BY FREEMAN
Stories emerge every day of a new act of corruption and connivance. Goldman’s role in the AIG bailout, talk of dodgy swap agreements between banks and Lehman’s prior to its collapse, Goldman’s ”off balance sheet” deals with Greece to help it cover up a shocker of a debt book, political corruption [...]
To be truly free, we must conquer corruption
Voluntourism – blessing or curse?
The current zeitgeist swings madly towards altruism. We saw this at the Oscars in hit films The Blindside and Precious; George Clooney and Simon Cowell showed how it’s done as they raisied millions of dollars for Haitian earthquake victims and Angelina and Madonna’s ever increasing broods have been discussed, quite literally, to nausea. Not to [...]
Hermés hilarity, and Lady Gaga to up the ante
After seeing the absolutely fabulous video Lady Gaga released for her “Telephone” collab with Beyoncé, it’s hard to imagine her topping it. But considering this is Lady Gaga, it can definitely happen. Vogue.com has reported that the singer has enlisted fashion photographer Steven Klein to direct the video for her upcoming single “Alejandro”. Klein [...]
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A POEM BY CRAIG PRINSLOO
Candy coated blade edges, sweet yet with the ability to destroy.
It’s this ability that makes the blade much more than just a blade.
Only a sharp controlled blade will cut clean.
Only a well trained mind can pierce as effectively as such a blade.
Each movement calculated and performed with pin [...]
Adrenaline in the heat: the Pro X 2010
BY LARA MOSES
In the craziest heat of a Saturday morning, driving down the N7 towards where the heat gets hotter doesn’t seem like the best idea. But just after the stench of “the dump”, I entered Zone 7 where for two days, with some friends, loads of sun block and bottles of water (and various [...]
An anti-Malema campaign isn’t the answer to the Julius problem
BY AKANYANG MEREMENTSI
The Freedom Front Plus has laid a hate speech complaint against African National Congress Youth League president Julius ‘Juju’ Malema and even called for his prosecution.
This came after Juju allegedly said the boers (reference to white people) must be killed for they are rapists when he addressed students at the University [...]
Three hours in Amsterdam
BY SARAH LAURENCE
The free dictionary defines a layover as “A short stop or break in a journey, usually imposed by scheduling requirements”, but does not include the truism that it has become the curse of the modern traveller, as it can easily double the time of one’s journey.
A necessary evil to save money on flights, [...]
Web crazy Cavalli and Uncle Karl’s ice sculpture
Cavalli fan? Want to be in closer to your favourite designer? Well, Roberto is making that come true. The designer has fully embraced the worldwide web. Cavalli has launched a blog, set up an official fan page on Facebook and joined the Twittersphere. Cavalli told Vogue, “I decided to increase the web platform as [...]
Assessing the Zuma regime
BY VUKAYIBAMBE
The last 8 weeks have been the most tumultuous times in the newly installed ANC government of President Jacob Zuma. And it all started after a Sunday Times story about a child born out of wedlock between the President and one Sonono Khoza.
When I read the article on that Sunday morning [...]
Olympians fly the flag high while SA sleeps
Today we launch our new travel and global affairs column by Canada-based Sarah Laurence. In her first post, she looks at the lacklustre focus by the South African media on our participants in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
