So what's this all about?

Having had strong views on matters for as long as I can remember, yet derived with an open mind on issues spanning sex, politics, religion, food, wine and other apparently equally 'controversial' subjects, I have been encouraged to put fingers to blog, and put some structure to it all.

My hope is simply to evoke discussion, nurture strong debate, and entertain all at the same time. I therefore invite you to join me on this journey..

Friday 29 November 2013

Nkandla report: The end is nigh for some as we've clearly been 'naai'ed' - to coin an Afrikaans expression

As an advocate for transparency, yet I hope one still prepared to accept differing perspectives upon which to debate and eventually draw my own resultant conclusions; I just cannot understand what on earth Zuma's advisors were thinking here.  This flies in the face of logic, let alone any form of sensitivity to the status of the country and the millions of impoverished, or even the call for basic, appropriate budgeting for such a requirement.  It smacks of ignorance, arrogance and blatant indifference if not mere mental retardation.

I see no way out of this one for Zuma now.. Time for 'the people' to wake up and smell the rot in some quarters me thinks... (read the full Mail & Guardian Article: http://mg.co.za/article/2013-11-28-nkandla-report-zuma-in-the-deep-end/)