4 Jun 2013

Property & Real Estate

Rhino poacher gets 11 years

... and there are many of us out there who wish Abel Mashabane had got more than 11 years in prison for poaching. As a fan of even numbers, I think 22 years has a nice ring to it.

GMOs must go... that's the message from protestors calling for a ban on genetically modified products. Monsanto was their target last weekend when hundreds of activists and lobbyists turned out for a protest at the company's head office in Fourways, Johannesburg.

He's a real man, but that didn't manage to get rhino activist, Steve Newman past the powers-that-be organising the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour; they have banned him from the race. However anyone wishing to support Newman, complete with his horn and very little else, can catch an eyeful, and give him support, when he "does" Daisies.

For crying out loud, it's a noble call, but when Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant calls on the unions to respect workers' rights, you just know she's on a beating to nowhere.

Let's face it... Have you ever heard of any union in this country ever admitting to their members being violent? Non-striking workers are intimidated, beaten and all-too-often killed, but it is never the fault of the union to which the worker/s belonged who have been guilty. It's always the other unions' members.

And finally, for all you petrol heads out there, our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser, who has never been known to put the Cartier before the horse, reckons the new Kia Cerato is a Cartier Korean.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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