Benefits of blogging
Grant Griffiths, the Home Office Lawyer, has a post about the benefits of blogging. Some of the benefits are obvious, others not so much: Direct Communications Brand Building Competitive...
View ArticleBlogs are bad bad bad!
I came across a pretty angry guy this morning. What is he angry about? Well, us, bloggers and this blogging plague that has infected the Web. This extract from one of his blog posts (ironic isn’t...
View ArticleSmall minds crippled South African democracy
I’ve been reading a couple more stories both anticipating and discussing yesterday’s shameful vote to pass the Protection of State Information Bill in Parliament. There are some terrific quotes in...
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Daily Maverick reveals evidence of the Marikana Murders
Many of us remember the old days when the police vans were yellow and were manned by white men engaged in a racially-motivated campaign to dominate, control and oppress the majority racial group in...
View ArticleSouth Africa, a land of hopelessness and despair
The ANC has squandered the opportunities the 1994 elections brought and South Africa is increasingly a place of unfulfilled promises and hopelessness. The New York Times has published an article which...
View ArticleWriting about the ANC’s perspective on power
More equal than others The ANC’s response to the Public Protector’s report on the Nkandla controversy highlights its twisted perspective on its position as ruling party. I had to express my outrage and...
View ArticleThe ANC Abuses Its Power To Protect Its Control
I just read an article in Mail & Guardian titled ANC at pains to silence booing and noticed this stark reminder that the ANC sees itself as synonymous with the State and has no difficulty using...
View ArticleCould the old Apartheid government have saved us from Zuma’s ANC?
Someone I was chatting to after the 2014 elections, last week, made an interesting comment. He said that if the old Apartheid-era National Party had educated all South Africans better (and not just...
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