Mixed marital arts coming to a three-ring circus near you
When I heard UFC was coming to South Africa, I became very excited and ran to the pub instead of driving. Well, I ran halfway there, then called an Uber...
Zamalek over heritage any day
I hope you all celebrated Heritage Day in true South African style and have since been released on bail or discharged from hospital.
Whether your ancestors were put to death by King Shaka, killed by ...
Protest tourism is big in Paris this year
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23 years later and still on the run
On The Run appeared in the Cape Times 23 years ago today.
Some of you were still at school. The euro had just been introduced. A cellphone featuring a built-in camera was released. Elon Musk h...
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...
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...
Cyril vs Donald – A meeting from hell
A Sunday paper reported that Donald Trump has agreed to meet Cyril Ramaphosa face to face. Here's a preview of what to expect.
Ten minutes before the meeting, the two men discuss arrangements with th...
An open letter to Mcebisi Jonas, Special Envoy to the Home of the Braindead
Dear Mcebisi,
I hear you're going to be our new man in Washington. Reward or punishment? Hard to say. Anyway, its always nice to get a lucrative side hustle, even if it is in a country that is fast t...