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”
Poloko Tau will be remembered as a journalist’s journalist who was a strong and kind man
Poloko Tau should have been sitting at home today, surrounded by his loved ones, celebrating his 42nd birthday. Instead his family and friends will be burying him. He died last Friday, but this week the City Press features writer has been remembered mostly for the work he did as a reporter at The Star, 10 years ago in Marikana. Continue reading “Poloko Tau will be remembered as a journalist’s journalist who was a strong and kind man”
Fikile Mbalula and the big driver’s licence mystery
Wednesday was supposed to be the big reveal, the day when Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula was going to tell us – and show us – what the catastrophic crisis has been with the production of licences. The story to date is simple. There’s one machine. It’s made in Germany. It’s broken. No one is ableContinue reading “Fikile Mbalula and the big driver’s licence mystery”
Lindiwe Sisulu may be a perfect fit for RET demagoguery
Last Friday, Lindiwe Sisulu penned a scathing retrospective on the state of the country; the yawning gap between the haves and the have-nots and the desperately high levels of unemployment. Which is all very well and good. It should be said. It should be shouted from the rooftops. It should be discussed in shebeens, overContinue reading “Lindiwe Sisulu may be a perfect fit for RET demagoguery”
SA forced into playing ‘Survivor’
The first week of the new year has been a humdinger. It started with the funeral of Archbishop Desmond Tutu last Saturday, with the arch becoming the first person to be aquamated (the ecofriendly way of getting cremated) after lying in state in the cheapest coffin available – as his final wish. That was aContinue reading “SA forced into playing ‘Survivor’”
Kevin Ritchie 