Would you vote for a DA-Shikota alliance?

October 13th, 2025 (Updated)

From a Sun Tzu – Art of War perspective, the battle for power in South Africa can be bluntly distilled to the ANC vs Every Other Piddly Party. If one assumes victory in politics is being in a position to make a significant impact on overall policy, then Lekota, Zille and the like need to […]

Barack Obama’s initiation cartoon

October 13th, 2025 (Updated)

Skipped a day yesterday so thought we’d come back with a double-barrel cartoon for a lazy Sunday. While many are familiar with Reagan’s history as an actor and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s terminator background, few realise that George Bush was actually Head Cheerleader while attending Phillips Academy in Andover (close to Boston). Check out Matt Littman’s article […]

Shikota struggle for party name

October 13th, 2025 (Updated)

“We, the ANC, are very busy at the moment and we don’t want to waste our energy on this any longer… so we are taking legal advice,” said Jessie Duarte, the ANC spokesperson. The ANC will no doubt draw on its vast legal resources devoted to enacting and implementing name changes throughout the country – […]

ANC spins Zuma’s use of Zol

October 13th, 2025 (Updated)

The ANC immediately released a bunch of press statements relating to the real meaning of what Jacob Zuma meant when he said he smoked zol – curious that no comment was heard about Zuma on the issue afterwards.. no biggie I guess. Probably a good thing for the spin in any case, there’s no telling […]

Jacob Zuma used to smoke zol

October 13th, 2025 (Updated)

A lot of question about the sensitivity of Jacob Zuma to announce that he used to use zol at the funeral of fellow freedom fighter Billy Nair. Zol is marijuana for you non-South Africans. Zuma later said that people should not be jailed for using or selling small amounts of the drug (Source: The Star […]