Sorry Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma but I don’t believe you. We know that you are not a big fan of tobacco products. You started legislating against it many years ago during the Mandela presidency. You have often spoken against it. It is true that you do not run government but I’m also sure that it is true that you were behind the ban. Continue reading “I do not run government”
Category: Grumpy Venting
Assorted nonsense
No Thanks, Democratic Alliance
I was a staunch Progressive Federal Party (PFP) supporter from the time they were founded in 1977. In 1989 they merged with the National Democratic Movement (NDM) and the Independent Party (IP) to form the Democratic Party (DP). In 2000 the DP merged with the New National Party (NNP) and became the Democratic Alliance (DA). It was a short-lived merger as the NNP left the alliance in 2001. The DA lives on as the official opposition, for now. Continue reading “No Thanks, Democratic Alliance”
Businesses I Will Avoid in Future
Let me start by stating that I am at a higher risk for severe illness from Covid-19 due to my age and an underlying medical condition. This made me decide to play it safe and stay at home. I slowly started stocking up on basics late in January when I saw that we’ll eventually have to face the virus. The following companies, in my opinion, couldn’t care less about their customers’ health concerns during the pandemic. Continue reading “Businesses I Will Avoid in Future”
Crap Quotes and Aphorisms Part 1
1) Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey
This is great if you already have most of the basics in life. It doesn’t work quite so well when you’re trying to convince a person who can’t afford food that he should be thankful. Logically he should be concentrating on what he doesn’t have, food, else he will starve. This is no more than an attempt at make the poor believe they should be happy with their lot. Continue reading “Crap Quotes and Aphorisms Part 1”