#SONA2025. The President told us that white farmers shouldn’t worry, the government won’t be implementing “forced removals” of people. He promised us that no one was going to treat white farmers like apartheid treated black people during the time of #DistrictSix. He...
The Red Pill
#ScratchTheSurface
#WhereIsMyMind. #TrumpFatigue and Other Mayhem
If I ever lose my mind, please drop me in Karachi, Pakistan. If my feet are in the air and my head’s on the ground, take me to Pakistan and call me a press conference. #OnijahRobinson, 33 from New York, used so many filters on her social pics that when she turned up...
If #LooksCouldKill: A Week of Creepy Peepers
It was surreal watching #Kagame (Rwanda’s President) tell Ramaphosa that if he wanted a war, he could have one. Kagame’s eyes terrified me. If looks could kill. That man meant what he said and Cupcake had touched him on his studio. Cast your mind back to when we sent...
The #ArtOfTheSteal – A Week with #Trump and Other Horror Stories
Trump stomped over my timeline like a greedy orange hippo. Across the planet this week he made jaws drop and had people on their feet. Fear and loathing, love and hate rose with them. He certainly took over South Africa’s social media and when I filtered his name...
#ValaUmgodi: The South African Death Penalty.
You’d be forgiven if you thought the beginning of 2025 was directed by #DavidLynch. Sadly, he died this week, but you’d still be forgiven. I’m back from a generous media break and I was never ready for #Stilfontein and #ValaUmgodi, #CloseTheHole. Our curtain raiser to...
The Diary of a #MediaMonitor #2024
2024, you biscuit. You kept me on my toes, china. It’s an ardent task, wrapping up twelve months of media. This is the tenth anniversary of #DiaryOfAMediaMonitor, and after a decade of headlines it’s time to shut the door and rummage through the splinters of what has...
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#WeWillNotBeBullied. Brave Soldiers and Mouthy Men
#SONA2025. The President told us that white farmers shouldn’t worry, the government won’t be implementing “forced removals” of people. He promised us that no one was going to treat white farmers like apartheid treated black people during the time of #DistrictSix. He...
#WhereIsMyMind. #TrumpFatigue and Other Mayhem
If I ever lose my mind, please drop me in Karachi, Pakistan. If my feet are in the air and my head’s on the ground, take me to Pakistan and call me a press conference. #OnijahRobinson, 33 from New York, used so many filters on her social pics that when she turned up...
If #LooksCouldKill: A Week of Creepy Peepers
It was surreal watching #Kagame (Rwanda’s President) tell Ramaphosa that if he wanted a war, he could have one. Kagame’s eyes terrified me. If looks could kill. That man meant what he said and Cupcake had touched him on his studio. Cast your mind back to when we sent...
The #ArtOfTheSteal – A Week with #Trump and Other Horror Stories
Trump stomped over my timeline like a greedy orange hippo. Across the planet this week he made jaws drop and had people on their feet. Fear and loathing, love and hate rose with them. He certainly took over South Africa’s social media and when I filtered his name...