Category: South Africa
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A Lingering Effect of Apartheid
Apartheid lingers on in South Africa in so many more ways than just racial tension and structural inequalities. I don’t find this in itself surprising, but I haven’t come across much analysis of many current events and trends in terms of the past. More specifically, I haven’t seen much written…
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Amusement
I couldn’t help but find two posts from Jeremy Nell’s Trash Media to be absolutely hilarious. The first is the text of a post entitled “Why I don’t hate American Idiots.” An excerpt won’t capture the politically incorrect, off-the-wall brilliance of the post, so I won’t give you anything more…
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Perspective
I’ve been traveling with my parents since they arrived in the US on the 21st of May, and being with them has been very interesting. They have never been to the US, so it’s been very good for my sense of perspective to hear their take on what they’ve seen.…
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Somewhere in Translation
I’ve not posted for a while and I apologise for that: I would prefer to post far more frequently. Of late, however, I’ve been thinking about my posts even more than normal. (I chose “Slow Thoughts” for a reason.) If you would prefer not to deal with postmodern angst, you…
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An Extrapolation of Thoughts from Paul Graham: (Un)Happiness
If you haven’t noticed the link on my blog to Paul Graham’s website, you should do so now. It’s there for a reason. (Imagine that?!) In all seriousness, though, it really is worth having a look at his site, especially his essays. He’s a well-known essayist who writes about intriguing…
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Some Thoughts on the State of the Nation
Before you start jumping up and down, I am referring to South Africa and more specifically to Thabo Mbeki’s State of the Nation Address from almost ten days ago. As with many such addresses, it skirts a number of issues, but on the whole it does address the state of…
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Wow! Mobile Music Startup
Omnifone, a UK firm that I’ve never heard of, launched a really interesting product a few hours ago. There isn’t much up about it in the US (yet), but it seems like the company has come out of nowhere to announce a HUGE deal with many of, if not all,…
Slow Thoughts from Dale du Preez 