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A rebel without a satellite dish: Decoding the recent Steve Hofmeyr saga

by Koos Kombuis 7 May 20197 May 2019

Recently, a new method of braaing became fashionable in South Africa. It’s called the “MultiChoice Decoder and Satellite Dish Braai”. It’s more a roast, actually. This kind of braai did not appeal to me, to be honest. In the first place, I wasn’t sure how tasty it will be. I wouldn’t be able to chew […]

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Regulation of the porn industry is not a free speech issue

by Fiona Snyckers 14 January 201224 January 2012

Late last year, South Africa’s journalists and assorted media types decked themselves out in black to protest the Protection of State Information Bill. Shortly thereafter the news sites started buzzing with proposals to introduce a porn channel to our TV sets. And very shortly after that, various organisations threatened to boycott the channels concerned and […]

Posted inLifestyle

‘Come Dine With Me’ like Lamb(s) to the slaughter

by Michael Trapido 27 October 2011

Come Dine With Me South Africa on the BBC Entertainment network, part of the DStv package, is undoubtedly the funniest show on television and this is down to the fact that its narrator, David Lamb from Sussex in England, delivers razor sharp commentary on everything and anything the contestants get up to. The 42-year-old Englishman, […]

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