Bill Bailey Thank God for Darwin
Dylan Moran I don't do drugs. If I want a rush I just stand up when I'm not expecting it.
While he’s getting all frothy about the fact that he is being impersonated on Twitter, ANC Youth League President Julius Malema might be ignoring an even more catastrophic scenario on the horison. He runs a blog at www.juliusmalema.co.za – not a bad looking one, actually. Short on words, big pic (and who said the internet [...]
I’m usually pretty open-minded when it comes to reading or hearing the views of foreign journalists about South Africa. I enjoy hearing their perspectives, even if they are sometimes a bit naive and dewy-eyed. Occasionally I will get frustrated that they fail to see a broader picture or take our unique context into consideration. Rarely, [...]
Sometimes writing a blog entry is hard work. Occasionally, though, someone gives you material – an idea, a reference or image to work from – that is so rich, so ripe with possibility it makes you want to hurl yourself at the feet of the giver, weeping with gratitude.
Like a couple of thousand others I have listened to ANC Spokesperson Jesse Duarte’s interaction with Times journalist Philani Nombembe with my jaw on the floor. If you haven’t yet heard it, listen to it now. http://multimedia.timeslive.co.za/audio/2009/04/duarte-blows-her-top/ A more deeply patronising, arrogant assault on a young guy just doing his job you’re unlikely to hear [...]
OK so here we are in 2009. And I am painfully aware that I haven’t written a lengthy blog for some time now. That’s not about to change. I’m still on holiday – on the tail end of a relaxing two weeks in Kimberley (is there any other way to be in Kimberley?) and while [...]
