About Jerome Mitchell

Jerome Mitchell Jerome Mitchell is a businessman living in Johannesburg, South Africa. He owns a factory in the ‘deep south’. Jerome studied economics, politics and commerce at the University of Cape Town. He also learnt to be a true South African at university - to steal, cheat and liberally use foul language. An outdoorsman at heart, like most contributors to this magazine, Jerome drinks too much and reminisces about what could have been. Does that make sense?

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    O-Bomb-a Scare

    O-Bomb-a Scare

    Sarah Palin has made the following statement at the International Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC.
    “If there was ever a detonation in New York City, or London, or Johannesburg, the [...]

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    • Posted on 14th Apr 2010
      by Jerome Mitchell
    • 4 comments

    How The West Was Lost

    How The West Was Lost

    In the cavitations of the grizzly Eugene TerreBlanche murder you might think an article on socialised Health Care in the United States is rather arbitrary. It probably is. But, I [...]

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    • Posted on 14th Apr 2010
      by Jerome Mitchell
    • 3 comments

    Vampire Long Weekend

    Vampire Long Weekend

    I have just come back from the United States. Ten days in the land of the free and the living dead and I can’t get Vampires off the brain.
     Americans are [...]

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    • Posted on 31st Mar 2010
      by Jerome Mitchell
    • 0 comments

    Poontang! The Case for Porn

    Poontang! The Case for Porn

    Freedom? You’d better flush out your head, new guy. This isn’t about freedom; this is a slaughter. If I’m gonna get my balls blown off for a word, my word [...]

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    • Posted on 4th Mar 2010
      by Jerome Mitchell
    • 3 comments

    Government Deficit

    Government Deficit

    Within two weeks South Africans have had to endure two incredibly boring speeches. The first one, JZ’s State of the Nation address, was filled with the usual recollections of the [...]

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    • Posted on 22nd Feb 2010
      by Jerome Mitchell
    • 3 comments

    A Hero Dies

    A Hero Dies

    On Monday morning, long time MDC activist and freedom fighter Mike Mason died suddenly. The following is a note by Sky News’ foreign correspondent Emma Hurd.
     
    They are the unsung heroes [...]

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    • Posted on 17th Feb 2010
      by Jerome Mitchell
    • 0 comments

    Haiti: The Rocky Horror Show Continues

    Haiti: The Rocky Horror Show Continues

    The Haitian earthquake has been a devastating occurrence. I just wonder if George Clooney and Madonna could have saved more lives if they started worrying about the island and its [...]

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    • Posted on 28th Jan 2010
      by Jerome Mitchell
    • 0 comments

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    For Whom the Bell Tolls

    The terrorists have won, Islam has the west by the balls and we are all paying the price.
    When the underpants bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, skipped on to a Detroit bound flight on [...]

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    • Posted on 20th Jan 2010
      by Jerome Mitchell
    • 3 comments

    Cape of Contrast

    Cape of Contrast

    It was with great enthusiasm that I travelled to Cape Town to spend the festive season. The family scene is always rewarding. Culinary indulgence for us kids is crayfish, turkey, [...]

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    • Posted on 12th Jan 2010
      by Jerome Mitchell
    • 6 comments
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