Category Archives: Current Affairs

Adjusting my colour

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Dougie Oakes

The SABC has launched what is likely to be a vociferous television buddy for two of the Western Cape’s most raucous tabloid newspapers, the Daily Voice and Kaapse Son. It’s called Colour TV – and it’s a 13-part series about … Continue reading →

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Homage to a Hero

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Dougie Oakes

In the summer of 2003, I was looking for ideas for articles to include in a Reader’s Digest Christmas magazine when a friend said: ‘Why don’t you write about The Black Christ?’ Sad to say, I didn’t know who or … Continue reading →

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