FOR  Desmond Tutu, the 1989 Peace March was a “tipping point”, for Allan Boesak, it “wasn't about getting permission, it was about marching for peace come what may”. Those who were in the front of the 30 000 gathering which became the last “illegal march” under apartheid, at least in the minds of...

If you've been following the events surrounding the ongoing saga of apartheid reparations and the recent turnaround in South African government policy which had previously blocked the action, then you'll probably want some background on the IBM story. Back in 1990 I wrote a letter to a technogeek...

Well, I don't know how stupid Media24 is, but the company that tried to gag me is now getting a taste of its own medicine. An order by the CEO for employees to begin tweeting had some unintended consquences last week. My tweets dissing the corporation for being nothing more than a bunch of racist...

I'm listening to Jungletrain.net as I write this posting. It's a 24kbps internet drum & bass music station, which, judging by my calculations consumes about 43mb per half-hour. Affordable I guess if you have broadband (1.0) and it is available for "free" from the Apple Itunes music store. There w...

In a bizarre twist to South Africa's ever-increasing concern with sexual conduct, legislation contemplated by the Department of Constitutional Affairs would effectively outlaw sex amongst teenagers. An 18 year-old having sex with a consenting minor age 16 would be guilty of an offence since the C...