Nov 102015
 

How did you go bankrupt? Two ways. Gradually but then suddenly’. These two lines, which appear in the Ernest Hemingway-novel ‘The Sun Also Rises’, encapsulate, for me at least, what is slowly but surely unfolding in South Africa. We are in the ‘slowly at first’-phase of going bankrupt as a country, but at a later stage, […]

Sep 192015
 

Mercenaries from South Africa have proved quietly decisive in helping the Nigerian military turn around its campaign against Boko Haram. By Colin Freeman, Abuja 9:20PM BST 10 May 2015 With their roots in South Africa apartheid-era security forces, they do not fit the standard image of an army of liberation. But after just three months on the […]

Feb 272015
 

The Nkandla Scandal Continued…. With a humble ode to Miss Miley Cyrus, we have Thuli Madonsela, South Africa’s public protector, coming down on Nkandla like a wrecking ball. Mostly old news from late 2014, but all still relevant and with a familiar “well loved” cast of players.

Feb 142014
 

What’s the biggest threat to humanity you can think of? Pollution, disease, natural disasters, terrorism, crime, drugs…? But do we ever think about our basic life support needs? We usually don’t have to because luckily for us we have a system. It’s a system where you can gain employment and work for money which of […]

Oct 212013
 

1/7- BE sure to see the other 6 parts below the 1st video video 1 What if you could change the world by changing your perspective of it? Would you? “The only real danger that exists is man himself. We are the great danger and we are pitifully unaware of it. We are the origin […]

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Jan 222013
 

This is typical of the greed that pervades our society still, if not more so. Alan Paton was right to “Cry the beloved country” all those years ago. Nothing seems to change. By Christo van der Rheede Tuesday, January 15, 2013 The current upheavals in the agricultural sector in the Western Cape caught everyone by surprise. […]

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Sep 052012
 

Woolworths Racist Recruiting Excludes Whites 2012-09-02 10:09:16 Justin Harrison This week I broke the story wide open on the social networks about how Woolworths SA blatantly posted ads on their career site that were exclusive of whites. These ads mentioned that the job posts were only open to African, Colored and Indian candidates, clearly excluding […]

Aug 032012
 

Lost Generation was in a video contest submitted by a 20-year old and won second place. Everyone in the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause. So simple and yet so brilliant. A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video, Lost Generation, reads the exact opposite backwards as forward. Not only does it […]

Jun 252012
 

United Breaks Guitars – Sweet Revenge In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and my Taylor guitar was witnessed being thrown by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago. I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didnt deny the experience occurred but for […]

Jun 142012
 

97% Owned, features Ben Dyson of Positive Money, Josh Ryan-Collins of The New Economics Foundation, Ann Pettifor, the “HBOS Whistleblower” Paul Moore, Simon Dixon of Bank to the Future and Nick Dearden from the Jubliee Debt Campaign. 97% owned presents serious research and verifiable evidence on our economic and financial system. This is the first documentary […]

Apr 162012
 
National Geographic Cape Town and Durban marketing project

The focused target markets for the campaign will be in accordance with the two cities’ primary tourism source markets of the USA, UK, Germany, the Netherlands, South Africa (and, through DSTV, into Africa), India, China and Australia. The United Nations World Tourism Organisation’s research shows that up to 80% of international tourists are in search […]