Elections: I’ve Traded My Vote
I’ve been very undecided about my vote in the upcoming elections on 22 April. As an ANC supporter who believes Jacob Zuma should face corruption and other criminal charges he was accussed of, I had no...
View ArticleElectioneering is Finished and Klaar for 2009
From Monday we will no longer be subjected to politicians begging for our votes. It’s now up to us to go vote on 22 April. Following the US elections in 2008, our campaigning season got off to a slow...
View ArticleMalema and Nandos – A Match Made in Heaven
Nandos latest election advert spoofs ANC Youth League president and national joke, Julius Malema. Malema has hit back in the only way he knows how…by making a ridiculous statement. He announced that he...
View ArticleI Got My Free Wimpy Coffee
After casting our vote today, my sister and I went to our nearest Wimpy, in Kenilworth Centre to collect our free coffee as advertised. We are arrived there at around 10.30am. Walking into the mall, we...
View ArticleSo Proudly South African
This morning I voted in my 4th general election and I am as proud and emotional as the first time. There was a feeling of excitement in the air and on the faces of people standing in lines in other...
View ArticleZille Claims IEC Cant Run a Bath
On a day when most voters have been in celebratory mode, DA Leader Mrs Helen Zille hit a sour note with her bitter rant on Capetalk radio. Obviously no one but her royal highness could run the IEC,...
View ArticleMy Mitchells Plain Aunty and I have Called a Truce
So after collecting our free coffee at Wimpy in Kenilworth Centre, my sister and I headed to Mitchell’s Plain to visit our aunty. I felt a bit guilty about the way my last conversation with my aunty in...
View ArticleIt’s Her Majesty Helen Zille’s Coronation on Wednesday
During the elections some commenters on this blog asked me what I would do if Helen Zille and the DA won the Western Cape provincial elections. Well, I kicked my imaginary cat – twice…and then moved...
View ArticleMbeki Congratulates Zuma or So We Hear
Our former president Thabo Mbeki apparently congratulated president-elect Jacob Zuma on his victory at the polls, or so we hear from his spokesperson . Anyone who heard his chat with reporters on...
View ArticleThis political discussion is now closed
I was thinking about whether to write about politics again – with the elections coming up on 18 May. The first time I blogged about it in 2009 was so much fun, it provided me with the direction I...
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