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Category Archives: Politics

Political Accountability

Owen Swart commented on the reaction to the Zapiro cartoon today. He points out that rather than refuting the accusation, the alliance parties are attacking the cartoonist, his editor, and the press. He also points out that their current statements contradict earlier ones.
This got me wondering. How long before someone starts tracking political statements, and [...]

Go Zapiro

Zapiro sure has done it this time. I can understand that the ANC is livid, but why is Michael Trapido disappointed?
Personally, I fully support the man’s right to express exactly what I’ve been thinking, and I’m not the only one.
Source: Sunday Times (Via Irreverence)
UPDATE (8 Sep): The ANC, SACP and ANCYL are calling the cartoon [...]

China Is Scary

I got the same feeling as Kevin Kelly while watching the Olympic opening ceremonies.
This is an alien culture. More than two thousand tai-chi masters moved like a single being. All with identical clothes. All with identical haircuts. If this is what their civilians are like… what is their army like?
While watching, I couldn’t stop thinking [...]

Commuters Set 20 Busses On Fire

On Monday morning, angry commuters set 20 buses on fire. Their reason? They said they couldn’t get any tickets. This was after Putco said that they could ride for free. Why couldn’t they get tickets? Because when corrupt ticket sellers were suspended, the new ones sent in to replace them were chased away.
The articles said [...]