• Hindsight: A *stand-Off/us vs the rest

    It is possible to have a peaceful warm welcoming South Africa. The center of power should safeguard the lively hood of South Africans society, educationally and economically; after all it is South Africans who have voted it into that highest rung. Since these two tenets of modern society are complementary, that is education and economy;…

  • Diary Entry: Mxolisi Visimuzi Beauchamp

    Art history is precisely a deal with the particular – just like economic history or political history (come to think of it: is there a math history, there must be); art history is a zooming in on a particular aspect of our society as a phenomenon – art.

  • Scruffy Old Madala

    ‘You can always write about nothing. The trick is to make it appealing, just like our little encounter here. He swept his free hand caressingly in front of himself. Shortly he was tottering on a third wooden leg as he stood gingerly. ‘Eish-ahh, the body eventually gives in, this…’ he pointed at the paper bag…

  • Void

    The ANC Youth League should come up with a logical plan should it wish to appeal to even the so called liberal blacks or coconuts who scoff at their gesticulations as nonsense. If the league of the center of power respects the livelihood of South Africans (and I mean it in its true sense –…

  • Secede

    What does secession mean? For southern Sudanese it means peace and the leeway to self determination from decades of conflict which has seen more than 2 million lives lost following this countries independence from Anglo-Egyptian control post 19563. But Sudan could do well if peace reigns following the referendum. Given the minerals that it boasts,…

  • Toy

    It is probably at this point in time, at the end of the year, when all those who have worked hard (or idled) during the year have an inkling to spoil themselves. After all, after a long and demanding run around the miser seeks a reward; otherwise what was it all for?

  • Mobilisation

    The political connotation of the global word (in the present jottings) mobilisation is closely related to the rallying of the masses towards a particular goal often with promises for a better outcome.