What makes South Africa so special
WHEN the government, politicians and other opportunists first mooted and then embarked upon the bid to host the 2010 soccer World Cup, the merits of proceeding with the massively expensive project were all the buzz and were a hard-sell, touting tourism, job-creation, foreign investment and all that other stuff.
It is the list of “arch [...]
I am just sick and tired of all these foreigners (also some locals) who say, “Bitching doesn’t help; be proactive”, “Stop complaining; solve the problem”…and my all time favourite pain up the backside, “If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem”.
First of all, South Africa is not America or [...]
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he’s a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to [...]
Safest location in South Africa
Does this sound familiar!
“Phoned the police the other night when I saw someone breaking into the neighbour’s garage. Police didn’t came. Burglar ran away when he heard me coming out. I drove around our block looking for him, didn’t find him, phoned the police again, they still didn’t come. [...]
Anyone who has not been in Cape town since around the mid to late 90’s would get a shock To see how much more traffic there is on the roads today! It is bumber to bumper and if you are in the thick of it between the airport and Athlone, you had better be prepared [...]
Well who is the richest black person, definitely not Oprah this time but Nigerian Billionaire Alhaji Aiko Dangote of Dangote holdings ranked at position 334 with net value of $3.3 Billion. Mr Dangote has interests in sugar, flour milling, textiles,real estate, haulage and gas among other things. Mr Dangote was followed closely by South African [...]
While the images of the blatant savagery that went down in Liberia are enough to make strong men loose their lunch, one should not forget that South Africa has it’s own Little Shop of Horrors to be found in the dark and creepy digs of the local sangomas.
Lizard and snake skins, birds beaks, horns, [...]
Ten minutes before a group of American tourists were due to arrive at their Joburg guesthouse, two armed men were dropped off outside the house and hid in the bushes.
When the six women arrived at their Observatory guesthouse around 6pm on Tuesday, the men – along with two other accomplices who were [...]
The department of transport has warned motorists to steer clear of the M4 between Umdloti and Umhlanga because the road is “sinking” and has been closed.
Authorities didn’t know why the road had started to sink, but that engineers were evaluating the situation and suspect poor maintenance.
The M4 southbound, from the Umdloti interchange to the Umhlanga [...]
A makeshift refugee camp, housing over 1 000 desperate asylum seekers, has sprung up on the Foreshore.
As if South Africa was the master of all Africa – today its seen as a safe place by all manner of refugees from the north of the border. Thousands flock to SA every day to milk the SA [...]