, and I’d love to share it. I signed up to Geni purely by chance — I think it was to check out the flash tree visualisation — and my affinity to the […]
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Sporting success won’t fill existential void
The impending World Cup fever brings to mind some of my former triumphs on the soccer field. It was November 2004 and we were in the last minute of a hard-fought match. I received a pass and started a wide, outflanking run, neatly bypassing the cover defence before whipping the ball, left-footed, into the back […]
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SA Rugby: Time stands still
The power play — Alex Perry, Stellenbosch, publish on Time.com on June 18 2008 Rugby is not a gentle game. But when the South African team walked onto Newlands rugby ground in Cape Town to face the British and Irish Lions on Sept. 12, 1903, expectations were of an especially violent match. It was just […]
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The state of traffic law enforcement
Are we ever going to reach a point where the authorities implement sensible and proactive road traffic measures to prevent carnage on our roads? Since 1997, the Department of Transport has launched a series of Arrive Alive campaigns, aimed particularly at reducing carnage on the roads. The success of these campaigns is debatable. There isn’t […]
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Challenges to the SADC free trade area
Following the Maseru trade protocol in 1996, the SADC trade protocol was implemented in 2000 with the aim of creating a free trade area in 2008. SADC managed to achieve this important milestone for the region by launching, at its summit held recently in Sandton, Johannesburg, the SADC free trade area (SADC FTA). President Thabo […]
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Is Patrice Motsepe or Mamelodi Sundowns under attack?
Mamelodi Sundowns are again involved in a vicious media battle with one of the country’s football governing bodies. The confrontation — between the team and SAFA (South African Football Association) — is around Katlego Mphela, whom Sundowns’ doctor declared injured and unfit to travel for Bafana Bafana’s friendly game against Australia, while SAFA’s doctor declared […]
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This marks the first time I use WordPress, ever.
Thanks Nic for inviting me to blog on Techleader — appreciate it. I’ve been considering what a good enough first post would be (there are a couple of ideas that didn’t make it saved elsewhere), and when I was sent the log-in details to Techleader, I realised I’ve actually never used WordPress, not personally and […]
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Zim: Forget the crap; what about the aid agencies?
While the negotiations between the major parties on Zimbabwe’s future are ongoing, I have specifically avoided giving any commentary. This is being done to afford the negotiators every chance of succeeding while giving Zimbabwe’s starving masses the opportunity to receive aid. I therefore find the continued refusal to give the aid agencies access to the […]
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FW de Klerk: Did he betray national reconciliation?
In 1992 the New York Times reported: “When he was still a policeman and not yet a mass murderer, Barend Strydom once stole a black man’s head from the scene of a highway wreck and posed for a snapshot of himself, the white avenger, holding the grisly prop aloft in one hand and a butcher’s […]
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To cut or not to cut
Friends of mine had a baby boy a few weeks ago. When their doctor asked them if they wanted to circumcise their child, my friends asked if there were any health advantages to snipping off the foreskin. “None,” the doctor answered matter-of-factly. When they told me this story, I had to gasp for air. I […]
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Silencing the patriots: from UKZN to parliament the voices of freedom are under attack
Tyrants dance when the voices of civil society are silenced and in South Africa the band is starting to play. There are many reasons for disquiet; an array of laws have been lined up over the last two years focussing on curtailing liberties, particularly freedom of expression, and now the University of KwaZulu Natal is […]