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The manne were denouncing hypocrites left and right this week when they heard that plans are afoot to build a R90-million wall around the president’s Pretoria residence, but…
An advertisement in the back pages of last week’s Mail & Guardian, placed by the government of the North West, announced a conference on ”stonewalling”. Turns out they were…
The manne had been impressed by Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, until her inevitable denial on Tuesday that she had ever actually specifically named the…
2010 World Cup generalissimos Danny Jordaan and Irvin Khoza have denied reports that they almost came to blows three weeks ago over a travel tender that wasn’t awarded to a…
This week News24.com reported on an SABC story gleaned from the BBC, in which Jacob Zuma promised that he would ”follow former president Nelson Mandela’s example” when it came to…
How the clot-plot clots. City Press reported that Eskom had suffered a R129-million loss in ”questionable circumstances”. On Tuesday the utility company called the report an…
The chief whip of the ANC in parly is making the manne weep for the return of Tony ”Fabiani” Yengeni, now resident of Malmesbury. Mbulelo Goniwe (pictured above), not the…
Lemmer never gets The Star here in the Dorsbult. So the manne were amazed at how lekker it’s become. On the pulse and all that. This week they revealed that Mandoza’s up for the…
On a flyer from Virgin Active (or Virgym, as Oom Thys calls it) this week: ”Class Definition”. No, your local gym is not offering Marxist political education, it just needs to…
At the launch of the new South African Airways (SAA) credit card, CEO Khaya Ngqula was heard to say that parents tend to neglect good children because the bad ones demand their…
This week the Independent Democrats were calling for reforms after the Democratic Alliance fessed up to accepting large donations from Brett Kebble. Oom Krisjan sees a pattern…
When Australian cricket commentator Dean Jones was fired for calling Hashim Amla a ”terrorist”, the manne were delighted. After all, if everyone went around indulging provocative…
Tucked away at the end of City Press‘s Sunday scoop on Cyril Ramaphosa entering the succession race, the line ”Additional reporting by Wikipedia” tweaked the Oom’s interest. A…
In all the excitement and panic of preparing for the 2010 World Cup, Lemmer hopes a little paragraph in Fifa’s 2004 report doesn’t go unnoticed by South Africa’s transport…
The manne would like to commend African National Congress Youth League president Fikile Mbalula for his latest online missive in which he exhorts us to ”double our efforts” in…
Minister of Humours, Vapours and Sulphuric Unguents, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, wants greater control over how foreign government funds are spent fighting HIV/Aids in South…
Lemmer is pleased to report that the manne are no longer tittering prudishly over the South African Revenue Service web address as reported last week. However, in the interests…
Since London began enforcing its central congestion zone, motorists have been coughing up for the right to drive and park in the heart of town. But some motorists — those in…
Having confirmed her ambitions to be Dr Dolittle by wearing his hat to the opening of Parliament, Minister of Potions Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang now says people with Aids are…
What do you do when you work in local government and you’ve been spending tax-payers’ money at the rate of R230Â 000 a day for four years without official authorisation? Option…
