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Day 32 – Freedom Day
It’s Freedom Day in South Africa today. No-one is allowed to leave their house. Has anyone paged Alanis Morissette?
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Day 62 – A bizarre decision
Last night, the President announced that from June 1st, religious gatherings of up to 50 people would be permitted again. I’m going to get straight in there and suggest that this is a stupid, populist...
View ArticleDay 224 – No-one missed anything
I haven’t written a blog post today, because I’ve been chasing about all over the place. Fortunately, there is an election thing happening somewhere overseas, and so I don’t think anybody noticed my...
View ArticleDay 333 – 1984
If you choose to believe some people, we are currently living in 1984 – not the year (some of us have been through that already) – the George Orwell novel in which the population is controlled by Big...
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Day 398 – Broken Clock
I’m no fan of the our local rag the Cape Times, but even though it misses the mark on most everything, even a broken clock is right twice a day (unless it’s a digital clock, in which case, probably...
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Day 585 – Municipal Election day
It is, as you may have gathered from the title above, Municipal Election day in South Africa. A great day to avoid social media. (OK, that’s every day but especially so today.) Gotta love politics....
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Day 587 – No overall winner, many overall losers
Elections aren’t actually a zero sum game. I mean, in numbers, they might appear so, but when translated into actual meaning, obviously things can change drastically. Because as soon as any one of...
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Day 588, part 2 – Does advertising work? – a comprehensive study
I was over on Robben Island last week, on a trip well-documented on this blog. Robben Island doesn’t have many residents: it does vary depending on what’s going on on the island , but probably fewer...
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Day 601 – All going as well as predicted
Remember the elections a couple of weeks ago? They were (mostly) an unmitigated disaster, with a lot of hung municipalities across the country. I said then that rather than this being an exciting, new...
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Day 602 – Democracy at work
More from this story. Pretty clear stuff here… But then, suddenly yesterday… Ta-dah! Surely this change of heart is solely due to compromises on policies and outcomes leading to better service...
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