kameraad mhambi

IOL reports today:
The PAC has come under fire after messages urging the killing of whites were posted on its Facebook site.
The party says it will not remove the offending posts.
The messages, which said an army of about 3 000 people was standing by, ready to kill white people within 24 hours if requested to do [...]

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This morning I had a phone call from Adriaan, a good old friend in South Africa. Chris Erasmus a very good friend of ours had apparently taken his own life.

I had a good cry. Chris hitch-hiked with us to Tanzania, Chris gave me lifts down the Ben Schoeman highway on his superbike. He celebrated the [...]

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Update: 1-5 Feb stats for Die Antwoord site:
3 mil hits
106k visits
80k unique users
In my other life, I run a company that helps people and organisations get in touch with their crowd. Ie Digital marketing, social media etc. Die Antwoord’s rise is a classic case study in how new media can help propel talented band to [...]

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This is the question that Beeld posed its readership yesterday and this morning. You could select three options.

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Yes
No
It depends

Want to hazard a guess what to voting amounts and percentages were?
Just to set the scene for a quick comparison in terms of the size of the vote The Mail & Guardian has had a [...]

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When Gavin Evans and I had a beer he said how he had come to be estranged from Marxism, Leninism and the ideas of Hegel.
Last Wednesday I attended a talk by Slavoj Zizek, one of the most celebrated and entertaining modern intellectuals. Zizek wants to rehabilitate Marxism and even Stalinism, at least and only in [...]

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Kameraad Mhambi watched the rugby game between the Boks and the British and Irish Lions this weekend. The press on these isles are in a tizz because Schalk Burger ‘gouged’ the Lions wing, and was not sent off.
The Bok’s coach Peter de Villiers responded:
“Do we really respect the game? If not, why don’t we all [...]

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If your on London tonight there’s a talk featuring Mark Gevisser and Alec Russell, author of the acclaimed book “After Mandela”. Both these gents are eloquent and knowledgeable commentators on South Africa.
Ferial Haffajee former editor of South Africa’s Mail & Guardian said of Russel’s book:
“After Mandela: The Battle for the Soul of South Africa (Hutchinson) [...]

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