Stalking Venus

Does anyone read the Big Issue? I don’t mean buy it. I mean actually read the thing.
It’s a serious question. I buy a copy once a month from ‘my guy’ – you know, the one who finally gets through to you by smiling, being persistent, looking sad, selling in the rain, or whatever else it [...]

It has been announced by sports minister Makhenkesi Stofile that the Springbok emblem will now play second fiddle to the King Protea as South Africa’s national rugby emblem.
“We are not killing the Springbok”, he said. “We are affirming it”.
I think it’s really stupid to change the emblem. Everything about our rugby team has something to [...]

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for more than 30 years under apartheid, died after collapsing on stage in Italy. She was 76.
In her dazzling career, Makeba performed with musical legends from around the world [...]

IOL is reporting this morning that the elderly are being beaten up by their own children in order to gain money for drugs. From the article:
“Many pensioners are being abused by their families, by their own children and grandchildren. Their grandsons need money for drugs and they get beaten up,” said Yvonne Bassier, chairperson of [...]

We got this amazing set of pictures from amateur photographer, Rob Tarr who was on-scene in Kalk Bay at the beginning of the month to witness and capture some of the most incredible Cape storm wave pics I’ve ever seen. These are posted here with his permission, so please don’t steal them. They aint free, [...]

A recent study conducted by Wits University found that the average South African walks about 1200 kms a year. Another study by the South African Medical Association found that South Africans drink, on average, 100 litres of alcohol a year. This means, on average, South Africans get about 12 kms to [...]

A couple of months back, it was discovered that Nelson Mandela, the previous South African president, was banned from entering many parts of the United States, because the FAA peeps had the ANC and it’s members on their terrorist watch list.
An embarrassed George Bush has just signed a bill that allows the Nobel Peace Prize [...]

As if the crime in this country wasn’t bad enough, now we have cops shooting each other. Independent Online reports that over 400 protesting metro police blockaded the M2 highway that rings Johannesburg, bringing peak hour traffic to a standstill.
Then along come the SA Police in riot gear. Shooting erupted, with the metro police using [...]

Source: Sunday Times – Submitted by Grace – Thanks G!