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The canary and the frog in sea of incompetence and unaccountability
In other areas, the dysfunction isn’t as suddenly obvious.
Do we really have to keep wandering in the wilderness for the next 40 years?
As we prepare to celebrate Easter Sunday tomorrow, many of us might feel we’re actually reliving Passover.
The State of Disaster might have finally been lifted but we are still not free
We’re not free of the nonsense; of the conspiracy theories and pettiness.
The omens are looking bad for road safety this Easter weekend
The great lemming-like surge to either the coast or the Hinterland will be upon us – if the price of petrol hasn’t skyrocketed to new record levels by then.
Two years of Covid-19 – The lockdown regulations have not been the same for all South Africans
Lockdown was an Orwellian wet dream: Bheki Cele’s cops were great at stopping illicit booze and turning puffing blue rinsed grannies into forecourt hustlers, but not so good at stopping GBV behind closed doors. They were worse than useless when it came to open insurrection 15 months later.
Can you imagine if Fikile Mbalula had actually gone to Ukraine?
As much as the Ukraine is asking for foreign volunteers to fight off the Russians, Durban comedian Karou Charou has done a wonderful skit that’s gone viral on WhatsApp wondering if Mbalula could not have been the ANC’s contribution to the Russian Federation’s destabilisation of eastern Ukraine without the Russians having to fire a shot.
The revolution might not be televised, but the war certainly is
It’s tempting to wonder if we’d be better off if the tragedy in Ukraine wasn’t as televised as it is now.
SA is a crime-ridden dystopia, a surreal tableau that is sadly all too common
Yusuf Abramjee’s Twitter feed might not be to everyone’s taste, but it certainly is compelling.
SA is a perfect fit for filming Mission Impossible 8; a world in one country in perpetual existential crisis
South Africa is becoming a firm favourite for foreign films, we’re cheaper and Cape Town can be anything from North Africa to southern Europe and even California. Johannesburg didn’t even require set dressing for the dystopian District 9 and was perfect for Avengers Age of Ultron when Iron Man tried to subdue the Hulk. Some of us in Joburg are still trying.
Kevin Ritchie 