South Africa’s changing cities give us clues about what groups need (and what they don’t) to have a happy existence.
Steve Hofmeyr writes a vitriolic letter to Malema, slamming Africa. ”You are a black man. To be proud you must pander to white ideas.” Ag, Steve?
Art critics, even occasional art critics like myself, are never allowed to utter the words: "I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like."
Tired of having to say the obligatory trite things when you’re overlooked for a job because of your race? Just download your pack of Race Cards.
It’s getting as hard to find a positive role model in SA as it is to find a white person who remembers apartheid.
The work is funny, pretty and accessible, but it’s also complicated, surprising, exceedingly well crafted and rewards a long-term relationship.
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/ 19 January 2010
THE CHRIS ROPER CONDEMNS THE ANC YOUTH LEAGUE PATHETIC SPELLING ABOUT THE MAIL AND GUARDIAN.
Can we just get the kak stereotyping journalism out of the way before the Soccerball World Cup starts, please?
Perspective is everything, as the owl said to the pussycat. There’s been a furore about the Prez (finally, that Z makes sense) and his fifth marriage.
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/ 23 December 2009
Chris Roper is intrigued by Steve Hofmeyr’s autobiography, Mense van My Asem, and what it says about a certain type of South Africa.