Another day in paradise
If I didn't have so much work to do today I'll definitely spend more time on my alterego life as an evil cartoonist... today's paper is just screaming through with cartoon-me content - politics,...
View ArticleViva Malema for President!
Julius Malema is always getting the short end of the stick in the 'intellectual press' in South Africa - poor chap. My post today on Wonkie cartoon blog covers some details of Julius Malema's...
View ArticleUpdate
Hola todo! Just a quick update in case you've all decided I've gone AWOL.. had a short break with the family and spent some much needed time with the kids.. great fun and a well deserved break - at...
View ArticleFuture of education in South Africa
Created a comic for the Wonkie cartoon blog for today after a short break from the cartooning over the last week. Given my background the topic is very close to my heart - education. In fact, it's on...
View ArticleLet's hope 2009 is better!
Happy New Year one and all.. things are off to a good start with lots of changes on both the work and personal fronts for me. I'll be travelling a fair bit this year which I am really looking forward...
View ArticleThe education crisis in South Africa
After the debacle of the matric results in South Africa this year, it is not surprising that both employers and tertiary institutions lack faith in government statistics on school leavers. It appears...
View ArticleOn Gaza and the conflict
Quoting the Economist print edition (8 Jan 09):WITH luck, the destructive two-week battle between Israel and Hamas may soon draw to an end. But how long before the century-long war between Arabs and...
View ArticleANCYL madness
PM made a great cartoon on Wonkie last week covering the outrageous verbal battle between Floyd, Malema (ANCYL) and Helen Zille - a celebrity deathmatch ... lol I think we should all lobby e-tv to get...
View ArticleWelcome 2010 - South Africa's year!
Bonjour! A Happy New Year to you all - it's been a while since I've updated my blog - mostly because I've been travelling and working abroad in the UK over the last 6 months or so. I'm certainly glad...
View ArticleRocking March
So I've basically neglected a lot of my music since I started working abroad - there's just been no time to focus on anything else to be honest. I barely have enough time to makes cartoons any more,...
View ArticlePositive vibes South Africa
With all the negative sentiment in the press these day about South Africa (mostly in South Africa, mind you) it's great to see a campaign initiative such as the one being run by the Core Group...
View ArticleUK elections - How now Brown cow?
A leap from life in sunny South Africa with the entire country betting on the upcoming 2010 World Cup to a competition of a different sort altogether. Thought I'd pen a few of my thoughts on the...
View ArticlePersonal Development South Africa
Over the last 15 years many young, black South Africans have sky rocketed to senior positions in corporate South Africa. This is not exclusively as a result of affirmative action policies and BEE...
View ArticleI miss Africa
The fact that I'm sitting out here in the freezing cold in the middle of nowhere apparently doing some good and charitable work is unfortunately little consolation to me right now. I miss Africa and I...
View ArticleMechanics of Justice: Form and Substance
One can only wonder what the South African public are thinking when issues such as the one around PigSpotter come about. Of more concern to me though is what the government itself is thinking.Without...
View ArticleHappy New Year and Happy Birthday!
Thought I'd start this year off with a bang and a blog post - there's been some delay in posting over the last year mostly because I've been in Canada and other more exotic places around the world. All...
View ArticleNelson Mandela's health scare
This morning I woke up to an interesting take on the whole Nelson Mandela debacle that took place in South Africa over the last week. It is certainly understandable for people to be sad or concerned...
View ArticleOn Jimmy Manyi and Racism in South Africa
It seems over the last few weeks there has been a return to the days of old in South Africa - with a small difference. That difference is an inversion of race from white to black. Recent distasteful...
View ArticleSouth Africa - Local election campaign strategies
It's that time of the year again and the Democratic Alliance (DA) and the African National Congress (ANC) are at loggerheads once more. What is interesting though is that there is a dramatic about-turn...
View ArticleBafana Bafana - what's in a name?
Last week, SAFA (the South African Football Association) maintained its firm stance that it will not be purchasing the rights to use the Bafana Bafana name. And so, South Africans wait anxiously to...
View ArticleSA Local Elections
South Africans never cease to amaze me. It seems a culture of complaining has swept over the country and that citizens revel in that swamp of negativity. When asked about whether the same people are...
View ArticleGambling on Civil Disobedience
I believe that an interesting situation is going to unfold over the next few weeks in South Africa. With the prospect of high toll fees being introduced by the South African government without proper...
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Dalai Lama South African visa debacle
Following Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma's mess in 2009 when she was the minister of foreign affairs, one would have expected South Africa to get its house in order when it comes to foreign policy. Alas, they...
View ArticleSocial Media and Future Newsrooms
Over the last couple of years, there has been much debate about the role of social media and citizen journalism in newsrooms. The topics of debate range from the broadcasting unverified content to use...
View ArticleUsing Facebook for Breaking News
Effectively harnessing the power of social media, particularly facebook, has been a challenge for most large corporates. Media houses like Fox, the BBC and others have made some headway but that tight...
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