Julius Malema said that President Jacob Zuma is "our father", I must admit, I half expected him to complete the statement by saying "who art in heaven". Let's face it, the president has never done anything wrong in the history of his existence accord...
I attempt to give an imaginary person who wants to visit South Africa an idea of what South Africa is like.
Thank you so much David from Uzbekistan for your questions about my country. I must say, your name is pretty normal, not that it wouldn't b...
It's not every day that one has dinner with an ambassador. It's certainly not every day that a digital degenerate such as myself has dinner and sits right next to the ambassador of the United States. I can also say this with absolute confidence; it's...
The leader of the Christian Democratic Party, Reverend Theunis Botha, described President Jacob Zuma's traditional wedding as a "giant step back into the dark ages". I'm sorry Rev, I know I'm meant to revere you but the only thing from the dark ages ...
"Manto is dead. Good. A selfish and wicked bungler of the lowest order. Rotten attitude and rancid livers -- all 3 of them ... " These were the words written by Gareth Cliff on Twitter yesterday upon finding out that the former and much vilified Sout...
Instead of keeping the suspense till the end of this blog I guess I should tell you right now you should go see the movie. See it or the terrorists win. Now that we got that out of the way I review it without really giving away the story, although mo...
I was on the Miller Rock The Boat Cruise. An article in one of the dailies claimed that passengers were fornicating in public. I will have you know I did not even get to fornicate in private (I'm still bitter about that). Having read the article I fe...
Spartans prided themselves in never using more than six words when one would do. This is why they would have been brilliant on Twitter. Each tweet has a maximum of 140 characters. This explains why Moammar Gadaffi is not on Twitter. You have to use a...
I don't keep my skeletons in a closet, I keep them in a suitcase. It's much easier to flee with a suitcase in hand when the authorities come. This way you can run away with your evidence. This is why I prefer suitcases.
When I lived in Cape Town,...
"Irony 101: #thingsdarkiessay is not racist in South Africa -- What's NOT racist in South Africa? Apartheid wasn't Disneyland." A virtual war between the United States and South Africa was full-on yesterday, the weapon of choice being Twitter. Unfort...
Khaya Dlanga* By day he perpetuates the evils of capitalism by making consumers feel insecure (he makes ads). For this he has been rewarded with numerous Loerie awards, Cannes Gold, several Eagle awards and a Black Eagle.
Khaya has an ego-crushing bank balance but an ego-boosting 6.5 million views on the popular video-sharing website YouTube.
Africa's top Digital Citizen Journalist in 2008 for innovative use of the internet, at the Highway Africa conference, the largest gathering of African journalists in the world.
Jeremy Maggs' "The Annual - Advertising, Media & Marketing 2008" listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in Advertising, Media & Marketing.
Winner of Financial Mail's Adfocus New Broom award 2009. He has listed these accolades to make you think more highly of him than you ought to.
* The views expressed in this or any future post are not necessarily his own (unless of course you agree with them).
