Two recent court cases have earned the attention of newspaper readers in South Africa :
1. One person was fined R1 000 for not having a TV licence.
2. Another was released on bail for R500 after being arrested for murder.
The moral of this South African story:
If you do not have a TV licence and the inspector comes round, kill him.
You'll save R500.
*Sounds like an urban myth, but you will never know about these things
Dear Parent
Do you care about your child’s education? I am guessing you do, otherwise you would not be attending the parents meeting this afternoon. I have to ask though, do you think that interrupting the whole schools schedule is conducive to a good learning environment? Would it really that much of a problem to attend a meeting at 3pm rather than 2:30pm?
Kind regards
Otto Silver
Dear Principal
This school is not exactly known as the best organised in the area, so as per usual I was told today’s about the schedule change this morning. Apparently all classes will be 5 minutes shorter. If I plan my classes to run exactly 45 minutes and suddenly 5 minutes are chopped of, what would be the effect when I have to rush my class? Normally that translates to either I skip something completely or part of the class don’t get their one minute English practice with me.
When the paying adults who attend “conversation” classes have less time with me because no one told them about the changes, would that be good for the schools image. I was just wondering.
Kind Regards
Otto Silver
According to KEO:
A Springbok training XV will take on Namibia as preparation for the British & Irish Lions series.
The Boks were also meant to play against the New Zealand Maori as a warm-up, but the match seems to be abandoned due to a President’s Council ruling that doesn’t allow teams selected on racial lines playing against South African sides.
So, apparently it is OK to be racist when playing other countries, but not when playing South Africa. Why I can’t imagine. This is the same South Africa where race is the biggest issue in sport, the same South Africa where, at least once a year, the government sticks their noses where it doesn’t belong and says that there will be quotas for how many of each race will be allowed in a team. Why can’t you play a race based team against a legally racist country?
