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On hate speech and a phone call from prison

I have new respect for ANC spokesperson, Jackson Mthembu, who was arrested this morning around 7 am for drunken driving in Cape Town but apparently gave a 21-minute telephonic interview to the South African Press Association (SAPA) – apparently while in police custody – 90 minutes later. Now that is what I call a work [...]

Gareth is very, very cross…

The voice on the phone was a bit shrill and whiney. His name - so he informed me – was Gareth and he was phoning from the Democratic Alliance (DA) offices. Oh dear. He was very, very cross. How could I have written that his boss, Helen Zille, was a hypocrite for claiming the allegations of sexual infidelity [...]

Kill the beasts – but only if they are not cute

During the Ukweshwama ritual, a traditional Zulu ritual that usually takes place at the end of the harvest season, a group of young men kill a bull with their bare hands. According to Animal Rights Africa (ARA) the ritual is rather cruel. ARA provides an eye witness account which states that: 

For 40 minutes, dozens trampled the bellowing, groaning [...]

Happy Easter (thanks to Monty Python)

A scene from Monty Python’s “The Life of Brian”, the story of a man who cannot seem to convince the blind faithful that he is not Jesus Christ. Any resemblance to the current South African situation is purely coincidental…..Happy Easter.