You’d be better off reading tea leaves than relying on fiscal forecasting
Our desire to see into the future is as old as it is obvious: with prescience comes the ability to avoid major catastrophes, as well as capitalise on boons.
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South Africa cries with laughter – the power of satire
Most of our current politicians deserve to be consigned to the dustbin of history. Ridicule, properly wielded, can save South Africa,” writes Tim Mostert.
From the horse’s mouth: HuffPost hoax exposed media cracks, some regrets
When one eventually sifts through the noise created by the Huffington Post hoax, the cracks it opened in the media industry are clear for all to see.
This time it’s personal – Pieter-Dirk Uys’ one-man memoir comes to Johannesburg
Pieter-Dirk Uys can be accurately described as a national treasure. For the past five decades, he’s been taunting the authorities and entertaining audiences with his sharply observed plays, revues and films.
WATCH: Americans erupt after “Mugabe” gives “Trump” the dictator treatment.
This YouTube clip from the weekend has already had almost 5m views – helped along by “The Donald” being put in his place by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.
Peter Wilhelm speculates: Juju in the nip, Lady Godiva and a Banting spider
JuJu fails to grasp that those selfsame colonial monsters invented the proud habiliments in which he postures like an old wino dressed like Santa Claus.
Long queues for copies as Parisians, Hollande hail “reborn” Charlie Hebdo
“Today it is reborn,” the president said of the magazine, after many Parisians joined long queues to get their hands on a copy which, true to controversial form, featured a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on its cover.
Welcome to Biznews, Peter Wilhelm: The discerning reader’s ultimate satirist
Peter Wilhelm has built an army of fans over decades with an eccentric satirical column. It’s strictly for those who delight in wordplay and high class wit.
Watch: Thuli Madonsela’s Nkandla Wrecking Ball – the video SA is wild about
She ain’t no Miley Cyrus, but South Africa’s Public Protector Thuli Madonsela is a lot more popular among her fellow citizens. Except within a powerful part of the ANC caucus, the Zuma loyalists who are desperate to shut down the nation’s fearless investigator of the shame that is Nkandla. Â ZANewsTV, the country’s leading video … Read more