Tag: Current Affairs
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Rhino poachers strike in Sandton
It seems poachers are getting desperate.
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The condescending and degrading #JugCam critics
Just when I thought this #JugCam meme had fizzled away into the background, I read Robert Miller’s post titled “What does NO mean in SA“. Reading some of the #JugCam criticism it struck me that critics have implicitly portrayed women attending cricket matches as fragile little ladies who are being oppressed and victimized by forceful…
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The lonely dictator
I just came across this video and its brilliant, just like virtually all Nandos ads:
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Norwegian PM runs his country using an iPad
Ok, this is a little gimmicky but a fun insight into how the iPad is being used. Norway Uses iPad to Run the Government During Icelandic Volcano: “Thousands of travelers are stranded throughout Europe as ash continues to rain down from an erupting volcano in Iceland this week. Among them is Norwegian Prime Minister Jens…
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Overpaid Eskom execs rake it in
Yes, while we sit in darkness for hours at a time, the executives running Eskom are forced to settle for pay packets in the millions, regardless of whether they actually keep Eskom going and the country electrified. According to Moneyweb: As the furore around South African parastatal Eskom continues to explode, all kinds of inconvenient…
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Zuma aint no Obama
Wouldn’t it be something if our leadership spoke like this? Wouldn’t it be something if our leaders spoke about important issues and principles instead of doing a dance and singing a song? Wouldn’t that be something? Tags: obama, zuma, principled leadership, issues, principles, quality of leadership
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Sometimes democracy isn’t such a good thing
If anything the ANC leadership race is a good illustration of where democracy can be more harmful than beneficial. Take a party with a huge majority in parliament, throw in a leadership race between an incumbent who hasn’t fulfilled his potential and a disgraced challenger who has tremendous popular support and we have a receipe…
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