Stewart Jennings

Chinese imports are hurting manufacturing sector - we have to talk as member of BRICS to prevent unfair practices and "dumping" and then also look at tariffs. Who is he to want to make my life more expensive - get your house in order chum and leave me to buy cheap goods in the meantime.

Robbie Kempson

Former Springbok prop Robbie Kempson, who was arrested over an alleged assault during a World Classic match, said he feels "absolutely shattered" about the serious injury suffered by the American player involved.

McIntosh Polela

Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela has been suspended three weeks after making a controversial reference to prison rape on Twitter, police said on Thursday. “JubJub spending 1st nite in prison. Bail has been denied after being found guilty of murder, attempted murder & racing while high,” Polela tweeted shortly after judgment was handed down by the Protea Magistrate's Court. “I trust that JubJub's supporters gave him a jar of Vaseline to take to prison,” Polela posted.

Mzonjani Zulu

eThekwini National Freedom Party (NFP) councillor Mzonjani Zulu after court proceedings when he pulled out a gun and fired two shots at Siya Dlamini, killing him. Dlamini, 29, from the volatile KwaMashu Hostel, had been carrying a rusty spear. Dlamini was hit in the head and chest and died October 2012

Here is an update (posted July 2015) http://citizen.co.za/225148/ifp-urges-reinstatement-nfp-murder-charges/

Blade Nzimande - poepol of the week.

For not protecting academic and artistic freedom. He is minister of education damn you. We the people expect more than to browbeat Haffajee into submission and getting her to remove the oh so offensive painting from her website.

Personally I agree with the sentiments of the guy that painted his "spoilt ballot paper" on the image. The message was bigger than the the property and other rights that he violated. But Nzimande and the Communist Party using force and the threat of force against the gallery and the artist earns him the title of "poepol". Poepol of the week,

King Zwelenthini

“There was nothing like that and if you do it, you must know that you are rotten. I don’t care how you feel about it. If you do it, you must know that it is wrong and you are rotten. Same sex is not acceptable,” he was quoted as saying.

If this is what he said he is a poepol. If he did not say it, well...I will retract this award. I still think he is an anachronism and should not be funded by SA taxpayers money.

Miyeni

I believe that hate speech should be "allowed" . That is I believe that I should in normal discourse say what I want without any sanction - it is any physical action that is wrong and should be punished.

So when

Miyeni says that “in the 80s she'd [Haffajee] probably have had a burning tyre around her neck”.

It should be fine. Let us call it freedom of speech.



“Who the devil is she anyway if not a black snake in the grass, deployed by white capital to sow discord among blacks?”

If that offends her (Haffajee) ... ag shame.

But I feel he is a poepol for saying it. What shall we do with a (now, if I use a hateful term here, such as "Xy!@#") like this? It could be construed as derogatory if I were to say that and very inappropriate in the current mileu. People say wrong things, hateful things, derogatory things ... just do not break my bones.

That is why poepol is the most appropriate term. Poepol.