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14 Sep
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Of the Rugby World Cup and other homoerotic tales

  • September 14, 2023
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 5 comments
South Africans are among the heaviest drinkers in the world in terms of both body weight and quantities consumed. We’re not quite top of the log yet, but the Rugby World Cup is pushing us closer to Zi...

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19 Jan
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South Africa: Forward to the Past

  • January 19, 2023
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 5 comments
After yet another wretched night without power, I bought an ounce of criminally overpriced data and turned to the internet for help. Dignitas seemed the most effective solution, but my bank balance sa...

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05 Jan
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2023 – A good year for rabbits

  • January 5, 2023
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 6 comments
Right, then. How are you all feeling? Can't wait to take the new year between your teeth and shake it like a terrier shakes a rat, I'll bet. Yeah, me too. This is going to be the best year in the his...

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18 Aug
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Free drugs at the High Court Night Shelter

  • August 18, 2022
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 7 comments
If superior beings on a distant planet had a listening device pointed at the Earth, all they'd pick up from South Africa is a dull whine. The sound of millions of people complaining, carping and criti...

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17 Jun
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Municipal mayhem

  • June 17, 2022
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 2 comments
There are few six-syllable words in the English language that fill one with more despair and contempt than the word “municipality”. Not in every country, obviously. There are parts of the world where ...

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06 Jun
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A letter to the ‘General’

  • June 6, 2022
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 1 comment
The high court in Middelburg on Monday convicted Harry Knoesen, the self-proclaimed leader of a group called the National Christian Resistance Movement, also known as the “Crusaders”, on five counts i...

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19 May
Columns

An open letter to Nathi Mthethwa, Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture

  • May 19, 2022
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 12 comments
Dear Comrade Nathi, Congratulations on your brilliant idea to spend R22-million on a flagpole! Some people say it's too much money, but they don't understand the price of everything has gone up. A ye...

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08 Apr
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Falling away at midnight

  • April 8, 2022
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 14 comments
When I heard President Ramaphosa had declared South Africa was no longer in a State of Disaster, I felt a roiling sense of unease. For 750 days we knew where we stood – mostly outside locked bottle st...

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01 Apr
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Happier than a condemned kangaroo

  • April 2, 2022
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 9 comments
I watched a video on Twitter from someone called Oleksandra Matviichuk. He was sitting behind the wheel of a van and looked like a rally driver – peak cap, teardrop sunglasses, overalls. Turning to th...

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31 Oct
Columns

Happy Halloween, you filthy pagans

  • October 31, 2021
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 2 comments
It's Halloween tonight and I, for one, cannot wait to put on my succubus suit and go creeping around the neighbourhood late at night banging on doors, shouting: “Trick or treat!” The real sport starts...

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27 Apr
Columns

No safe harbour for Gigaba – a flashback

  • April 27, 2021
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 5 comments
Here's a letter I wrote to the man of the moment two-and-a-half years ago after Ajay Gupta gave him the home affairs ministry. ........................................ Dear Comrade Malusi Gigaba...

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16 Apr
Columns

A darkies’ guide to whiteys

  • April 16, 2021
  • By author-avatar Ben Trovato
  • 6 comments
White South Africans, much like white sharks, are one of the most misunderstood animals on the planet. They have a reputation for unpredictable behaviour and non-Caucasians are often afraid to venture...

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