Peter Marais seems incapable of avoiding making waves in the visdorpie. Not content with undermining the Mother City’s attempt to make the place the pink capital of Africa he has decided to rile the dorp’s large Muslim population…
Two Mancunian pranksters have been entertaining the English sporting public over the past few months with their escapades which have turned them into minor celebrities. What they do is sneak themselves into sports events, circumvent the security systems and then pretend to be players.
Events up north dominated the South African media this week and, since watching Uncle Bob duly win Zimbabwe’s version of Big Brother was better than watching South African sports teams get another klap, the topic dominated conversation in the Dorsbult bar too…
The terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11 last year have been blamed for just about everything except global warming – although with the amount of hot air expelled discussing the event Oom Krisjan thinks this will soon be added to the list…
Dismay hit Parliament this week when it was discovered the new access cards featured the national emblem, not the honoured institution’s own coat of arms…
THE Government Communication and Information Service is trying to live up to its name. It launched its first Communicator’s Handbook recently, and a quick perusal over a few dops showed the manne from the Dorsbult Bar why our leaders and our leader writers are so often at odds…
IT’S the week for romance, that boy with his bow – and timely reminders that love can sometimes mean you have to say you’re sorry…
Here in the Groot Marico life goes on at quite a leisurely pace – and that’s how we like it. Oom Krisjan thus feels great sympathy for Minister of Health Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who has been rushing from pillar to post to prevent Aids activists implementing court decisions on the antiretroviral, nevirapine…
For years the Post Office was the epitome of government incompetence; filled with jobsworths who would as soon spit in your eye as give you the time of day. But, since privatisation, everything has changed…
A couple of weeks ago, the Mail & Guardian‘s Stefaans Brummer wrote a satirical piece that lampooned Public Protector Selby Baqwa’s office as providing a cleansing service…