The great Kaizer Chiefs tragedy: No more Jabu Pules
So there I was watching SuperSport the other night and having to stomach another drawn result by Kaizer Chiefs — another one among so many that I have lost count! I was just about ready to curse my way...
View ArticleRace relations: It’s about human rights, silly!
It was in his 2000 State of the Nation address that President Thabo Mbeki — after reading an email by a white engineer that had at the core of its message the many ways black South African rulers had...
View ArticleOn the affirmation of Sim Tshabalala and beef!
The appointment last week of Soweto-born Simpiwe Tshabalala as the chief executive of Standard Bank’s local operations is a fabulous move indeed. I have personally always admired Tshabalala and even...
View ArticleOf machine-gun summoners and rugby-playing ‘killers’
I would normally give you a glimpse of my working-class-like life, and paint you a picture of my bus ride this morning and the catalyst for my tirade that is about to follow. I would tell you about...
View ArticleChilli-M should not be made the sacrificial lamb
It was so bizarre that I thought it was April 1 when I heard popular Yfm DJ Chilli-M breaking down on air over a faux pas with a married couple that won some competition. The conversation went on more...
View ArticleThe war of the newspapers?
I have been meaning to put this down for a while but kept procrastinating until yesterday afternoon, when I again drove past that billboard on the M1 South that reads “We’re ahead of the times”. Now...
View ArticleGoodbye Citi Golf…
The announcement by VW that they are going to discontinue the iconic Citi Golf range left me all warm and fuzzy inside and took me down memory lane. Getting my first car, which was a 1.6i indigo blue...
View ArticleThe great Kaizer Chiefs tragedy: No more Jabu Pules
So there I was watching SuperSport the other night and having to stomach another drawn result by Kaizer Chiefs — another one among so many that I have lost count! I was just about ready to curse my way...
View ArticleRace relations: It’s about human rights, silly!
It was in his 2000 State of the Nation address that President Thabo Mbeki — after reading an email by a white engineer that had at the core of its message the many ways black South African rulers had...
View ArticleOn the affirmation of Sim Tshabalala and beef!
The appointment last week of Soweto-born Simpiwe Tshabalala as the chief executive of Standard Bank’s local operations is a fabulous move indeed. I have personally always admired Tshabalala and even...
View ArticleOf machine-gun summoners and rugby-playing ‘killers’
I would normally give you a glimpse of my working-class-like life, and paint you a picture of my bus ride this morning and the catalyst for my tirade that is about to follow. I would tell you about...
View ArticleChilli-M should not be made the sacrificial lamb
It was so bizarre that I thought it was April 1 when I heard popular Yfm DJ Chilli-M breaking down on air over a faux pas with a married couple that won some competition. The conversation went on more...
View ArticleThe war of the newspapers?
I have been meaning to put this down for a while but kept procrastinating until yesterday afternoon, when I again drove past that billboard on the M1 South that reads “We’re ahead of the times”. Now...
View ArticleGoodbye Citi Golf…
The announcement by VW that they are going to discontinue the iconic Citi Golf range left me all warm and fuzzy inside and took me down memory lane. Getting my first car, which was a 1.6i indigo blue...
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