Reading a letter to The Times today, reader Jeff Mpondozenyathi makes a balanced expression that Cheeky Watson and his son Luke are right in their vehement criticism of the Springbok emblem, and the complicity that many in the rugby had with Apartheid.
I don’t agree with Mpondozenyathi, but I understand his frustration and his feelings […]
Filed under: Commentary, Ideas, Language, Politics, Reconciliation, Society, Sport, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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Luke Watson, and his father, are controversial figures in South African rugby, a sport which is plagued with racist and intra white (i.e. English Vs. Afrikaans) destructive attitudes. But it is also a great bridge builder, as the Great reconciler, Nelson Mandela showed brilliantly in 1995.
South Africans, of all races, are proud of South […]
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Gordon Brown sent the message yesterday that he knew how to handle an economic crisis - despite having an economy that is dwarfed by the U.S. economy, the UK government put together a bailout worth over 500 billion pounds. All over a take out curry - now that is impressive stuff!
Couple that with an […]
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I’ve been watching some of the U.S. Presidential debates, if one can call them that, and I’ve been rather disappointed - even as an outsider; its more interesting to watch the send-ups of the debates - ala Saturday Night Live.
Why have American politics become so focus-grouped/sanitized? Indeed, why does it seem that […]
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So the UK banking sector is getting spanked this morning! But look who is doing well… booze companies.
And who says that there aren’t any recession resistant stocks around! I wonder how food stocks are doing, esp. with inputs like oil heading down as well… now, where is my crystal ball…
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No doubt everyone is dropping a coil over the failure of the ‘bailout’ from the U.S. congress to calm world markets. Incredibly people are learning the downside of a globalised economy - big brother in the form of the United States can’t bail out the entire world due to structural shortcomings.
Of course this is all […]
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