Archives for January 2009

Zuma and wife number 5, or 6, or 7?

June 7th, 2026 (Updated)

Yesterday, the Sunday Times in South Africa published a scathing Eish! column by Andrew Donaldson titled: “Marrying beneath his nation again”. In this column, Mr Donaldson navel-gazed and bothered himself with some ethical issues. One issue in particular begged him to ask the question whether the South African public be concerned about Mr Zuma taking on more wives, [more…]

Gaza Haiku

June 7th, 2026 (Updated)

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is an ongoing saga – nothing appears to have changed much since I first studied it in high school over 25 years ago. [Click for more..]

Bush asks Congress to release funds

June 7th, 2026 (Updated)

On request of US president-elect Barack Obama, President George Bush has requested Congress to release the outstanding $350 bn of the US financial bail-out package. The bailout package is controversial for a number of reasons [click for more…]

Pandormonium in Education

June 7th, 2026 (Updated)

The current South African education system led by ministerNaledi Pandor is a mess – instead of focusing on preparing students for employment or tertiary education, [more…]

Zuma still out of Harms way – Appeal court ruling

June 7th, 2026 (Updated)

… there does not appear to be major cause for concern in the ANC ranks regarding the Harm’s judgement in the Supreme Court of Appeal yesterday [click for more…]