Oh how we laughed – Jacob Zuma and the Presidency of South Africa pulled off their own April Fools’ prank yesterday and some people weren’t too impressed.
When your last name is Mandela you are expected to maintain a certain level of dignity. This young man may have forgotten that during both the assault and the trial.
Here’s a controversial opinion that’s sure to ruffle some feathers, sent in by an independent writer. Feel free to comment.
Obama manages to pull most things off effortlessly. Watch here as he absolutely nails a clearly much practiced “escape from embarrassment” technique.
The ANC Youth League have set their sights on one of Pretoria’s statues now and they have some rather prominent voices behind them.
During the painful hours and days that were the dissection of the Proteas’ semi-final defeat some fans raised suspicion at the selection of Vern Philander. Fears confirmed here.
It looks like the wheels are coming off the Western Cape ANC bus as meetings have been held regarding disbanding the party’s leadership structures.
We’re all a bit tired of hearing how the ANC government abuses money on parties, cars and swimming pools. Here’s another to add to the list.
It must be awful running this country and being held accountable for every decision you make – which is why Jacob daydreamed out loud yesterday about what he would change were he a dictator.
The whole Rhodes issue really gets me heated, so bear with me, as we are all allowed our opinions. But seriously, he’s dead. He is no longer doing anything bad.
So where do South African political parties acquire all of their funding from then? It seems the EFF may be getting some help from a rather unlikely source.
We’re probably all in need of a little cheering up after today’s cricket. Let’s take a moment to appreciate the somewhat lighter side of the debates raging across the country’s campuses.
I think it’s safe to say the world should be afraid of sequels. Not many are as good as the first and they leave us wishing for that time back. Let’s cross fingers for this sequel…
Julius Malema took to the microphone Saturday and gave a rousing speech to those gathered complete with a call to arms. Those statues are in for some tough times.
The Cecil John Rhodes protests are set to continue this week and we have found some of the reasons why people are pretty worked up over the matter.
The latest actions of protesters at UCT have really riled some students and things on campus are really reaching a boiling point.
Things are heating up in Grahamstown as the outrage over the UCT Cecil John Rhodes statue has seen students at Rhodes University come together to fight what they say is racism on campus.
Politicians love a good handshake for the cameras, but it gets all kinds of awkward when Irish PM Enda Kenny gets left hanging and tries to play it cool.
Just when everyone had forgotten about the ongoing tax case with Julius Malema the plot takes another twist. It’s not looking so rosy for the beret-wearing leader.
The past few days have been less than stellar for the Cape Times as they have come under fire from politicians. Now they are set to lose a whole whack of subscribers.
Barack Obama took some time off from getting attacked by Republicans to sit down with Vice News and touched on all the issues getting Americans riled up.
This is the best way to start your week: a bit of hysterical laughter. This guy clearly cannot handle it right now (whatever it is – I don’t know if they get load shedding in Latin America).
Anyone who has ever heard of Fox News (they’re using the word ‘news’ liberally) knows that Barack Obama gets his fair share of abuse. Well, time to get your own back son.
We all know that our neighbours up north have it rough, what with their president being a bumbling fool and all, but this video is pretty tough to watch.
Doesn’t it make you happy to know that we reward our head honcho handsomely for all his hard work and leadership? Take that Cameron and Putin, who’s a baller now.
Eskom are set to dig deep in an internal investigation into problems at the company. Four board members have been sent to the naughty corner, including CEO Tshediso Matona.
Well it only took days, months and years but eventually South Africa (and the EFF) got their chance to ask JZ the question that has been uttered, chanted and screamed from rooftops around the country.
So what should we expect this time around then? Will we see absolute chaos or have parliament learnt their lesson from the debacle that was SONA? Only time will tell.
Well, well, well. Here’s one for the braai-time story books: Someone is going to make booze out of Winston Churchill. I won’t be having any of that, thank you very much.
Oh, look, someone has publicly defended Our Dear Leader Jacob Zuma. Let’s have a look at what he has to say. Try not to get too heated on the topic – we’re all allowed our opinions.