A few months ago I wrote about Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane suspending the former director of Gauteng's roads and transport department, Sibusiso Buthelezi.
It's been reported that a disciplinary process against Buthelezi was aborted mid-stre...
Jawellnofine. We South Africans are all too fond of thinking we're unique, special, different. Uniquely scenic, uniquely crime-ridden, uniquely challenged, uniquely corrupt etc etc. The technical term for this is exceptionalism and it is a very bad h...
Jacob Zuma has been president for three months but where is he? We get the odd pic of him at the G8 uncomfortably returning a strong hand put out by US President Barack Obama but as yet he has shown no leadership.
He worked so hard and waited so l...
As I watch the electoral process unfold in SA from China I feel proud of my country. My heart jolted as I wrote the words, “my country”. The elections are being done peacefully, democratically. My heart was warmed by the sight in the Mail & G...
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...
Gauteng's provincial health minister, Brian Hlongwa, has splashed out on renovating his boardroom with R1 million from the public purse according to this article in last week's Financial Mail.
This outrageous extravagance comes at a time when Gau...
From the makers of "Eskom power alerts: How can we help you", "Eskom II : This time with solar water heaters" and "Oh Eskom! My Eskom!" comes a Malt Dizzy film, Broke Back Mounting Ladder.
Barry Wrongun sent us this short review :
Arnold Bagel...
