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Middle-aged White Male

A blog for all the middle-aged men out there who love sailing, politics and life in general

Bodyguard of Lies

Posted on Friday June 6th, 2008 at 21:59 in africa, anc

I have unashamedly copied this from http://southafrica-pig.blogspot.com/What conclusions can one draw from mounting evidence that the ANC is steeped in corruption?When the ANC adopted the principle o...
Out of Africa - again

Posted on Tuesday November 13th, 2007 at 01:37 in africa, poverty

Poor South Africans double in decadeThere are more losers in post-apartheid South Africa. The number of South Africans living on less than $1 a day has more than doubled in a decade since shortly afte...
The Problem with Africa

Posted on Sunday September 23rd, 2007 at 00:52 in africa, anc, corruption

ANC funder took millions meant for starving kidsControversial ANC funder Sandi Majali has been fingered in a forensic audit into the disappearance of more than R100-million intended for starving child...
Out of Africa III

Posted on Saturday June 30th, 2007 at 04:01 in africa, game reserves

Africa plans largest game park Plans to create the world's largest game park are being finalised at a meeting in Botswana in southern Africa.The planned conservation area will straddle the borders of ...
Out of Africa I

Posted on Friday June 29th, 2007 at 17:21 in africa, anc, tutu

In a speech to the Financial Times in London South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has warned that the gap between rich and poor in South Africa is widening. He said “most (people) ar...