NEWSWe can do better, South Africans!Phepheng MARUPINGNovember 25, 2015November 25, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGNovember 25, 2015November 25, 20150772 Simple things, if done well, make us all feel good about the service provided, and those providing the service have (without being complacent) their confidence...
NEWSBen Okri and the gratuitous quest to stir!Phepheng MARUPINGOctober 29, 2015October 29, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGOctober 29, 2015October 29, 20150488 Ben Okri is a prolific writer. He is in fact considered one of the best post-modern and post colonial authors. Many of us will remember...
NEWSWhen poverty is expensive!Phepheng MARUPINGOctober 21, 2015October 21, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGOctober 21, 2015October 21, 20150537 “All students will be required to make a first payment of R9900 before registration in order to gain access to the University.” I picked this...
NEWSBEE is an unfunny joke- a farce!Phepheng MARUPINGOctober 14, 2015October 14, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGOctober 14, 2015October 14, 20150572 It is almost as if this is some get-rich-quick scheme for the well-connected alone. Do I therefore feel it ought to be done away with?...
NEWSWhy do matric’s dance?Phepheng MARUPINGOctober 8, 2015October 8, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGOctober 8, 2015October 8, 201501348 Perhaps I’m being a bit tough on everybody but I certainly believe that if you’re going to have candy, it will taste a lot sweeter...
NEWSLet us take greater charge of our lives!Phepheng MARUPINGSeptember 30, 2015September 30, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGSeptember 30, 2015September 30, 20150508 At first I felt he must be really pressed to help himself that publicly. These things can be uncontrollable at times, I know. But then...
NEWSWhy I read and write?Phepheng MARUPINGSeptember 16, 2015September 17, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGSeptember 16, 2015September 17, 20150542 I write because I happen to be weird enough to believe I can fractionally add to the excitement of reading. It is a great delight...
NEWSDear Teko!Phepheng MARUPINGSeptember 10, 2015September 10, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGSeptember 10, 2015September 10, 20150566 Indeed it was an emotional day, one I quite simply do not have words to describe. I feel it is safe to say perhaps one...
NEWSMake us shine at home!Phepheng MARUPINGSeptember 2, 2015September 2, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGSeptember 2, 2015September 2, 20150578 But right now I would love for us to take a minute and make a fuss about a simple supposition. Suppose each local municipality made...
NEWSPerhaps whites were right to defend apartheid?Phepheng MARUPINGAugust 26, 2015August 26, 2015 by Phepheng MARUPINGAugust 26, 2015August 26, 20150891 That said; let me get on to the point. Many years ago my friends and I attended a conference somewhere in Johannesburg where one of...