sex worker arrests unlawful (SWEAT)

City’s vice squad violating SWEAT’s interdict Lawyers acting on behalf of SWEAT (Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce) have submitted a letter to the City of Cape Town detailing in legal terms why the ongoing arrests of sex workers are unlawful and requesting that the City respond by 5 November.
On 16 October 2009 the City [...]

Hiding Africa’s Looted Funds: The Silence of Western Media

Quite often when you read newspapers, listen to radio and watch television in the West you learn how poor Africans are and how corrupt African leaders are. But you will never watch, read or hear anything in these media outlets about the role being played by Western banking institutions; property development and estate companies; the [...]

When ANC wins elections, who’ll be the official opposition party?

A lot of focus has been thinking about how Shikota party (break-away party) will dent ANC’s election victory and less about who will be the official opposition party.
The way I see it, it’s either the ANC will get a significant win or will be dented by the break-away party. In the case where the ANC [...]

Our leaders instilled Xenophobic ideas into our citizens

It is with great sadness that my reason for blogging about Xenophobia before “the SABC saga” as I promised on my previous blog comes from a deep sadness and embarrassment to me as a South African.
Today I’m not proud to say I’m a South African not because I’m short, poor or dark in complexion no, [...]

I don’t buy David Bullard’s grovel apology

It’s good that he finaly came back to earth and apologised for the article he wrote on Sundaytimes.
I have to say before you get me wrong I don’t buy his grovelling apology, in fact I it find more commercially driven than a sincere apology, most likely an attempt to secure his readers in order to get an [...]

Help her find a job, way before you retrench her

One of Journalism and Media Studies students @ Rhodes recently popped in my office un announced at one of my busiest times, being the person that am I listened to what she had to say before “hush! i’m busy statements” it turns out she had an idea that speaks directly to my heart (community upliftment) [...]

Cuba:Fidel Castro resigns did u hear that Papa Mugabe

I recently had a chat about Cuba with my childhood friend currently studying towards (being a Doctor) a doctor’s degree in Cuba, from the chat I gather that there is a split in opinion amongst Cubans on the future of Cuba in particular its (economic) relations with America.

For those who need a brief, Fidel Castro overthrew the [...]

Where are Fort Hare University Alumni?

After a couple of visits to Fort Hare University (at) and Alice, I have come to realise that the institution is still financially backward and this is not just the institution but the town (Alice itself) even Graaff-Reinet is doing much better though it doesn’t have an advanced tertiary institution like other towns nor prominent people in [...]

560 killed on SA roads

I can’t believe that in one month so many people have died on our roads, how many more deaths should there be before our people realise the importance of the lives they carrying as well as of those they passing.
I cannot believe that someone would drive a track 17 times more than the limit, isn’t [...]

Monetary policy needs a break

Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has been systematic, almost brutal, in dealing with the surge in CPIX inflation above the target range. Over the past year and a half he has raised interest rates consistently, offering little promise of a relaxation in monetary policy in the medium term.
http://free.financialmail.co.za/07/1207/front/aedop.htm