The ANC's never in short supply of shady characters in senior positions, whether in government or its party structures. One would be forgiven for thinking that the criteria for a senior leadership position at the moment is having a tainted integrity,...
I’m betting that Carl Niehaus’s cortisol levels must be through the roof as the relentless stresses of being an ex-spin doctor on the ropes and on the run take their toll on the poor bugger’s health.
His penchant for expensive, gourmet cuis...
Three seemingly divergent articles found their ways on to my screen within the last 24 hours. I'm not sure if some supernatural puppeteer planned it that way or whether my innate penchant for irony simply sees connections where there aren't really an...
I can’t help feeling sorry for Carl Niehaus. Not that anything can excuse the man’s behaviour, but you have to understand where he's coming from. Niehaus spent his early adulthood in jail for his anti-apartheid convictions while the rest of us we...
The ANC's confirmation that spokesperson Carl Niehaus will not be abandoned despite the revelations made in this weeks Mail & Guardian is, in my humble opinion, highly commendable. Instead of taking the path expedient and getting rid of him they ...
Poverty jostles alongside wealth in Shanghai.
On one street corner I can buy a delicious takeaway omelette, a jidanbin (jidan: egg, bin: cake) with a choice of spices for about three RMB. I can add a sausage and it become four and a half RMB. Lite...
