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Accidental Academic
http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/azadessa
Winner of the best political blog in South Africa Blog Awards 2009
- Added on: Oct 12th, 2009
- Country: South Africa
- Language: English
- Author: Azad Essa
- Listed in: Social Commentary Humor
- Tags: south africa poverty superman islamophobia peter pan zuma
Recent Posts
ANC-Cosatu rift widens
Just when South Africans thought that rifts within the alliance were a thing of the past post-Zuma versus Mbeki, along comes the next big one. This time it is Cosatu taking on what it considers to be the anti-left elements within the ANC. If regard...
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Copenhagen is around the corner. Unfortunately it is unlikely that there will be any final treaty coming out of the Danish capital. Two weeks ago Barack Obama already warned that there is not enough time to secure a legally binding deal at the confer...
Thoughts on making an arse of oneself
In a popular Sandton watering hole the other night I walked up to a table of complete strangers because I thought they were friends of my date. “Hi,” I smiled. They looked at me, faces blank. As it verrrrrry gradually dawned on me that th...
So I bought a man this weekend
This is not something I’ve done before, mind you. I bought him on Saturday afternoon, for R550, and what an interesting experience it was. I felt like, all empowered and stuff, expressing the power my corporate salary confers upon me and using ...
How do we help children exposed to criminal violence?
How do you help children forced to watch while their mom is gangraped? Or a shy, teenage boy whose mother remains silent when a gang threatens to rape him unless she reveals the safe? (*see below for help organisations) Perhaps the more important qu...
How happy are you?
Isn’t it high time the South African government understood how to enhance our gross national happiness? South Africa is one of the unhappiest nations on this earth. We’re not as miserable as Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia or Angola, but...
