When we are young, our parents tell us to take responsibility for our actions. To not blame others for our missteps and failures if they are the product of our own limitations and mistakes. You need to learn from your mistakes. Or at least parents should tell their children that. Its character building, and leads […]
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I’m a huge believer in nuclear power. I think all the tree huggers and hash smoking Greenpeace hippies should look at the simple fact that the solution to our destructive addition to fossil fuel has been staring us in the face since the 40s, namely nuclear power. It is infinitely cleaner, safer for the […]
Filed under: Business, Commentary, Decision Theory, Environment, Government, Ideas, Society, U.S. Elections, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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All thinking people hate unsolicited offers. And whilst there will always be the shady offers out there, trying to get you to get R1000 life insurance for a mere R55 a month (do you expect to die in the next 20 months? if no, you are getting screwed!).
Well now you can register to […]
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I’m dying to hear of the new Cabinet at the top of the hour. There is very low level rumours the Sexwale may be named to the Cabinet to look after the epic Public Enterprise portfolio. If only…
Anyway… Motlanthe is now president. It’ll be really exciting to see how he attempts to heal the […]
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Trevor Manuel and others are leaving the cabinet. The rand has fallen sharply against the dollar initially on the news.
From Business Day:
Statement on the resignation of members of Cabinet and Deputy Ministers
President Thabo Mbeki has, to date, received letters of resignation from the following members of Cabinet which, regretfully, he has had to accept:
1. […]
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PK will no doubt fight with me on this, but I think I might just have called it (probably my best one since I said the West should be concerned about Arab Extremism , on MFM 92.6 on the 10th of September 2001) regarding the next President (Has Motlanthe used Zuma as a Sleeper? : […]
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Sian and I were at the SANG (South African National Gallery for those who never did Art at high school) this weekend, getting a good dose of culture, after walking around in the Gardens.
I’ll keep my rant on why museums and galleries funded by taxpayers money should be open to the public for free for […]
Filed under: Africa, Art, Cape Town, Commentary, Corruption, Design, Education, Media, Society, Zuma by Andrew la Grange
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Friday was a blow to anyone who wants South Africa to be a powerful and healthy democracy. Not because the courts found on Zuma’s behalf on a technicality, but that so many of his sycophants seem to think that Justice Nicholson’s ruling was a vindication of their man.
The fact is that the man who was […]
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http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20080911141538545C746132
I should choose my words wisely. Because Sbu Ngobeni is quoted today by Independent Newspapers, as saying he will “shoot and kill” Jonathan Shapiro, who Mr. Ngobeni says “deserved to rot in hell” for Sunday’s cartoon indicating Jacob Zuma was being assisted by the Alliance to rape the justice system.
Do we now live in […]
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In a democracy, all figures are equal before the law. But some of a citizens rights are removed because of their actions. Most notable of course are the rights of criminals. We all agree, as a society, that sometimes the the rights of the individual are balanced against the rights of society and are […]
Filed under: Comedy, Commentary, Corruption, Language, Law, Politics, Rant, Society, Zuma, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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I love good news, from IOL: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=14&art_id=vn20080908115425752C307063
SA city makes top ten list
September 08 2008 at 01:54PM
By Lindsay DentlingerCape Town has been named as among the top 10 cities in the world on track to become a global sustainable centre by 2020.
The Ethisphere Institute on Monday ranked Cape Town among the cities which appear […]
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