Opinion
LitNet contributors voice their opinions about current affairs.
Tell us what you thought of Sing ’it and stand in line to win a Kalahari.com shopping spree!
2012-03-27 Keen for a shopping spree at Kalahari.com? Complete this survey and stand a chance to share in R5 000’s worth of prizes.
LitNet Akademies: In conversation with Jane
2012-03-08 Izak de Vries challenges artists to stage parodies of Jane Alexander's Butcher Boys.
Blacksheep TV#19: Facebook friends
2012-03-05 If you were in hospital, do you think all 2000 your Facebook friends would come visit you?
Photos: From Malan to Mbeki book launch
2012-02-23 On Tuesday, 21 February 2012 a small crowd gather in parliament. Most of the people present work here anyway, during the day, but tonight they are attending the book launch of From Malan to Mbeki.
BlackSheep TV #16: Facebook
2012-02-13 Sometimes you want to check out your own photos, but then they show up on someone else’s page.
Let's see how long this stays up
2012-02-08I saw a post on Facebook in which the poster asked what a political party's position was on legalising the drug trade in South Africa. The poster was of the opinion that legalising the trade would make things better and more controllable.
BlackSheep TV #14: Virgin Active
2012-02-01 Malema's in trouble for not paying his ANC membership ...
Traditional hatred
2012-01-17What an interesting holiday season this has been! Three weeks went by so fast that I once again find myself writing the first article for the new year!
BlackSheepTV #12: Parking meters
2012-01-16 Suddenly there's a parking meter outside my house and I have to pay!
Crime and contemplation
2011-12-15This past week I have been contemplating crime ... that is, the concept of crime and punishment. People seem to think that punishment and the concept of consequence provides a framework of limitations which go beyond just saying "don't". Punishment ...
A Shot at the Big Time
2011-12-07 Award-winning film-maker and journalist Janet van Eeden has launched a crowd-sourcing campaign for her film A Shot at the Big Time, inspired by the story of her brother, Jimmy, who took his own life rather than fight in the apartheid Border War, a war ...
There is in prejudice no fairness, nor equality
2011-12-07We are all losing a little bit of our equality and freedom, a little bit at a time. All of us, in every social grouping, whatever the basis for discrimination or differentiation, are affected.