12
Jul
My big fat drunk Greek holiday
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Ben Trovato
Greece is the big story at the moment. Here at home we don't really have big stories any more. Our last one was in 1994.
Instead, we have ill-tempered swarms of loathsome little stories that scurry a...
24
Oct
Patently not inventors
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Our government is worried that not enough people are applying for patents. In other words, South Africans are useless when it comes to coming up with stuff that nobody else has thought of.
And it’s n...
24
Sep
No woman, no slaai
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The loss of life today is going to be quite spectacular, even by South African standards.
Thousands of pigs, sheep, goats, cows and chickens are right now fighting among themselves for the honour o...
10
Jul
Citizen Cane (& Coke)
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Citizenship issues seem to be in the news lately. Here's a column I wrote in 2010. Not much has changed.
IF the ANC gets its way, which generally happens in this benevolent dictatorship of ou...