Blog Politics Uncategorized

Michael Cohen. Nothing to Lose. No Motive to Lie.

When Michael Cohen begins his open testimony on Wednesday, ask yourself – does he have a motive to lie? For more than a decade Michael Cohen was Donald Trump’s “fixer”. So loyal that he lied under oath to protect his friend and client and has been sentenced to jail time for his devotion. Today Michael […]

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Soweto Gospel Choir. Nelson Mandela. Freedom.

News reaches us that the Soweto Gospel Choir, has just won their third Grammy. Today is the day Nelson Mandela gained his Freedom. The Soweto Gospel Chior’s album is titled Freedom. Today is 11 February 2019. 29 years ago Nelson Mandela was released. Those of us who were glued to a television set, alone at […]

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Equity Politics

White-‘splaining the Schweizer Reneke Laerskool Incident

The uproar at Schweizer Reneke Laerskool last week shows us how little progress we have made in South Africa. White-‘splaining rules the day and there is little sign of any Rainbow Nation. In many ways Blacks and Whites are further apart than ever. In my daily life in Durban I see many people happily watching […]

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Techstuff Uncategorized

Huawei Drama – Bare Knuckle US /China Relations

The United States has been looking since at least 2016 into whether Huawei shipped U.S.-origin products to Iran and other countries in violation of U.S. export and sanctions laws, Reuters reported in April. More recently, the probe has included whether the company used HSBC Holdings Plc to conduct illegal transactions involving Iran.

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Techstuff WTF

Adding a new Emoji every day to my Emoji-cabulary

My relationship with emojis is definitely improving. I’m even growing my emoji-cabulory. I still find that I use the same few emoji’s most of the time and have decided to try to increase my emoji “vocabulary” ie find some new emojis to use. My other issue is that I work of different platforms and they […]

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