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April 14th, 2006
A mixed bag from South Africa
Red Star Coven is a blog by a South African living in Glasgow. He writes about his recent trip to Egypt and the contrast between Britain and a more underdeveloped country. He enjoyed Egypt's more laid back atmosphere compared to uptight British society.
Britain is such an uptight, controlled and monitored ...
February 2nd, 2006
Fires in focus in the South African blogosphere
The last few weeks have been slow in the South African blogosphere. The most exciting thing happening this week is the is that nominations have just opened for the second annual South African blog Awards. There are 14 categories including: South African blog of 2005 - The best ...
January 20th, 2006
Mixed musings from Southern Africa
There's never a dull moment in South African politics. It's January and we already have our first political scandal of the year. Every political scandal gets a name - most of them ending in "gate". Last year we had Travelgate (MP's scamming the parliamentary travel voucher scheme), Oilgate (ruling party ...
December 10th, 2005
The week that was in the South African blogosphere
Jonty at The Fishbowl comments on the findings of a new survey showing that Afrikaners have experienced the "most radical change in political outlook" of all groups since the 1994 elections.
"This is probably understandable, given that by fair assumption that Afrikaners had the furthest to move politically after the ...
November 25th, 2005
Blogging the latest news South African style
As we approach World Aids Day on the 1st of December, South Africa's controversial and unpopular Minister of Health, Manto Tshabalala- Msimang, has caused yet another stir. Known as "Dr.Garlic" for her advocacy of garlic, lemon juice and olive oil as a solution for Aids sufferers instead of supplying ...
November 11th, 2005
From corruption to culture - a taste from the southern tip of Africa
As the holiday season approaches, in South Africa this time of year has also become known as cash heist season. As more money is put into circulation to meet the needs of christmas shoppers and holiday makers, armed gangs consisting of up to 15 or 20 members, armed with R4 ...
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