July 11, 2009

The coolest website in the world


What an incredible display of creativity. Saffas have long loved the saffalicious Nando's ads and now the food chain has come up with such a clever website. Hot stuff!

July 9, 2009

Joburg the cheapest city


Joburg has been named the cheapest city in the world to live - if you're an expat, that is, and are being paid in dollars or pounds (or earning the equivalent thereof in the bonny old rand).
Mercer's cost of living survey cited the sharp increase of the rand against the US dollar as the reason why Jozi slipped to the bottom position (replacing Asunción in Paraguay of all places as the cheapest city).
This is good news for football fans wishing to visit South African shores next year - foreign currency goes a long, long way at the moment!

July 8, 2009

Zuma goes to the horse's mouth


Our president is really affiliating himself to the Big Guy.
First Jacob Zuma conjured up a big old hornets' nest by saying the ANC would rule until Jesus comes. Now he has a new head of communications - none other than Vusi Mona, who was spokesperson for Rhema church leader Ray McCauley. Maybe JZ thinks that Mona has inside info on JC.
Mona was quoted as saying his new job "still gives me butterflies in my stomach". Maybe he knows something we don't.

July 7, 2009

Zuma saves money by flying SAA


Talk about putting your trust in the country's national airline, reports have been doing the rounds that President Jacob Zuma has been whizzing around the country using SAA.

The Times writes that he flew business class from Cape Town to Jozi after attending an ANC national working committee meeting. Although he had used his presidential jet to fly from Libya to Durban (for the Durban July) and then to Cape Town for the meeting, Zuma will apparently be using the airline "whenever time allows".

It's about time government officials started practising some money-saving tips. And Zuma is literally putting his money where his mouth it. Let's hope the rest of his cabinet learns from his example.
  • Picture taken from transnet.co.za

Whingers - should they be allowed to speak?

Saffanisms (AKA buzzwords)

Saffa (n): South Africans. Usually used to describe expats (fondly)
Saffagette (n): A South African whose vote is reserved for Mzansi, the Motherland. A Saffagette is not an ostrich. A Saffagette has a vote and is determined to stand in a queue to cast it.
Saffavescence (n): Developed from saffervescence, which is a slang derivative of effervescence. Saffavescence means awesome, amazing - in a South African sense of course.
Saffaring (v): Being patriotic.
Suffaring (v): Having to listen to others not being patriotic.

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