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/ 27 January 2012
Amid a furore about promoting promiscuity, the DA poster’s association of sex and politics, not to mention the allure of the other, sells very well.
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/ 24 January 2012
Vote DA, and you’ll be able to pomp people who are not like you, writes <b>Chris Roper</b>.
It’s common knowledge that our martyr to African freedom, Beloved Leader of the Pack Muammar "Mad Dog" Gaddafi, had a dream, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
Two weeks at the Red Bull Music Academy give the young bloods a taste of what it takes to be at the top.
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/ 25 November 2011
Politicians aren’t the enemy; we are the enemy, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
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/ 18 November 2011
<b>Chris Roper</b> thinks the oppression of women should be as iniquitous as oppression based on race.
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/ 28 October 2011
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 The ASA has decided that an advert for Axe deodorant has to be withdrawn.
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/ 22 October 2011
Yes, I’m afraid all South Africans are naturally dishonest, with a cheap moral compass made in China, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
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/ 20 October 2011
One Israeli exchanged for one thousand Palestinians? What kind of a deal is that, asks <b>Chris Roper</b>
A useful rule of thumb is to avoid anybody who uses culture as an excuse for doing something stupid, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
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/ 30 September 2011
<b>Chris Roper</b> is a little peeved, after staging a Situationist intervention way before newsreader Mark Esterhuysen.
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/ 29 September 2011
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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/ 16 September 2011
It’s a tough life in the rainbow nation, a land where every topic has too many hues and cries, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
It helps having seven award-winning chefs
in the kitchen but the provenance of the pig really makes the meal.
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/ 9 September 2011
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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/ 2 September 2011
There’s something insane about people who claim the Libyan revolution was foisted on Africa by the West, writes <b>Chris Roper</b>.
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/ 1 September 2011
The political world was rocked by the news that Julius "Sello Vie" Malema is set to join the Democratic Alliance, writes <b>Chris Roper</b>.
<b>Chris Roper</b> now sees that democracy has worked in South Africa. We are truly all equally stupid and greedy.
Badly sung anthems aren’t as embarrassing as how porn the Springboks were during the Rugby World Cup squad announcement, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
The default comparison for Farryl Purkiss, favoured by lazy music journalists, is Jack Johnson. A rerelease inspires more interesting comparisons.
The <i>Sowetan</i>’s decision to publish pictures of two officers bonking, have overlooked an important question, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
It is not difficult to understand the outpouring of smug schadenfreude that has greeted the news of riots in Britain, writes <b>Chris Roper</b>.
<i>Oh Brother</i>, the opening track on <i>Six Winters</i> by Laurie Levine, is a sad, naked declaration of a stymied present and a mooted intent.
Funny. All those tweets about how social media was the force that provoked the revolutions of the Arab Spring have become mysteriously muted.
When the War of the Races hots up the first casualty is the ability to actually listen to what people are saying, writes <b>Chris Roper</b>.
Cape Town rock band Ashtray Electric’s latest release is an album in the true sense of the word, says <b>Chris Roper</b>.
With Oppikoppi taking place this weekend, <b>Lloyd Gedye</b> and <b>Chris Roper</b> give you the lowdown on the key acts to catch.
Are we never to be rid of racialism in its evil forms, asks <b>Chris Roper</b>.
There’s some sublime invention on Drive-by Truckers’s new album, courtesy of a band that has three songwriters sharing the load.
The ANCYL’s racist rhetoric legitimises all extremists, no matter their skin colour.
<b>Chris Roper</b> had to pretend that tabloid newspapers were unequivocally good things, bringing a valuable voice.
Dropping Stoned Cherrie because even black people think they’re "too black"? That’s almost as funny as trying to lecture Zapiro on respect.