Author: Soutie

Sub Saharan Africans

Sub Saharan Africans

 It would appear that ‘sub Saharan African’ is the new black!

I’ve heard the phrase on CNN and Aljezeera, not sure about SKY (I don’t watch BBC World) but it appears that the word black is out and ‘sub Saharan African’ is in.

Now, sub Saharan African includes my family and I suppose my good friend and fellow Charioteer (our colleague presently resident in Cape Town)

If you listen to the news clip from CNN (where I nicked the pic) they start off with ‘sub Saharan Africans’ what they of course mean is black migrant workers from Chad, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria and who knows where else.

I can see the headlines now Continue reading “Sub Saharan Africans”

Casual Day 2011 – Feedback

Some of you may remember my Casual Day post where I explained that down here we have a national programme allowing people to go to work on the 1st Friday in September dressed either casually or join in with the Rock star theme for the purchase of a R10.00 (£1) sticker.

I mentioned that we were hoping to sell about 3,000 of them, we (Autism Eastern Cape) receiving a 40% share. Well, we sold almost 5,500! Beyond our wildest dreams, this being our first time at participating in the sale of stickers.

Needless to say it was a festive funfilled day.

Our local radio station joined in with a corporate challenge, ‘Worn to be Wild’ they called it, offering a R10,0000 (£1,000) advertising contract to the business which, in their opinion submitted the best photos of their staffs efforts, I’ve added a couple below Continue reading “Casual Day 2011 – Feedback”

Operation Angle Grinder

My mate Gerrie had an angle grinder and extension cord stolen out the back of his bakkie (pick up truck to you) parked at one of our larger sports bars during the Springbok All Black match on Saturday the 20th August.

He told me about his loss the following Monday or Tuesday, he added that he only left the pub where he was watching at about midnight or so (celebrations here after Springbok victories are often long and hard!) I of course called him an idiot and asked him what on earth he’d expected? We do of course sympathise with our buddies when something is stolen but, hey, life goes on!

I had a lunchtime beer with Gerrie this past Wednesday, Continue reading “Operation Angle Grinder”

Diptych

I’ve apologized elsewhere for missing the deadline for the recent photo competition, entries were supposed to be in by the 24th (!) why not the 30th (which is what I thought or the 15th?) By the way, a diptych has to comprise of two contrasting pictures illustrating ‘Work’ and ‘Rest’, or I suppose ‘Before and After’

I missed a poetry one once as well, perhaps we need a voluntary software guru to programme auto e-mail alerts to members who would be keen to participate (anybody got any suggestions as to who could be skilled enough to install such a procedure? ;))

Anyhow, I did have a go and I’m publishing my effort anyway, here goes… Continue reading “Diptych”

S.A. call for NATO to appear at the ICC

We are not talking International Cricket Council here but the International Criminal Court, the one that sits in The Hague!

Some here may remember that when our representative voted for the UN resolution to go and bomb the daylights out of Gadaffi and his mob that I suggested our representative on the Security Council perhaps mistook the vote for one of ordering lunch.

A couple of months later I reported that our lot admitted that they in fact had no idea at all what they had voted for and regretted the decision.

Well, would you believe that the second in command down here (that would be Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe) has now suggested, no, urged the International Criminal Court to investigate NATO and its commanders for ‘crimes against humanity.’ Continue reading “S.A. call for NATO to appear at the ICC”