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GAME DRIVES AND HOPE
It dawned on me yesterday morning around 3 hours into the most boring “Game” drive of all time. I was
WAITING FOR A SIGN
One has to wonder when the penny will drop. When not only the disillusioned and the sad people of South
A Shallow Comment that Cut Deep
Well that didn’t take long. According to the daily South African newspaper, The Sowetan, newly elected leader of the official
WOOLWORTHS AND WEDDINGS
I was at my niece’s wedding yesterday when I felt my phone vibrate. It was about an hour before the
GWEDE MANTASHE STAMPS HIS FOOT
Gwede Mantashe is a not a smart man. He cannot be. There is simply no way that he would appear
The Sinai Indaba: Reminding us that we are more than just Zionists
When my eldest son was elected head of the South African Union of Jewish Students (SAUJS) on Wits campus, he
Apartheid?
It was some time in the late 1970s, a time when South Africa was deeply committed to its apartheid dream
AL-BASHIR AND THE UNABRIDGED BIRTH CERTIFICATE
It must be tremendously reassuring to the Department of Home Affairs that President Omar al-Bashir is over 18 years old.
Cinderella and the Mossad
This time they have gone too far. And it’s just not funny anymore. Maybe, it never even was (funny). And
CAITLIN, HOMER AND MIGRANT CRISES
You want to know something interesting? Last week, whereas 19.35% of global news media coverage was devoted to the freshly-femaled
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