Latest Offbeat

Catholic Confession For Sale?

By Tony on June 3, 2009
Forgiveness: worth a penny or two (Nat Arnett)

For years and years the Roman Catholics have been doing the confession thing right way.
To feel better about ourselves we need to unburden our souls. We need to tell someone else about our sins, problems and foibles. Then, through the magic of asking for, and receiving, forgiveness we soothe our souls and know that all… Read More »

Sport

Old SA Flag at Loftus

By Tony on June 2, 2009
Old South African flag — ban it?

So the old South African flag gets itself more headlines.
Our Deputy Minister of Sport, Gert Oosthuizen:
… it is absolutely tragic that there are still people who would do such a thing.
It’s absolutely unacceptable, and something which the government wants to get rid of once and… Read More »

Causes

World No Tobacco Day

By Tony on May 23, 2009
Cigarette Butts (©Adam Ciesielski)

World No Tobacco Day is on Sunday 31 May 2009. It is a World Health Organisation project that is part of the much larger Tobacco Free Initiative.
“The Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI) was established in July 1998 to focus international attention, resources and action on the… Read More »


Politics

Jacob Zuma’s Ndebele Headache

By Tony on May 19, 2009
Left or Right? High road or low road? (Mateusz Atroszko)

And no, it’s not a Zimbabwean1 headache. Although Jacob Zuma is sure to be getting a few of those over the next five years. It is much closer to home…. Read More »

Sport

Manchester United won the League. So What?

By Tony on May 18, 2009
Money is making football predictable (Steve Woods)

Manchester United won the English Premier League. So what?
It was not as though it was not going to be one of the big four clubs (Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea FC… Read More »

Business

The Vodacom Listing Saga

By Tony on May 18, 2009
Vodacom Desktop Wallpaper

After a court ruling went against it, COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) has not been successful in stopping the listing of telecommunications company Vodacom on the JSE (Johannesburg… Read More »

Politics

Zille angers ANC and Partners

By Tony on May 13, 2009
Helen Zille and the ANC Alliance Locking Horns (Benjamin Earwicker)

Helen Zille locks horns with the ANC, SA Communist Party, COSATU, ANC Youth League and, judging by comments on internet forums, even some of her own supporters. Her letter to… Read More »

Politics

Jacob Zuma’s Cabinet

By Tony on May 11, 2009
What size table will be needed for the enlarged Cabinet? (Svilen Mushkatov)

And the first impression is that it seems to be huge. Thirty four ministers (Thabo Mbeki had twenty eight) and an additional twenty seven deputy ministers, plus the President and… Read More »

Causes

A Late World Press Freedom Day Post

By Tony on May 8, 2009
World Press Freedom Day

This entry was meant to have been posted as part of Bloggers Unite’s World Press Freedom day celebration (hats off to the Bloggers Unite guys for getting people to write… Read More »

Offbeat

Unflattering Media Pictures

By Tony on May 6, 2009
Helen Zille © Jaco Marais Sapa

News24 — which provided all the pictures on this page — have redesigned their website and removed the galleries containing these pictures. We now have some additional images in the… Read More »

Technology

The Last Technology-Lite Election?

By Tony on May 1, 2009
Ballot Box - End of the Road? (Billy Alexander)

Could the 2009 South African elections be the last National and Provincial election that is technology light? Technology light both in the methods of campaigning and in the conduct and… Read More »

Causes

Unite for Hunger and Hope

By Tony on April 27, 2009
Unite for Hunger and Hope

Bloggers Unite is a wonderful website that encourages bloggers to support worthy causes through their writing and networks. Participants can add their own events and encourage their networks of contacts,… Read More »

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