The arguments given by Eskom CEO Bobby Godsell for increasing tariffs are an insult to the intelligence of consumers. The former mining boss is quoted by Bloomberg as saying "South Africa needs to set electricity prices at levels that will attract companies into the industry and encourage funding...

With all this talk about the recent discovery of water on the Moon, and now Mars it seems a new age of space exploration is upon us. Could the International Space Station be the answer to the USA failed Constellation programme? Sending a self-contained habitat to the distant shores of a new world...

Here are 10 ways to stop the war in the Middle East. Hope you enjoy them. 1. Send everyone to Sweden, where the girls are easy and nobody has to worry about not being good looking. 2. Turn the map upside down, that way the Middle East will no longer be in the Middle East. […]

Been thinking about the problem with Mahmoud. Perhaps we should be putting up "I love Mahmoud Ahmadinejad" signs and calling for him to surrender to the infinite virtue and forgiveness of the universe. Then when he's not looking, pack him off to the funny farm? Not only does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad t...

One has got to feel a little sorry for the fact cats at Independent right now. No sooner had they restructured the company to spin off their South African billboard advertising operation with the renamed INM outdoor, when the man who owns 26% of the company Denis O'Brien blocked the sale by calli...

ZA-FREE started out as a simple request to end the R152 surcharge on Internet access. In effect we are asking for the right to use any of the competing DSL and VOICE services available in the country and to stop Telkom's practice of insisting that users pay rental on Voice as well as Data on […]