The Sunday Times published a scathing but most appropriate orbituary for dead telecommunications minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri last weekend. Seat-warmer president Kgalema Motlanthe said she was an extraordinary woman – and that she certainly was: a member of Thabo Mbeki‘s so called dream team after the 1999 election, she set South Africa back by at least […]
Goodbye Poison Ivy
January 16th, 2026 (Updated)Opposition uproar as ANC feeds the poor
January 16th, 2026 (Updated)The ANC did say they would address poverty – they just didn’t say when they would and for how long! Opposition parties were in an uproar about unscrupulous campaigning by the ANC last week when ANC t-shirt bearers gave out food parcels in poor areas of South Africa.
Senor Dodgy visits the 24.com South African Blog Awards
January 16th, 2026 (Updated)Don’t get us wrong – we think it’s great that Wonkie has been nominated in 2 categories in the 2009 South African Blog Awards. On closer examination though, the selection of blogs for these awards looks quite suspect. We thought it best we write this article before the results get published so we don’t look […]
God supports the ANC, you should too!
January 16th, 2026 (Updated)Jacob Zuma, when referring to the church’s support of the ANC yesterday, declared “it is an unequivocal biblical declaration that if God is for us, who can be against us.” This of course led to the headline: Zuma: God is for the ANC on News 24 After a number of controversial statements made by the […]