One of the (many) reasons why I am not a fascist or a Stalinist is because I am rather worried that people might begin to think that I am a repressed and self-hating homosexual who is trying to hide his true self by embracing rightwing Christian fundamentalism. If I ever wavered in my commitment to [...]
Posts under ‘Humour’
How to mock a racist
The premise of this satirical piece from Jon Stewart’s Daily Show is of course not entirely correct – as anyone who reads the letters pages of South African newspapers (or the comments section of this Blog!) would attest, but the way in which it mocks that arch-racist Dan Roodt is brilliant. By mocking Roodt (seemingly [...]
World Cup guide to South Africa (part 1)
This is not a Blog about sport (unless you view politics as a kind of robust and sometimes dirty sport), but South Africa only hosts the Soccer World Cup once in a lifetime, so in the spirit of the moment, I thought I would post something fun about this momentous event in our nations history. [...]
Is Terreblanche’s church allowed to discriminate?
My friend was incensed: “Why,” he wanted to know, “is the Afrikaanse Protestantse Kerk (APK) allowed to discriminate against black people?” Last Friday, at the funeral of Eugene Terreblanche, much was made of the fact that some black journalists and observers were allowed into the APK. This is because the APK is a whites only church [...]
On hate speech and a phone call from prison
I have new respect for ANC spokesperson, Jackson Mthembu, who was arrested on Thursday 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) - while in police custody – 90 minutes later. Now that is what I call a work ethic [...]
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.
