uMabhengwaneFor those of you who haven’t noticed, I don’t put the izihloko (newspaper headlines) on the blog anymore – to see them, you need to follow @isiKhovana on Twitter, or you can simply search for the #izihloko hashtag. I give points for each one, and give cryptic clues as to how to translate them – […]
Today I bring you the news (or the headlines, at any rate), for Wednesday’s Isolezwe (with a points system, as explained before. Front Page: Awalokothwanga amagama ezikhulu kukhishwa okaManase (25pts) 2nd Page: Zinswinyiwe izinhlelo zodado kuSABC (25 pts) 3rd Page: Kubibiyelwe amahlazo kokaManase ofingqiwe (15 pts) 4th Page: Kusinde ingane indoda iklabha unkosikazi wayo (10 […]
Being in Gauteng is sometimes a big disadvantage. Struggling up from the other side of the Linksfield Ridge before the sun had done anything but paint the road red, I arrived at the petrol station in Cyrildene. I went to the usual spot, picked it up, and realised – it was Isolezwe langoMsombuluko (noma lezolo, […]
As usual on a Thursday, I popped in to the Caltex in Cyrildene to buy Isolezwe on my way back from my lesson in Yeoville. It was beautiful driving down the avenues, with plain trees and liquid ambers scattering themselves over the road in the tentative autumn morning light. With the headlines staring at me […]
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