Archive for February, 2008

Eish, where to now South Africa?

20,000 murders a year, people living in fear, bribery and corruption, electricity problems, investors looking elsewhere, skilled people leaving. And a new leader with no moral compass. The list goes on, and it seems that in the last 6 months the bad news has increased dramatically. South Africa has been an example of reconciliation following [...]

Sorry for stealing your children

Today Australia said sorry for the ‘stolen generations’ . Rudd is doing all the right things (Kyoto, education, this), and I couldn’t be more pleased that Labour won this election. It’s no surprise John Howard was the only surviving PM of Australia not present today. The speech was heartfelt and I think really ‘united the [...]

Our Weapons were our Instruments

I just got back from a Cat Empire open-air concert in Sydney. They are an inspired act, innovative and brilliant. They were supported by Ash Grunwald, Blue King Brown and The Beautiful Girls (3 blokes) – all fantastic. This is a quick ‘n dirty vid from the concert, as well as some nice audio to [...]

 
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