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Politics
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Zapiro’s Back With Another Depressing Take On State Capture
13 Jan 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
To be fair to Zapiro, it’s tough to talk about state capture without sounding a little despondent.
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Oops: New Novak Djokovic Developments A Terrible Look For Tennis Star
12 Jan 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
The Serbian tennis star has issued an apology for false claims on his Australian immigration form, as well as appearing in public after a positive COVID-19 test result.
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All The Incredible Parliament Fire Blunders (And The Massive Repair Bill)
10 Jan 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Firefighters spent three days battling to save the complex of buildings in the city centre, in what can best be described as a failure of epic (and expensive) proportions.
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Court Orders That Jacob Zuma Must Return To Jail
15 Dec 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has ruled that the decision to place Zuma on medical parole was unlawful.
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Brazilian Politics Turned Into A Literal Cage Fight [Video]
15 Dec 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
A small Brazilian city mayor challenged an ex-councilman that was giving him some flack to a full-on mixed martial arts (MMA) brawl on Sunday.
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When Five Million People Stay At Home [Video]
13 Dec 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Myanmar’s silent streets and shuttered shops might look like a COVID-19 lockdown, but they are in fact the consequence of a “silent strike”.
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All Is Not Well With Harry And Charles
08 Dec 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The rift between father and son has been growing for some time and could well worsen with the release of Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir.
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Spectator Gets French Presidential Candidate In A Headlock [Video]
06 Dec 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
At his first campaign rally, far-right French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour was put in a headlock by an irate protester.
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Sleeping With The Exiled Spanish King May Be Quite Profitable
02 Dec 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Exiled Spanish king Juan Carlos is alleged to have bedded around 5 000 lovers, according to someone who derived the information from government intelligence sources.
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Texas Governor Gets Dragged For Ridiculous South Africa Tweet
29 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Texas governor Greg Abbott loves to stoke fear regarding immigration, but he’s clearly missed the mark when it comes to his tweet about South Africa.
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Czech PM Ceremony Like A Scene From ‘Silence Of The Lambs’
29 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Czech President Milos Zeman recently appointed opposition leader Petr Fiala as the country’s new prime minister in a rather unusual ceremony.
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Bad News For Those Wanting To Emulate Kim Jong Un’s Fashion
26 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Kim Jong Un isn’t too keen on his minions cramping his style.
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Shell And SA Politics – Two Cartoons That Sum Up The Anger
26 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Shell is facing a public backlash with regards to its plans to carry out a seismic survey along the Wild Coast, and our political system enters a new cycle of dishonesty.
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Definitely Don’t Smuggle ‘Squid Game’ Into North Korea
25 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
‘Squid Game’ is apparently enough to unravel the whole social foundation of North Korea because anyone who dares bring the show to the country faces the possibility of being sentenced to death.
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Joe Biden Has Ron Burgundy Moment [Video]
24 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Biden was reading a speech about gas prices off a teleprompter on Tuesday when the classic faux pas occurred that had everyone on social media comparing him to Will Ferrell’s character in ‘Anchorman’.
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“Bliksem Them” – Eskom’s CEO Has Hired Bodyguards
22 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter’s tenure at Eskom has been a bumpy ride from the moment he took the reins in January 2020.
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Man Convicted Of Raping Girl (15) Becomes Garden Route Mayor (Again)
22 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Jeffrey Donson was convicted of statutory rape and indecent assault in 2008. You might think that’s a career-ending moment right there, but you’d be wrong.
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“It Looks Like It’s War”: Eskom Is Being Sabotaged From The Inside
19 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Senior Eskom officials believe incidents that have occurred this week represent “the clearest indication yet of a deliberate campaign to sabotage the country’s electricity supply”.
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That Time Madiba Sent Two Prominent SA CEOs Into His Study To Sort Out Their Beef
18 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Nobody wanted to disappoint former president Nelson Mandela. Not even the CEOs of South Africa’s two most prominent mobile network operators.
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Remember The US Capitol Rioter With The Horns? Here’s His Sentence
18 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Jacob Chansley is perhaps best known as the QAnon shaman and was catapulted to worldwide fame after he wore a horned helmet and a fur pelt during the storming of the Capitol on January 6.
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Enjoying ‘Succession’? There’s A Real-Life Version Happening Right Now
18 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Logan Roy, the family patriarch, is widely believed to be based on Rupert Murdoch, and the Roys on the Murdoch family as a whole.
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Open Season At The Beitbridge Border [Video]
17 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The border between South African and Zimbabwe can politely be described as permeable, especially if you know which soldiers are taking cash bribes.
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Uncomfortable Truths About “Total Collapse” At Eskom
16 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We made it through a weekend without being load shed, so that’s something to celebrate. Looking ahead, however, points to tougher times.
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FW De Klerk Has Died
11 Nov 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
The last apartheid-era president of South Africa, FW de Klerk, has died at the age of 85 at his home in Fresnaye, Cape Town.
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How Much It Actually Costs To Get Off Eskom’s Grid
09 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You know you’re in the midst of one of Eskom’s bad spells when articles about the cost of getting off the power grid pop up.
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Forbes Reckons This Is Donald Trump’s Real Net Worth
09 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
There’s really no use asking the man himself because he won’t give you a straight answer. His critics have consistently lowballed the figure, too.
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Awkward Truth About The Kusile Power Station
09 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
For all the talk of wet coal and those other excuses we’ve grown used to, the situation at Kusile power station is of dire concern.
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The Story Behind The Hit That Took Out Gauteng Whistleblower [Video]
03 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On August 23 this year, 53-year-old Babita Deokaran was gunned down as she pulled into her home in Winchester Hills, Johannesburg.
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“There Is No Coming Back” – ANC Finally Dealt A Crushing Blow
03 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
More than 12 years after Jacob Zuma was first sworn into office as our nation’s president, the people of South Africa have finally shown that they’re tired of being taken for a ride.
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Greta Thunberg’s ‘Shove It Up Your Arse’ Message Was Pretty Clear [Video]
03 Nov 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The 18-year-old was mobbed by large crowds at Glasgow Central train station, and also drew a large crowd when she joined other youth climate change activists in protesting outside COP26.
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