Every now and then an article comes along that really grabs my attention. I recently read an interesting analysis by Elan Lohmann of traffic to various South African news websites from January 2008 to April 2009, which showed who is gaining and who is losing market share. You can read the article News24 and The [...]

You gotta love this guy. I for one am happy someone of his business calibre is finally back on board politically. Not only does he have a good track record, he has a cool name (how can anyone pull off a name with SEX in it and no-one ever mentions it?) He looks the part…. [...]

After a lazy luncheon with my mother for mothers day yesterday, I decided to go for sundowners. I was sitting at my usual sundowners place, Yahoo! Video I love a bit of satire on a monday morning evening. I just love the fact that these guys can take the piss out of anything and make [...]

I had the absolute pleasure of seeing CrashCarBurn at this weekends Kleine Libertas Teater [

The following is the full Cabinet as announced by President Jacob Zuma on Sunday. The Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa – Kgalema Petros Motlanthe. 1. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tina Joemat-Pettersson. Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dr Pieter Mulder. 2. Minister of Arts and Culture Lulu Xingwana. Deputy [...]

It seems Zuma just can’t get away from showers.  This time though I’m talking REAL rain. There’s been a lot of talk about the amount of money JZ and crew have spent after winning the election, maybe some of it went to umbrellas? Here’s a report from News24 via

[ad#468x60] I listened to some ANC spokesperson dude chatting to a Times reporter about the Zuma Shower Gel Advert.You can listen to it below. I wrote an article about this before which you can read here. I had to listen to this TWICE just to make sure I heard it properly.  It seems to me [...]

I tentatively carried the link to the Zuma shower gel advert here, half expecting some sort of backlash from the media at some point. I didn’t expect it less than 24 hours after I posted my first blog referencing it. “We can’t wait. Bring it on. Laugh It Off loves a good legal battle” Justin [...]

This is going to be interesting! So SABC 2 have got the South Africa’s Got Talent format show. It’s a wonder Mnet and co didn’t snap it up as usual. Maybe they know something we don’t. As entertaining as it is, there is a lot of kak out there and maybe that’s why this show [...]

Well I was reading a few posts on the net about the Latest South African Idols winner, Sasha-Lee Davids, when I came across

SASHA-LEE DAVIDS Well the best of the bunch in my opinion was Jason, to me he was the most consistent and someone who could maybe have a career in the industry. Here’s to another Idols wash out, pity. Well done Sasha-Lee though, representing Cape Town. Thank God, no more Mara for a year! [ad#336-rectangle-text-only] Joe [...]

Ok so South Africa is ‘Getting Talent’ So not only do we have to be content with the knobs on Idols [here], we now also have to follow every move Simon Cowell ever made and get SA’s Got Talent. Are we going to find our own Internet phenomenon like Susan Boyle? Only time will tell. [...]

I’m starting to like Leonardo DiCaprio (he of Bar Rafaeli fame, whom I referenced in this Susan Boyle post here and this Lohan post here) more and more. Not just cos he is tapping Bar Rafaeli mind you, but the lucky bastard is also involved in funding, producing and narrating The 11th Hour, which was [...]

I found a clip about the Swine flu back in 1976. Seems it was contained then and some short of shot was avilable, funny how we aren’t hearing about any shots now… Here it is. This is an excerpt from a report on the occurrence. On the cold afternoon of February 5, 1976, an Army [...]

If Swine flu had to come to South Africa, here are some quick and easy tips to help control its spread should you have flu symptoms These are recommended Tips to help control the Flu Virus, as issued by the American federal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, so I guess they know what they’re [...]

This swine flu is some scary shit. I did a quick analysis of the scpread as reported by Google Maps, here. [ad#336-rectangle-text-only] Joe SocialI’m writing this cos I have a lot to say and sometimes I cant sleep unless I write it. Then its gone from my head.More Posts – Website

I found this sign on Table View Beachfront the other day, rusted, clearly been there a loooong time, I can’t remember there having been grass at this spot for years! Now I was a wee bit hungover from a mates bday at

The 46664 and Nelson Mandela Foundation on Monday urged people to support the creation of a day on which former president Nelson Mandela is honoured around the world every year. The organisations said Mandela’s July 18 birthday was the date set aside. “We would be honoured if such a day can serve to bring together [...]