As we prepare to celebrate Easter Sunday tomorrow, many of us might feel we’re actually reliving Passover.
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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.
The performance of the police during the July unrest was dismal
The South African Police Service made the national news at least twice this week.
One of the greatest gifts of our Constitution is that it gives all of us rights
This week’s Judicial Service commission interviews for the vacant chief justice post have been vital viewing – and reading. They are yet another example, despite the cacophony of doomsayers and political opportunists, of the intrinsic strength of the democratic state we were gifted 27 years ago. There’s been plenty of agit-prop from the usual suspectsContinue reading ” One of the greatest gifts of our Constitution is that it gives all of us rights”
Kevin Ritchie 