Jacob Zuma, The Trickster
uChakide, the trickster mongoose, was hungry. So he convinced uGogo Granny, to play ‘I cook you, you cook me’ in the pots over the fire. Naturally, Chakide went first into the pot and gogo lit the fire. Once it became a tad hot, Chakide called out from inside the pot “Tshiyo tshiyo sengivuthiwe!” (“I’m […]
Marikana: A State Of No Apologies
The families of slain miners seek compensation for their losses – and an apology from government, writes Niren Tolsi Three years after their husbands were shot dead by police on August 16 2012 at Marikana, Zameka Nungu and Betty Gadlela are still waiting for a simple apology from the government that killed their families’ […]
State of the Nation(al Wake)
Parliament re-opens on February 12 2015 with President Jacob Zuma’s annual State of the Nation address. It’s a moment that is being more keenly anticipated than usual, as we wait to see whether the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) will make good on speculation that they will disrupt Zuma’s address, in an attempt to force […]
The Quiet Protagonists
It is those of us with the most potential to propel civilisation forward who most often choose to abstain from engaging in civilisation altogether. To be fair, this abstinence from reality is usually not so much a choice as it is a paralysis, the paralysis caused by the anxiety of knowing how great one […]