Eparkeni

As the class of 2024 embark on a post-Matric future, a new generation of Grade Rs sets off into the maw of South Africa’s education system. On the 15th of January, some tens of thousand of them – some kicking, screaming or just nervous – will leave the guardian’s bossom and enter the classroom for … Matrics Out. Grade Rs in the House Read More »

It seems only yesterday I was scouring the internet hoping for something – anything – remotely political to tide the readership over whilst the honchos were away on holiday. It would hopefully serve as a token of gratitude for their invaluable support of our modest cause. But I just couldn’t find squat. At one point … Blue-Light Woes and Partying for Niks Read More »

My doofus move was to squander pennies I didn’t have on a Blink 182 album that would be doing no favours for my street cred. Not exactly the sort of music you blasted out on the stoep in the townships of South Africa if you hoped to be in with how things worked around here. … Blink 182 and a Kasi Ramble Down Memory Lane Read More »

If I am to take several missives I’ve come across this year at their word, I might as well swap these new year’s resolutions for toilet paper. Toss them to the trash or fire because, trust me, you don’t need them. It comes with the territory, these pundits wax lyrical, to feel invigorated and inspired … On New Year’s Resolutions and Online Soirees Read More »

In early 2024 the small-time ex political science student in me was looking forward to a year that would so drastically change the country’s political landscape as to breath fresh life into it. Indeed that turned out to be the case albeit not in the manner I’d envisioned. Leading up to the election, uncharacteristic, vibrant … No-shows and the GNU Read More »

A sea of red golfers, military styled caps and a mix of scowling and jubilant faces greet me as the cameras take me through the National People’s Assembly at the Nasrec Expo Centre. Dirges and the one-leg-up toi toi thunder at every nook, although it seems this is just more procedure than a party genuinely … 2024: Winners & Losers Read More »