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Most of us have been victims of crime at one stage or another. For us, the victims, a crime committed against us remains a crime. We don’t classify it as serious, “big” or petty. It remains traumatic,...

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Know the different municipalities

There are three different kinds of municipalities in South Africa (SA).

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As one of the “necessity” shoppers, the comparative price of groceries measured “trolley for trolley” at various supermarkets leaves me cold. As is the case with many shoppers nowadays, we buy only...

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Terloops – Almal het soms ‘n blaaskansie nodig

Is dit ’n geval van my huis is waar my hart is of moet ek sê my hart is waar my huis is?

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What’s wrong with our society?

Is a life worth only the price of a few beers or a couple of "dops" at the tavern?

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Did you Know? You can use WhatsApp on a Windows PC

You can also use WhatsApp on a Windows PC.

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WhatsApp-boodskap beweer EFF gaan boere en witmense afmaai

“Hulle beplan om boere en wit Afrikaaners erg seer te maak.”

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Who should carry a gun

Many Americans demanded more gun regulation after the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida where 17 learners died after Nikolas Cruz (19) opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle. The floodgates...

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Ons is nie almal so nie, met apologie aan Jeanne Goosen

Dit is so duidelik soos daglig dat mense hulleself met ander vergelyk om óf hulle identiteit te herbevestig óf om saam met die stroom te kan beweeg.

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Wat is ‘n guns vir wie

Eiendom speel ’n belangrike rol in die maatskaplike lewe ongeag ’n kapitalistiese of sosialisties/kommunistiese stelsel

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Ek het niks verkeerd gedoen nie

Die vasberade “ek het niks verkeerd gedoen nie” sal Suid-Afrikaners nog lank bybly. President Jacob Zuma was geensins in vertwyfeling oor sy aandeel aan dinge wat lelik begin skeef loop het nie. Die...

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The proof usually lies in the middle

Billy Ocean sang it in the Jewel of the Nile, so what about when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro?

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Finish and Klaar by Marina Schoombee

How did it happen so fast that people expressing themselves with ink in words, without ever having published anything, and people puncturing the top layer of a customer’s skin with ink, can...

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E-mail to jail: The Cybercrime Bill and whether you should worry

The Bill addresses social media, SMS and other electronic correspondence.

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Down the rabbit hole we go…

Sometimes my brain-stem detaches from my spinal cord and the ‘walnut’ just sloshes around freely, thank goodness for an enclosed skull!

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Daar is feministe en dan is daar feminisTE

’n Kollega van my se ma het tereg gesê as jy ’n ‘te’ voor of agter enige iets sit, kan jy maar weet dit gaan katastrofiese resultate oplewer.

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Don’t you just hate waiting in line?

Is it only me or do we all put on our I-will-kill-you-face if someone seems to be passing the queue to go over and talk to a person near the front?

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Raak ons nie ’n bietjie te sensitief nie?

Nou hoor ek al klaar “Ja, sex sells”, seker só tannie, maar ons is ’n gratis koerant...

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Samajoor van die Hoëvelder se geelkaartjie-stelsel

Bewaar egter jou siel as jy jou geel kaartjie vergeet óf as jy slinks meer as een koerant wil gaps sonder dat sy agterkom, want tannie Marie sal lag-lag jou vingers afsny en boonop met ’n stomp mes!

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“Transport” yourself to a positive mindset

Surely some of you are going, wow! This guy’s excessive positive attitude is infringing on my right to be a colourless little rainbow.

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