connections

Sometimes there are just no big news events. Working for a regional newspaper, sometimes I have no option but to tie two disparate stories together. It's all about making a connection, or in the case of the copper cable theft, not making a connection!

pocket rocket

This is the alternate concept for the cartoon below that did not see the light of day. I thought it was funny but maybe my editor thought it a bit risque. Of course the two big news stories of the day were the failed rocket launch in North Korea and our own polygamous president taking a fourth bride.

destructive trajectory

The ANCYL are great admirers of the North Korean regime so naturally my mind lingered on the recent travails of these two popular young fascists.

unqualified disaster

Not one of the the 41 municipalities in the Eastern Cape has ever had a clean audit. Lack of political will from the leadership - that's an honest understatement.

hoist by his own petard

Let's see him get out of this one.