Eskom’s Megawatt Park got renamed this week, to MegaGravy Train Park. No sooner had that been discovered had some one pulled a similar stunt on Luthuli House, opposite the Saturday Star offices and renamed it Chief Albert LootFreely House.
Category Archives: Columns
Life is tough enough for writers, even without the piracy
It is one of the enduring sadnesses in South Africa that very few writers can actually make a living from writing.
South Africa’s own Arab Spring could become reality
We have a minister of electricity who literally has lost his spark – load shedding is officially at Stage 6 as officials look to find ways of squeezing the amount of power available down to just about five minutes of electricity in every 24 hours to avoid tripping the grid.
What mothers really need isn’t found in a store or restaurant
Dischem hit the twittersphere this week after someone posted a picture of a Mother’s Day arrangement at the end of an aisle in one of its stores – it was for cleaning materials.
A tribute to one one of SA’s greatest newspapers
The Pretoria News was a great paper, punching well above its weight and an incredible nursery of talent.
Gift register doesn’t tell half of how MPs benefit
There’s a practice in corporate politics known as malicious compliance. It’s pernicious.
It’s the New Dawn – and it remains dark
We slid into Stage 6 of load shedding this week at the first hint of a cold snap with nary a whimper nor even a well time by your leave.
South Africans needs to dig deep and support its journalists
The story has the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster, but it’s sadly a commonplace South African reality.
Weapons of justice misfires in hands of impotent state
The cosplaying fascists in red had been agitating for a total shutdown.
Who knows where Sibongile Mani could be in 2029?
She’s the person who took NSFAS for the kind of ride our fraudsters of old could only have hoped for.
Kevin Ritchie 