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22.10.2018 09:05 am
Hunting for sport is a double-edged sword
When farmers and ranchers realised the value of what they were sitting on, they protected that asset, and now the game industry is booming, and provides thousands of jobs.
My junior school buddy, Tim Addison, and I used to abandon our bikes by the side of the Mukuvisi River and clamber bare-footed over the slippery granite rocks to splash through the brown waters.
Hunting for sport is a double-edged sword
When farmers and ranchers realised the value of what they were sitting on, they protected that asset, and now the game industry is booming, and provides thousands of jobs.
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Cyril has shown Mbeki how he could have saved us from Zuma
Sars will soon be cleaned up, courtesy of retired Judge Robert Nugent. Similarly, the Public Investment Corporation and the NPA.
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Overstepping the mark…
If you ignore cricketers that have only played a few Tests, not bowling a no-ball in Test cricket makes you part of an elite club.
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Orchids and Onions: A Loud, and Crunchy, Orchid to KFC
How many of you reading this have not had to bite your tongues as you were rudely, or inefficiently, dealt with by a government employee?
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Euphoria over Cyril Ramaphosa turns to anxiety
Diplomats and foreign investors widely see the president as the last hope of salvaging Africa’s most industrialised country.
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Don’t let your dreams become a burden
It’s all good to dream but young people need to learn about the importance of trusting the process of growth and believing in our journeys.
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A salute to those public servants who give a damn
These are the people who stand between a captured South Africa and a South Africa which is well on its way to repair.
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Crime pays more than honesty in SA
South Africans have a more than one in 10 chance of being a victim of crime every year – and this excludes bribes and business-related crime.
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The ANC’s ‘eye of the needle’ looks quite big
The party’s own leadership policy document must be gathering dust somewhere if the sheer scale of corruption is anything to go by.
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SA has lost its moral compass and we need to redirect ourselves
We are living in times of moral decay which should leave us very afraid of the times in which our children are growing up.
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Let more people see the state capture probe proceedings
As the story unfolds at the commission, more South Africans will begin to understand how much we have all been cheated by ANC looting.
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Weaving baskets would have been easier
My apologies for calling politicians basket cases, as I’ve become one overnight.
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The EFF is fighting to save its image
The EFF cannot afford to have its political capital demolished by links to alleged corrupt practices. Flimsy defences will not fly.
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Not having stamps is the least of the Post Office’s pains
Imagine my shock when the young gentleman behind the counter explained that they had run out of stamps.
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The truth hurts, Bongani, but what about Manto?
It may be time for the Sunday Times to also return the awards its reporters won for their piece of innuendo, rumour and gossip about the former health minister.
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Jaundiced Eye: Democratic SA is unable to control its pyromania
We murder people with burning tyre necklaces. We burn down schools, torch clinics and now, the latest fad, we set trains ablaze.
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Hoping for the homeboys’ fortunes to change for the better
In terms of titles, the country hasn’t exactly been enjoying its best run in the lead-up to ‘Africa’s Major’.
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Orchids and Onions: Absa ad is on the money
An Onion to the painfully slow SA Post Office for its lightning-fast branded vehicle. I won’t post it because I doubt whether it would get there.
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#MeToo: Outrage is not enough, action is needed
Accusers will continue to be the sacrificial lambs in the fight against gender-based violence until society is as hard on these crimes as they are on those who report them.
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Tito can’t play footsie with SA, our economy needs a marriage
We need growth. We need job creation. And that’s something only a solid long-term marriage between Tito and our glorious country can provide.
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Everybody must come clean about their Gupta dealings
All Cabinet ministers and former public representatives must own up about the roles they played to enable state capture with the Guptas.
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There’s no shame in walking away from unhealthy relationships
While ‘what will the neighbours say?’ remains a huge factor in why many women remain in a marriage, staying alive should trump any opposing reason.
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Don’t accept Winnie road renaming without participation
City policy requires the renaming process to be ‘clear, inclusive and consultative’. Instead, there’s been a muddle. Few have any idea what happened.
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My bucket list consists of only two important items
My list is mainly about the state of our country – and that of the world at large – and what I’d love to see happen.
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There are no good guys left in ANC
What did ‘the good guys’ do to fight state capture while it was happening? What did Ramaphosa do to fight?
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The strange truths about pangas
It seems that the panga is a very popular dispute resolution tool among a large proportion of the population, especially on a Saturday night.
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