The first As with nearly all murders, the cold facts reported in newspapers and on websites, and the clever comments deliberated on in opinion pieces and blogs, do not reveal the gut-wrenching pain of loss, especially when it is a violent and unexpected loss. Eugene Terre’Blanche addresses the Pretoria Press Club in 2001 (photo from… Read More »
Youngsters now trying an alternate way of protesting to marching (photo from fOTOGLIF) Julius Malema and his ANCYL comrades have been making waves in the press world again. This time it was a series of attacks on the press and journalists. But, instead of the… Read More »
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,… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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 »
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… Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
