Hypocrites, more hypocrites and damn hypocrites
THIS is a column about cricket and politics in South Africa – and about the products associated with a bull’s
Continue readingAuthor: Dougie Oakes
Dougie heads up Dougie Oakes Communications, a consultancy specialising in all facets of corporate communication, including strategy and public relations
Death of a dancer – and the way we treat our artists
ON A chilly Sunday evening in July 2014, more than 500 people watched, transfixed. as an old, beta-format compilation of
Continue readingFrom once a South African to always an Australian – the long journey of Keith Majoos
KEITH Majoos is sitting in an apartment less than 100 metres from Surfer’s Corner’ in Muizenberg, near Cape Town, doing
Continue readingPromoting SA music … in Australia
ABOUT 40 years ago a teenager from one of Cape Town’s southern suburbs sat mesmerized in a local theatre as
Continue readingBeware of Governments seeking too much protection in Protection of Information Bills
When governments in free countries lose the capacity to govern effectively, they look for scapegoats – and, invariably, one of
Continue readingAll Black Inside The Rainbow Nation
In the early 1980s, I faced the most powerful man in South African rugby across the biggest boardroom table I’d
Continue readingTime to flush out the shit-stirrer of Seshego
On Monday, 1 August at 6.15pm, I called up the Google Website on my five-year-old Acer laptop, typed in the
Continue readingIt’s all Greek to this Plato
Far too often we let politicians get away with spouting the type of waste product that emerges from a bull’s
Continue readingAdjusting my colour
The SABC has launched what is likely to be a vociferous television buddy for two of the Western Cape’s most
Continue readingHomage to a Hero
In the summer of 2003, I was looking for ideas for articles to include in a Reader’s Digest Christmas magazine
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