I think that it’s quite important to note that both myself and old Laurence managed to get to the semi-finals for the National University Debating Championships (“Jozispeak 2009“), in separate teams nogal, with Laurence representing Tuks with his partner and I Wits. Let it not be said that Commentary folks are incapable of eloquence!
The tournament [...]

Goodnight sweet prince. Michael Jackson died of a heart attack and the resultant shockwave across the internet literally slowed it down. Now, I get that MJ was a great singer and wonderful performer, but holy cow! This kind of reaction is totally going to dampen the gravity of Farah Fawcett’s death. Bastard…
What’s been truly annoying [...]

Conor Friedersdorf has professed confusion at the outrage of sending ex-Guantanamo detainees to Bermuda. Personally, I find the whole thing quite laughable. Given that these folks were suspected of, or were never adequately prosecuted for, terrorist attacks, supporting terrorist organisations or suchlike, the notion that in re-compensation they’re effectively given a life of sun and [...]

I have to admit, the latest escalation in the unfortunate series of events surrounding the initiation that occurred at Parktown Boys’ in February caught me by surprise. I had assumed that, after the raft of disciplinary hearings, counselling sessions, rehabilitation programs and the intervention and subsequent satisfaction of the Department of Education, that the story [...]

As I’m sure most of you have noticed, Commentary has slowed down considerably in terms of writing frequency, with Laurence disappearing off the map. This is no more! For Laurence, that is… He’s now situated at his new blog LaurenceCaromba.com writing the stuff you all love and hate him for here.
On the home front, Darren, [...]

If you’re aware of the whole ANC Youth League versus Helen Zille scrap here’s a lighter side of it from a Radio 702 interview with ANC Youth League spokesman Floyd Shivambu.
Sadly it does raise questions about the calibre of future ANC leaders. At least they mean what they say and say what they mean but [...]

Piracy in the Gulf of Aden has become a bit of a sensational topic both in International Relations and in the mainstream media. With AK47-wielding Somalis streaming into a vast area of extremely busy civilian shipping traffic, the GOA has brought into the limelight an issue involving international maritime law, regional politics and the stagnancy [...]

Is it time to consider buying a residential property? It sounds like a dumb question at a time when prices are falling rapidly, the economy is struggling and many economists are quietly softening their previous estimates of recovery. But here’s the kicker ladies and gentlemen: I believe the answer is ‘yes’ and I’ve entered the [...]

Following the election results the local press has been trumpeting that the ANC failed to obtain a two-thirds majority and that the constitution is therefore secure against any radical initiatives for changes to it for the foreseeable future. I’m not entirely sure though such that the independence of provinces, including the now Democratic Alliance (DA) [...]

Some shameless self promotion of one of my outcomes from art classes:

If an accountant can learn this you probably can too at Ajays Art Foundation.

By the end of today I suspect a large portion of this country’s adult population will be glowing from the post-voting feeling of doing their civic duty and all that good stuff, but the actual environment while queuing to vote struck me as rather… paradoxical.
First and foremost, there was no animosity between the difference party [...]