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 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 [...]

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 [...]

I was deeply chuffed today when my sister decided to send me a bunch of photos from Cape Town’s past. I’ve lived in Cape Town since a small boy, and some of these photos really bring back some memories. Others are from farther back than I can remember, showing scenes from the city’s past that [...]

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 [...]

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

Torrential downpours starting Tuesday evening caused major road blockages, destruction of bridges and property and the death of at least six people. Others are still missing, injured or marooned where emergency services cannot reach them. Two of the dead were children – pupils from Sidelile High School. (Sadly ironic is the fact that the word ‘sidelile’ means ‘we had enough’ in the Zulu language).

Business Report’s top story of the morning is that (surprise!) our economy is still buggered sideways up the ass with a rusty steel rod. Warnings by Nedbank and African Bank Investments Limited (Abil) yesterday reckon that South Africans need to punch new holes in their belts because of the worsening situation. Nedbank said yesterday that [...]