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One giant leap for the faithless

Maskandi musician 'rises' from the ashes like a phoenix.
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Jesus, Smurfs and Nonhle Thema

Chris Roper muses on the genius that is Nonhle Thema.
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Democratic Arousal: Whoring for Helen

Vote DA, and you'll be able to pomp people who are not like you, writes Chris Roper.
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Chris Roper: Looking-Glass Wars

Jackie Selebi is Jesus

The truth is that our psychotic nation needs Selebi. In the same way that Jesus had to die for the sins of Christians, says Chris Roper.
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Chris Roper: Looking-Glass Wars

In chicken we trust

It's common knowledge that our martyr to African freedom, Beloved Leader of the Pack Muammar "Mad Dog" Gaddafi, had a dream, says Chris Roper.
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Chris Roper: Looking-Glass Wars

Suck on this, Honourable Member

Politicians aren't the enemy; we are the enemy, says Chris Roper.
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Looking-Glass Wars

Mind your ps, qs, ks, ns and cs

Chris Roper thinks the oppression of women should be as iniquitous as oppression based on race.
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Axe not for whom the bell tolls

If I was a Christian publisher, I'd be getting nervous. The ASA has decided that an advert for Axe deodorant has to be withdrawn.
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Honour among thieves

Yes, I'm afraid all South Africans are naturally dishonest, with a cheap moral compass made in China, says Chris Roper.
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Discounted: The prisoner dilemma

One Israeli exchanged for one thousand Palestinians? What kind of a deal is that, asks Chris Roper
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Ole, ole, ole, gonna make you cry today

A useful rule of thumb is to avoid anybody who uses culture as an excuse for doing something stupid, says Chris Roper.
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Media needs more punk, less Idols

Chris Roper is a little peeved, after staging a Situationist intervention way before newsreader Mark Esterhuysen.
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We are Jintao's Jintoos

You're not giving the Dalai Lama a visa? Again? Last time, in 2009, the excuse was that Tibet had never really fielded a convincing soccer team.
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Hues and cries

It's a tough life in the rainbow nation, a land where every topic has too many hues and cries, says Chris Roper.
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Down by law

Does anyone remember a time when lawyers occupied an affectionate place in the heart of society, rather than their more recent bleak outhouse?
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Exploit the West, don't just diss it

There's something insane about people who claim the Libyan revolution was foisted on Africa by the West, writes Chris Roper.
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Malema to join the DA

The political world was rocked by the news that Julius "Sello Vie" Malema is set to join the Democratic Alliance, writes Chris Roper.
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Cheeses saves

Chris Roper now sees that democracy has worked in South Africa. We are truly all equally stupid and greedy.
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Our sperm is green

Badly sung anthems aren't as embarrassing as how porn the Springboks were during the Rugby World Cup squad announcement, says Chris Roper.
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Sex is the new Malema

The Sowetan's decision to publish pictures of two officers bonking, have overlooked an important question, says Chris Roper.
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