Does burning an alive human being constitute a crisis Thabo?

I must say, the denialism and all-round quiet diplomacy we’ve witnessed from our South African leader, the president, Thabo Mbeki, is really paying off:
Zimbabwe is in ruins, and it falling further off the face of this earth. Excellent achievement, well done to the super-duo Thabo and Robert!
But more so, Zimbabweans and other foreign Africans […]

tags: South Africa, Violence, Xenophobia author: Groogle comments: 26 Comments

Johannesburg Air Pollution

On my way back from Pretoria (to Johannesburg) I noticed this yucky, murky horizon.
Somewhere beneath that brown layer lies Johannesburg:

To all JHB peeps: That’s the air you’re breathing right now…

tags: Johannesburg, Pollution, Smog, South Africa author: Groogle comments: 3 Comments

I am a Wii bit annoyed

I bought a Nintendo Wii last week. I unpacked it, set it up, switched it on, inserted the Wii Sports CD, and received this on my screen:

I restarted, about 10 times, and I every time received this message:

Then I emailed Nintendo SA (nintendo@core.co.za), asking for some advice, no reply. I then phoned their hotline […]

tags: Core, Gadgets, Game, Nintendo, South Africa, Technology, Wii author: Groogle comments: 6 Comments

South African homeless blogger goes live

David Bullard approached Justin and myself a while ago. He told us that he met this homeless guy called Alfred, who lives on the streets of Rosebank. David suggested that Alfred would make a brilliant blogger since he is a very literate chap and has very interesting stories to tell…
We set up a meeting with […]

tags: Alfred, Blogging, Homesless, Media, South Africa, The Times author: Groogle comments: 4 Comments