Much ado about … well, quite a lot actually
Spare a thought for the family of Andrew Olmsted. You may not know him, or even have heard of him, but you’re about to. This is what was posted on his blog site over the weekend: “This is an entry I...
View ArticleWhat do you mean you don’t ‘get’ South African politics?
What if we could represent South African politics visually? What if we could take a snapshot of M&G investigative reporter Stefaans Brümmer’s brain? Would it look like a plate of multicoloured...
View ArticlePresident Mbeki explained … by the US Congress
I don’t know if you saw this recently — but it’s an actual screen capture of President Mbeki’s diary, as published on government’s own website. I wish I was making it up, but I’m not: (Source:...
View ArticleSosaties and roosters: dipping a big toe into Potch
It is either slightly disconcerting or enormously flattering when you arrive at a hotel for the first time and the receptionist greets you by name. In the case of my arrival at the Rapid Waters Hotel...
View ArticleThe internet buzz election — Britney pips Obama? Not quite …
(This post first appeared on my own blog, www.tonylankester.com) Every time you turn the television on these days you get more talking heads crunching numbers about the US Elections – whispering...
View ArticleWhat would Isabel do?
(This piece originally appeared on tonylankester.com) South African blogger Donn Edwards is being sued for libel by a timeshare company called Quality Vacation Club (QVC) after he wrote of his...
View ArticleWhen music meets Microsoft ….
Some time back I heard of a group of people on the internet who were spending their time creating graphs of songs titles and lyrics and posting them online – in fact there was a whole song chart pool...
View ArticleANC Youth League declares war on cocks
(This post first appeared on tonylankester.com) Sometimes writing a blog entry is hard work. Occasionally, though, someone gives you material — an idea, a reference or image to work from — that is so...
View ArticleSanctimonious bigot gets my blood pressure up
(This piece first appeared on tonylankester.com) I’m usually pretty open-minded when it comes to reading or hearing the views of foreign journalists about South Africa. I enjoy hearing their...
View ArticleOoops … Weekender makes wrong results call
Possibly the most famous newspaper headline blunder was made by the Chicago Tribune of November 3 1948, which bannered “Dewey Defeats Truman”. When the decision to print the paper was made, returns...
View ArticleMuch ado about … well, quite a lot actually
Spare a thought for the family of Andrew Olmsted. You may not know him, or even have heard of him, but you’re about to. This is what was posted on his blog site over the weekend: “This is an entry I...
View ArticleWhat do you mean you don’t ‘get’ South African politics?
What if we could represent South African politics visually? What if we could take a snapshot of M&G investigative reporter Stefaans Brümmer’s brain? Would it look like a plate of multicoloured...
View ArticlePresident Mbeki explained … by the US Congress
I don’t know if you saw this recently — but it’s an actual screen capture of President Mbeki’s diary, as published on government’s own website. I wish I was making it up, but I’m not: (Source:...
View ArticleSosaties and roosters: dipping a big toe into Potch
It is either slightly disconcerting or enormously flattering when you arrive at a hotel for the first time and the receptionist greets you by name. In the case of my arrival at the Rapid Waters Hotel...
View ArticleThe internet buzz election — Britney pips Obama? Not quite …
(This post first appeared on my own blog, www.tonylankester.com) Every time you turn the television on these days you get more talking heads crunching numbers about the US Elections – whispering...
View ArticleWhat would Isabel do?
(This piece originally appeared on tonylankester.com) South African blogger Donn Edwards is being sued for libel by a timeshare company called Quality Vacation Club (QVC) after he wrote of his...
View ArticleWhen music meets Microsoft ….
Some time back I heard of a group of people on the internet who were spending their time creating graphs of songs titles and lyrics and posting them online – in fact there was a whole song chart pool...
View ArticleANC Youth League declares war on cocks
(This post first appeared on tonylankester.com) Sometimes writing a blog entry is hard work. Occasionally, though, someone gives you material — an idea, a reference or image to work from — that is so...
View ArticleSanctimonious bigot gets my blood pressure up
(This piece first appeared on tonylankester.com) I’m usually pretty open-minded when it comes to reading or hearing the views of foreign journalists about South Africa. I enjoy hearing their...
View ArticleOoops … Weekender makes wrong results call
Possibly the most famous newspaper headline blunder was made by the Chicago Tribune of November 3 1948, which bannered “Dewey Defeats Truman”. When the decision to print the paper was made, returns...
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