If the little film clip shows us anything, it is that real life is a lot grittier, brutish and more ambiguous than a Hollywood police procedural.
Category Archives: Columns
An entire generation in South Africa is growing up never having known a life without load shedding
We’re now in our 14th year of rolling blackouts, which De Ruyter wants us to call load shedding, for without it we’d be really up shit creek without a paddle, apparently.
As the election results began streaming in, the political gaslighting ramped up
As the counting began, the political gaslighting ramped up.
It’s been a week of outrage but will it translate to the ballot box?
Social media doesn’t tell us if there’s any hope, probably because there is no nuance in limited characters and rational debate doesn’t get retweeted.
Anxiety and uncertainty over the Covid-19 vaccine rollout
The twitterati are arguing whether enough was done to speak to the Big Pharma companies earlier.
Is it safe for South Africans to raise their perennially lowered expectations?
You know when it’s election time; all of a sudden things start getting done.
Expect a long two weeks of the unexpected as we head up to election day
Some councils are in a death spiral, with the closest those residents ever coming to basic services is seeing the phrase written on an election poster.
Val Boje embodied the trinity of qualities to be a great editor, and so much more
The great editors of the Pretoria News fought tooth and nail to keep the paper alive, successfully fighting off the grasping efforts of the bean counters and the management illuminati.
Heritage Day long weekend: Let’s all be lekker together
It’s a long weekend, but it’s not just any long weekend, it’s the Heritage Day long weekend. National Braai Day has seamlessly morphed into a three-day fest of sizzling boerewors, steaming pap and chakalaka; definitely beer and probably brandy.
Elections 2021: Save us from the election poster pollution
The ANC administrative chaos and factionalism are a rare gift for opposition parties.
Kevin Ritchie 