To the CEO – Addington Hospital
Dear Comrade Doctor Sir,
I am applying for several positions at your hospital, largely because of the spectacular salaries, the great working hours and the gorgeous nurses who will doubt...
Let’s do it for the women next year
I have come up with my own programme of events to celebrate Women’s Month in 2026. There will be none of the cultural performances, poetry readings and workshops that make this such a dreary month.
W...
Aarto the line or lose your licence
In 2021, the Gauteng High Court found the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (Aarto) unconstitutional and invalid, saying it should be scrapped. Then, 18 months later, the Consti...
Karma comes for Walter Palmer
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn – The Eden Prairie man once known for killing Cecil the Lion is accused of drunk driving, according to charges filed in Hennepin County Court. Walter Palmer was charged earlier this...
Israel vs Iran – Will it go to penalties?
Full of beer and schadenfreude, I reeled away from the telly. Live coverage of sociopathic megalomaniacs hurling missiles at each other is entertaining enough at first, but it pales quickly.
Watchi...
Making Palestine Greta Again
Dear Bibi Netanyahu,
Well done on staving off the audacious raid on Gaza led by the notorious rebel commander Greta Thunberg and 11 of her guerrillas posing as doctors, journalists and politicians. H...
Saving Private Lion – We’ve seen this movie before
“Emaciated lions, open wounds, pens covered in faeces, no shelter in blazing sun, cubs on rubbish dumps, lacerated paws – the images displayed on the screen were shocking. But Douglas Wolhuter of the...
From the Marvi Marmara to the Madleen – Long sail to freedom
“The climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and 11 other activists have set sail for Gaza on a ship aimed at breaking Israel’s siege of the devastated territory, organisers have said. The boat Madleen – op...
The Art of the Schmooze
"Billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe played an instrumental role in developing the government's 'strategy and tactics' ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa's meeting with President Donald Trump." – ...
Political junkies on the warpath
I wrote this yesterday:
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My advice for the South African delegation meeting with the unhinged tangerine cockwomble in Washington DC? That each of them ingest some sor...
Trump vs Ramaphosa – The Agony and the Ecstasy
My advice for the South African delegation meeting with the unhinged tangerine cockwomble in Washington DC today? That each of them ingest some sort of narcotic exactly 14 minutes before the sit-down....
Good news for pangolins – bad news for Chinese knobs
China has said it will remove Guilingji, a traditional medicine containing bits of pangolin, from its official 2025 pharmacopoeia. I don't know what a pharmacopoeia is, but I imagine it's some kind of...