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Popular S.African rapper AKA shot dead
AFP, Published on 11/02/2023
» JOHANNESBURG: One of South Africa's hottest rap artists, Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA, has been shot dead outside a restaurant in the southeastern city of Durban, his family said Saturday.
Pulls no punches
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 25/07/2016
» In the States, its sizeable police forces notwithstanding, millions of people buy guns, often giving the same reason that they don't feel safe without them. For all the miscreants in prison, there are many more at large. The cops are doing the best they can but are hamstrung by rules and regulations.
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Guru, Jarupat Buranastidporn, Published on 06/11/2015
» If there's anything this country hasn't quite got a grip on, it's coming to terms with the truth and censorship. Oh sure, ban the Daily Mail and pornographic websites (nothing ruins a country like coitus), and blur out taboo subjects all you want -- we still know what nipples, guns and cigarettes look like. Instead of letting citizens think for themselves, the censorship nazis have decided to put a PG filter on anything that may conjure the slightest spark of controversy.
The illegal amendment
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 13/07/2015
» Like his previous books, The Patriot Threat is historical fiction with real and imaginary characters. Where it differs is in its economics emphasis. There are lots of facts and figures and jumps in American history, from the 18th century to the present.
A high flyer
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 21/04/2014
» A US naval air combat veteran, Stephen Coonts turned his training and experience into successful literary thrillers. Unlike Tom Clancy, who never went to war, his detailed descriptions of weapons and armaments are based on first-hand use. His knowledge of planes, from the earliest flying machine, is unsurpassed.
Sci-fi socialism
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/09/2013
» With his previous hit District 9 and now Elysium, South African director Neill Blomkamp has cornered a specific sub-genre: the sci-fi socialist action flick. In the Jo'berg-set debut from 2009, the crustacean-like aliens scavenge garbage piles and live in a filthy shantytown, segregated from the human population. District 9 is an alien film, with spaceships and laser guns, but it's actually a clever allegory about class and institutional discrimination.
An expat's views
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 06/05/2013
» I don't know if it's true about other countries, but people who have been to Thailand for any length of time between two weeks and 20 years feel impelled to write a book about it. From what they have seen, heard and experienced they believe they understand the Kingdom and its denizens. And if they have learned Thai, they know that much more.