Jan 24, 2008 Posted by saaleha

Move over Simon & Garfunkel…

Tweet Make your own old-skool tape here. Non-SoufEfrikans click here and here for... read more

Dec 14, 2007 Posted by saaleha

Eish, lyk is this a treatise on twang? Yah neh?

Tweet Do you find that you sometimes subconsciously emulate the tonal inflections of the people you speak to? The phenomenon of ‘twanging’ (the word itself is a souf-efrikanism I believe) is best explained by the action of adapting your natural accent to mimic the one of the person you’re addressing. Twangers are derided by their critics for... read more

Sep 28, 2007 Posted by saaleha

Tell me God doesn’t have a sense of humour…

Tweet … and I’ll direct you to the front pages of South Africa’s major national newspapers to disprove you. - A warrant for arrest issued for our National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi by National Director of the National Prosecuting Authority Adv Vusi Pikoli (who’s been suspended incidentally). Selebi is the Head of Interpol. Cue... read more

Aug 27, 2007 Posted by saaleha

I don’t have a map and I can’t find the GPS co-ordinates for her brain

Tweet It has to be all that Vaseline they put on their teeth to make them smile easier. Miss South Carolina honey, I believe, we don’t need your education, such as. first... read more

Jun 22, 2007 Posted by saaleha

capsule mthatha (a really little pill)

Tweet O.R Tambo International Airport – 6.15am. Take-off for Mthatha in a Jetstream 4100, one of those R/C looking propeller planes. (Blah photograph but I do like the Munsch-colours. We all begin in blood.)   The tallest building in town.    Mthatha - smells like: damp wood. tastes like: sweet veld grass. sounds like: unhurried... read more