My enduring memory of my grandfather is of a wonderfully cantankerous old man pulling up his knee-high socks and muttering obscenities. My grandfather wasn’t the architect of apartheid however.
If this doesn’t make you appreciate the incredible doctors we have in this country then I don’t know what will – this is a proudly South African moment, me thinks.
FIFA / Blatter going down. U2 manager dead in hotel. Facebook acquires virtual world company. Airlines plunges 4,000 feet. Dagga bill stopped. Mozambique hunting gets massive funding. Bennifer on the rocks?
Hold up, what’s that you say, an underground tube in Cape Town? It looks like it would beat our train system hands down.
The gloves are well and truly off after EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi went to town on the ruling party in a sustained verbal attack. Ding ding ding.
In what should come as a shock to absolutely nobody who follows football, corrupt Fifa officials are finally feeling the long arm of the law. Next stop, Sepp Blatter.
Well, Pistol and Boo are probably two of the most famous dogs on Planet Earth at the moment, but at least they are still alive and are not famous because they were killed by Australia.
Treurgrond is a South African film about farm murders, directed by Darryl Roodt and starring controversial pop star and actor, Steve Hofmeyr. According to the film’s website, the most frequently asked questions address its political agenda, entertainment value for non-extremists and whether it features racial discrimination. While it answers these questions as you’d expect, it’s interesting […]
It’s a good thing they pay you well up in the Big Smoke or there would be no point in living there. Property rates remain a pesky expenditure but there’s light at the end of the tunnel.
If there’s one man you can trust to throw a good party it’s legendary joller Jack Parow. If you think you can handle the heat why not get on board?
What would you do if you won the lottery? And we’re talking million and millions, by the way. Jump for joy? Scream a little bit? Maybe this guy needs a little lesson.
I imagine the job description for presidential bodyguard includes something about putting your body in the line of fire. No surprises when things like this happen then.
Sometimes trying to find both shoes in my cupboard brings upon me a black rage that results in my entire shoe collection becoming a swarming mass on my bedroom floor. No more.
It’s lovely when something South African makes us proud – we have plenty of talent in this country, let’s not let it get overshadowed by all our other issues.
Open wide professor, there’s a sugar-laden carbfest heading for your piehole. That, and some cauliflower pizza bases, in today’s DIY section.
I take the train to work and if my eyes are in too much agony after having to wake up I don’t read my book but instead scroll through Facebook because it’s sometimes more entertaining in a sadistic kind of way.
How does a radio DJ ensure that he has death threats rolling in from around the world? By offing a baby rabbit live on air, which as we all know will have people fuming.
Let’s imagine for a second you are rolling in the dough and you want to scope out some prime rental property. These two beauts might be just what you are looking for.
It really is the end of celeb spotting season – Cannes is over, Monaco is over, we’ve had the Met Gala. All that’s left is to follow Kendall Jenner and her daily routine.
No, early 1990’s stoners, Bodhi hasn’t risen from the ashes and returned to the beach to catch more big waves. This remake, however, does has a few plot twists that look pretty epic.
There’s nothing like gathering your child and all his or her friends on sleepover night and getting them to play a game that involves ghosts. Never mind them not sleeping, neither will you.
Waking is up is great because it means you are alive, but sometimes it leaves you feeling like you are personally experiencing a zombie apocalypse. Let’s get rid of that feeling.
Sad news from Claremont’s Cavendish Square Mall yesterday evening as a 21-year-old man took his own life.
Zuma giggles as minister threatens “I will fuck you up.” Fifa officials arrested. Wozniak calls Snowden ‘hero.’ Scores dead in Texas flood ‘tsunami.’ Staggering world internet use numbers. ‘The Jaw’ has given birth. Kylie trying hard.
If you want to get people riled up these days just criticise the make of smartphone they use. Yes, people are touchy about such things so let’s add some figures into the mix.
Oh what fun it must be to be filmed for mini-movies wearing haute couture gowns whilst flowing through the halls of palaces and other obscure places.
Don’t despair that the temperature has dropped and your wood man is running late with the food for your fireplace – just pop away for the weekend where someone else will light your fires and pour your wine.
What do you get when you cross one of the most respected musicians of all time with one of the most well-loved? A pretty rocking performance in London.
I hope you are prepared for this – it is what I can only describe as life altering and perspective changing and you will appreciate more things in life, such as Nickelback.
Some like to be six feet under, others want to be paraded around the streets. Here’s a rather unusual final request from this guy in Puerto Rico.