Lynch mobs need to get a larf
This last Sunday morning, two cyclists riding in a group on the Ruth First Freeway (M4) near Durban North were killed when an allegedly drunk driver ploughed into them. The following afternoon, East C...
Bomb the recession
I have been hearing a lot about something called the “2016 inflation bomb” and, quite frankly, it's starting to worry me. Will it be a barrage of bomblets pounding the price of luxuries like bread, mi...
Still want to emigrate to Oz?
Here's an excerpt from a piece written this week by Matt Barrie, the CEO of Freelancer.com. You can read the full rant here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/would-last-person-sydney-please-turn-lights-...
Dear Eskom …
I hear you want to increase the price of electricity by seventeen percent. Is that all? Why the restraint? I'm sure you are familiar with the expression, “Go big or go home.” Don't hold back, my frien...
Ready, aim, swallow …
Airbnb is a wonderful thing. You can make money simply by not being at home. Well, obviously other people need to be there for the money thing to happen. The downside is that you then have to be somew...
Moron of the week
This Penny Sparrow person says the monkey-people have no education. Unless Penny was raised by wolves – a possibility I haven't entirely discarded – she benefited from a privileged education. She is c...
Jingle Hells
Jesus!
The reason for the season. Happy birthday, dude. You're looking pretty damn good for a 2000-year-old white hippy with a Mexican name. There aren't too many kids born in a stable environment in...
The Christmas spirit
Today, 177 years ago, the Voortrekkers defeated the Zulus at the Battle of Blood River.
And in 177 minutes from now, the Boers and the Zulus will join forces to defeat me at the Battle of Gateway Sho...
King or Joker?
Dear King Goodwill Zwelithini, Defender of the Zulus, Head of the Ubukhosi, Sovereign of the Ancient Order of the Knobkierie, Wearer of Leopards, Emperor of Nongoma and Father of Many.
Bayete! Or, in...
Synergy of the sugar daddies
You know 2016 is going to be a good year when you pick up the morning paper and, splashed across Page 2, is the headline, "Giant luxury development at Sibaya precinct." One wouldn't want to buy the pa...
Carpet bong the swine
I have spent the last two hours wondering how to write about the lighter side of terrorism. It's proving harder than you might imagine. A couple of beers usually help to ease the flow of ideas. Not th...