If you’re a serial cheater who just loves a saucy conversations with a lover over a cellphone, or believe the lizard men are out to get you now is perhaps time to worry. In an effort to comply with the Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communication-Related Information Amendment Bill, at least one of the local cellphone [...]
Earlier today I shunted all my funds previously in Satrix40 out of that tracker fund and into the Itrix FTSE. Such a move is indeed contrary to the philosophy of taking a long term position, yet severals factors troubled me heavily enough to drive me to such action.
Key is the increased risk or volatility present in the market now. It may be [...]
By allowing it (the impasse) to drag on, it will scare away investors and does not augur well for our economy.
The Zimbabwean State controlled newspaper ‘The Herald’ appealing for a solution to the stalemate on the Zimbabwean Stock Exchange that has halted all trading activity on the ZSE completely. One wonders where they’ve been the [...]
This is not a sign of a happy political marriage:
“The main concern of the committee centres on signs that we may be drifting towards dictatorship. This appears in the use of state institutions… in narrow factional fights,” [Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi] said.
“We see it in the use of sections of the media to assassinate [...]
Joburg cops march against ‘corruption’ – IOL.co.za
Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling have been found guilty of the massive Enron fraud.
Hopefully, once they’ve lost their appeal, their favourite friends for the rest of their lives will become the local prison rats. The two of them should after all feel right at home with their own kind.
Alas, pathological liars like these will never admit their [...]
Who wrote the following?
The owner of the means of production is in a position to purchase the labor power of the worker. By using the means of production, the worker produces new goods which become the property of the capitalist. The essential point about this process is the relation between what the worker produces and [...]
Exams. A word sinister enough to send shivers down the spine of all but the most consciencious of students, especially me, because ‘exam preparation’ is always something I should have done.
So unfortunately, I will be really busy for the next two weeks, and I will probably not be able to do much posting during that [...]
It seems the Joburg Metro Police are striking. I understand that a lot of readers might find the presence of hundreds of metro cops marching through the streets inconvenient. But there’s a good side to this: it has afforded us the perfect opportunity to discover whether the Metro Police actually, you know, do anything. For [...]
The global emerging and commodity market sell off continues apace. The Russian stock market crash of 9% in a day and the near 10% fall in the Rand recently are only some of the indicators of this. Indeed, the Saudi Arabian market had fallen 36% in dollar terms thus far this year before today and [...]
Either you love the typical dry British wit or you just don’t get it:
Round and about the blogs lately I’ve been coming across this meme: there’s a fatigue across the blogosphere. I’d noticed signs of that, I must say; and I keep meaning to think about what the causes of it might be. But I’m [...]
The Cape High Court has chosen to uphold Wallace Mgoqi’s suspension, saying in no certain terms that his eleventh-hour contract extension by Nomaindia Mfeketo was illegal. This is good news: a sound defeat for the ANC’s tactic of using ANC bureaucrats to disrupt and undermine elected administrations they don’t like. But the “Mgoqi problem”, ultimately, [...]
It’s increasingly dangerous to ignore the possibility of local inflation and interest rate increases coupled with other economic ill for South Africa. Following the global stock market selloff this week worries are growing that global inflation is rising while several nations interest rates may be too low. Both may be set to rise over the medium term, bringing substantial pain [...]
We’re all familiar with “Bushisms”, those often illogical and downright stupid statements attributed to US president George W. Bush. They’re usually very amusing, but are they accurate? Apparently, not always.
Take the collection of Bushisms collected by Slate.com, of which the latest is:
“That’s George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing about him is [...]
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[L]ocal viewpoints on local/international affairs. That they aren't brain-dead like most local self-confessed 'intellectuals' is a bonus.
- Fifteen Minutes
[I'm] glad to report the arrival of a new blog written by a couple of 'conservative-libertarian' South Africans. Commentary is both well written and prolific and very much worth a visit.
- Southern Cross
[A] great new South African blog. Commentary.co.za brings us libertarian views on South Africa...
- Way South
Probably the busiest (in terms of number of postings) blog is Commentary... They write on everything from politics, sport, time travel and more.
- Fodder
Commentary.co.za is a fantastically well-written site with an indepth insight into South African politics. If you want the lowdown on what's happening in the corridors of power, this is the place to read it. These guys know their stuff.
- Cherryflava
Pompous, geeky and holier-than-thou.
- Gabbahead
