Some of the more irreverent online sites which signal a new wave in South African media. http://www.thedailymaverick.co.za/ http://www.watkykjy.co.za http://www.mahala.co.za

EARLY morning, 4.31 am. An Earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale hits Los Angeles. It is Monday, January 17, 1994 I am asleep, safe in bed and know absolutely nothing about Earthquakes. When the first shockwave hit, I am catapulted out of bed. There were two pulses to begin with — the fir...

The apparent secession of the abaThembu nation from South Africa after an announcement by the tribal King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo presents South Africa with a peculiar constitutional crisis. The National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) was ostensibly created to avoid such problems. Set in moti...

Corporations are supposed to be legal entities which can sue and be sued. Unfortunately there are those who believe that human beings should be subordinated to the rights of corporations and in fact, restricted from possessing such rights (guaranteed by the constitution) which are then shifted aw...

In response to the ANC's latest tirade against "constipated anarchists" and the anarcho-syndicalist left, Medialternatives brings you some ruling party characters you may not have met 1. Bloated UberComrade (your new overlord) Thinks all the other comrades are underneath or subhuman. With nine wi...

Hi David Thanks for the mail: I received the following message from the host of Bundublog.com – a company called Midphase in the US – http://status.midphase.com/2009/11/11/midphase-vps-server-vz104-servic Their faulty hardware has wiped out everything on the server (including large chunks of thei...