Amid a clutter of pensioned battle tanks, the 88th installment of the SA Museums Association national conference convened at Bloemfontein’s Tempe Military Base timeously with the start of Heritage Month. This against the backdrop of notable headlines fitting neatly into the scheme: a four-year old child shatters a Bronze Age jar believed to be some …
Look, it’s not exactly French Riviera idyllic. Still no better setting could come close for the backdrop of a low-grade horror flick. Special effects or elaborate Hollywood-style peppering for who? Coming as it does with all the apparel that works: a shadow-draping koppie that leers over a sporadically-lit street. There’s a dilapidating church shrouded in …
If there’s one thing clear about the GNU conglomerate, it’s that although it has a smattering of serious people, the rest would be outstanding in a circus. Burnt-out Leninists and wannabe liberals share the floor with court jesters who will not pass up an opportunity to raise disruptive points of order for a cheap cackle. …
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Minister of Tourism Patricia de Lille with Colesberg’s tourism entrepreneur Mbulelo Kafi. Image: Mbulelo Kafi.
Floyd Shivambu paying tribute to Johannesburg Region’s Deputy Secretary and Councilor Moshe Mphahlele. Image: Floyd Shivambu Facebook page.
An acquaintance of mine often recounts, rather wretchedly, an offending utterance he was once slapped with when he’d mentioned to somebody that he’s from Colesberg. ‘Ah,’ his listener had shrugged, ‘you mean that place with a Shell?’ Eina! So much for ‘picteresque,’ ‘historic,’ ‘home to the magic mountain,’ ‘the busiest town over holiday season’ and …
Foreign nationals would’ve breathed a sigh of relief that the vigilante-like group Operation Dudula’s political hopes sank like lead towards the 2024 general election. But thanks to Patriotic Alliance leader, Gayton McKenzie, such relief has been shortlived. Kept out of the home affairs ministry where he’d hoped to drive his ‘#Abahambe’ rallying cry home, as …
So we got word that eParkeni has been booked for the SAMAs this year. Stoked, we imagined a red carpet bled out at our feet. Louis Vuitton man bags and an up-close and personal glimpse at the artist of the year recepient. Maybe, we gushed, a seat next to Robbie Wessels who might be fuming …
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Before Thuli Madonsela, the Office of the Public Protector (PP) was largely seen as a toothless appointment if it was seen at all. As with other standard Chapter Nine institutions, it might take on an underdog’s case, occasionally a government department, perhaps even oversee a class action lawsuit but mostly it tended to keep a …
In 1994, when Madiba was cobbling together a government of national unity (GNU) , his position was unenviable. No matter which way he played it, it was clear he could not please everybody. Through his reconciliatory offensive he was able to allay white fears around the trepidation of a swaartgevaar that supposedly wanted to grab …
