Dewani debacle
(Law)
“It’s highly unlikely that Tongo and the hijackers are the only ones in on it- watch this space, neither Scorsese nor Tarantino could have better scripted this mouth-watering saga!”
The all [...]
- Posted on 8th Dec 2010
by Stuart Hayward - 2 comments
Amanzi is my nemesis- Adventures on the Fish River
(Culture)
Soutpans rapid springs to mind.
A smidgen over 200m of rocky river bed, a rollercoaster of white water beset by boat-ravenous boobytraps. Thrown out with around 150 m to go, I [...]
- Posted on 8th Oct 2010
by Stuart Hayward - 4 comments
Hot Like Mexico
(Terror)
My apologies for choice of title but I think it will accomplish a few points I wish to make. One, Lady Gaga needs to be lined up against the Rio [...]
Read More- Posted on 23rd Sep 2010
by Jerome Mitchell - 0 comments
Spring
(Culture)
I think it was John Lennon who said, ‘Unfortunately, there are white males amongst the human race who are vastly more advanced than the rest of humanity – especially me. [...]
Read More- Posted on 9th Sep 2010
by Simon Reader - 9 comments
Bullet the Burqa
(Terror)
James Jackson writes from London..
From Pakistan to Turkey, from the Mediterranean to the Gulf, the insidious and colonising march of the burqa or niqab full face-and-body veil continues. Everywhere, anonymous [...]
- Posted on 7th Sep 2010
by Guest Contribution - 2 comments
Star Wars VII: Leviathan
(Politics)
In the 17th century perhaps the greatest political philosopher of all time produced his masterpiece, his name was Thomas Hobbes and his book was titled Leviathan. Using comparisons with the [...]
Read More- Posted on 6th Sep 2010
by Jerome Mitchell - 2 comments
Mark Hanley- Tribute to a Bishops legend
(Obituary)
Mark Hanley died this week. A geography teacher and previous housemaster of Founders House at Bishops College in Cape Town.
I will remember Mark for his passionate approach to life and [...]
- Posted on 2nd Sep 2010
by Stuart Hayward - 5 comments
Highly Contagious Hypochondria
(Zeitgeist)
Believe me. Dodgy bark and resin mined from the clutches of the Orient fell well short of anything I had ever deemed to be medicine.
A dreadful human rights record, infamously [...]
- Posted on 31st Aug 2010
by Stuart Hayward - 6 comments
Population Spin
(Zeitgeist)
It’s getting harder and harder to find a news publication to believe in.
It was with some surprise that readers were witness to the highly regarded newspaper ‘Economist’ trumpeting the accession [...]
- Posted on 24th Aug 2010
by Hannes Wessels - 1 comments