So Jeb Corliss is the dude who crashed his wingsuit into the side of Table Mountain the other day and survived. This video will show you a few things about the man. read more…
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Doctor Nzimande, I Presume
January 17th, 2012 by Paul Hjul, illustration by Alastair Laird, images by Greg Nicolson / Daily Maverick
On Tuesday 10 January 2012, an unplanned sequel to Black Tuesday* rocked our country: a mother died and at least twenty other people were injured in a stampede at the University of Johannesburg. The event, and the response by the Minister charged with responsibility for higher education, has all of the hallmarks of a fire in the Reichstag. It is for this reason that South Africans must fully unpack and consider the various underlying issues in this tragedy. Unfortunately, this is not what Minister Nzimande intends to do. read more…
Of Bacon, Snouts and Everything Hog
January 17th, 2012 by Max Barashenkov, images by Moonbeaming.co.za
The last horn riff has rung out, the rude boys have skanked their last pit, the South African ska scene fades into a checkered memory. Hog Hoggidy Hog, the last tangible bastion of the genre, have played their farewell show on Friday, a final wag of corkscrew tails. After 17 years of honing their chops on local stages, they’re off to the more profitable sties of Europe, where a tight ska-punk outfit is still appreciated.
Kola Boof and her Boobs
January 16th, 2012 by Lindokuhle Nkosi
Kola Boof, infamously immortalised in a documentary as “the whore of Africa”, has been linked to a long chain of controversial public persons. Muammar Ghaddafi (untrue, she says), Osama bin Laden (her story vascillates between being kept as a sex slave against her will, and admitting to being his mistress), Benjamin Netanyahu (she denies this), Sudanese opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi, Bobby Mugabe (just friends) and most recently our very own dancing president, the right honourable Jacob Zuma. read more…
Fucking Hell | An Interview with Cameron Platter
January 16th, 2012 by Linda Stupart
Durban-based artist Cameron Platter is (in)famous within the South African contemporary art community for his biting satire of contemporary popular culture. Featuring trademark Afro-bling styling and politically incorrect struggle-art appropriation, Platter’s painstaking pencil-crayon drawings, jagged flash animations, wooden sculptures and ceramics feature secret lairs, zebras-from-space, pornography, penis enlargements, Rorke’s Drift and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Linda Stupart talks to him about his new show, John Muafengejo, being a Michaelis Graduate and the future. read more…
I’m Further Away Than I Usually Am
January 16th, 2012Mahala > Random Shit
Some melancholic Monday morning instrumental noodling from Bateleur.
