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L’esprit d’escalier

caution: this blog contains some swearing / isixwayiso: kunenhlamba kuleli blog I had my fighting shoes on. Tan brown hightops, white t-shirt and jeans. I strode in there demanding justice, and was met with four occupied attendants. So I sat down, and waited, and surveyed the battlefield. Yellow. Everything was yellow. The colour of ubuhlanzo. […]

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JGZ (aka Msholozi)

You may know him by many different names, some more flattering or familiar than others. JGZ. JZ. Jacob. Msholozi. (Dis)honourable Mr President. In my classes, many of my students ask me what his name means, and it’s a side-track on which I am happy to embark. So let’s have a look. Jacob. Biblical Name. Treacherous […]