Eish! It's Because I'm South African

This is a letter written to the Guardian Newspaper by a recent Nigerian visitor to our Shores, I found this a fascinating read.

South African experience
SIR: On Thursday October 1, 2009, the National Chairman of our great party Chief Bisi Akande; the Lagos State Chairman of the Party in Lagos, Chief Dele Ajomale; his wife; the [...]

A woman, with a winning bid of more than R1-million, secured the kiss –and the alleged meeting with Mandela, which now seems uncertain.

I saw this story on Facebook and it caught my attention because I went to school in Dundee in my youth and spent a fair amount of time in the 80’s in Dundee Hospital through various injuries attained while partying too hard. I remember the place as a clean, well run provincial institution that people were proud of in this small little Northern Natal Town. As I read this article, I found myself feeling increasingly saddened to call myself South African once again. The blatant disregard for the respect and dignity of Tax Payers in provincial hospitals today in South Africa is astounding. The seeds of these problems run very deep in this country, and I just don’t see us as a nation getting out of the slump we find ourselves in under the current Banana Republic Leadership style that the majority keeps voting for. My heart goes out to this family and I hope they can find a way of getting through their loss without too much disdain for the people that served them so badly.

“If we lose, we must lose to one of our own. And if we win, we win with our own,” Malema said. Isn’t the reason Joel Santana is in the job because the ANC and South Africa got tired of Bafana Bafana Losing all the time with one of our Own Coaches?

AWB leader Eugene Terre’Blanche says right-wing groups will plot their future plans at a Ventersdorp meeting next Saturday. “The circumstances in the country demanded it. The white man in South Africa is realising that his salvation lies in self-government in territories paid for by his ancestors.”
Is jy vokken mal Bru? Not even Selebi can get [...]

In July 2008 I received a call from ITWeb asking for comment regarding a story they ran concerning the abrupt resignation of SITA CEO Llewellyn Jones as a consequence of what was quoted as ”
a rift between him and government CIO Michelle Williams, who also serves as deputy-chairman of the SITA board” – ITWeb ‘Gatvol’ Jones to leave after GovTech 29 Jul 2008.

Samuel Johnson once said “Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance” and I have a feeling that if I can somehow get through dealing with Johannesburg Water and their wonderful VVM Attorneys this week without committing an act of Murder, I would have without doubt accomplished a GREAT WORK through Perseverance.

This is brilliant if you ask me, there could not possibly be a more fitting tribute to Julius Malema in my opinion. Australian penile artist Pricasso announced yesterday that he would be painting a collection of works depicting ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema in a series titled Ignoramus.

I don’t actually know whether or not he actually has balls, but he certainly carries on like a man with bigger balls than a Blue Bull Supporter. You See Julius we can make fun of ourselves, that’s why I am a Sharks Supporter.
What you did today my “Ever Diminishing Comrade” was totally blow the theory [...]

Right or wrong, in my opinion this is brilliant advertising. Lolly Jackson saw an opportunity and he pounced on it. Lolly now finds himself in hot water with the ASA (No, that’s not Athletics South Africa) but it is ironic that the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Athletics South Africa share the same acronym.