Denise Nicholson sent me this News24 article about our Madiba’s impending trademark registration of “Nelson Mandela”, his clan name “Madiba”, his Xhosa name “Rolihlahla” as well as his prison number 46664.
I can understand how the man wants to control who uses his name, but this remark from Madiba’s lawyer, Don MacRobert, I do not understand. […]

Our cc-er of the week is Roy Blumenthal - ‘artist, filmmaker, radio personality, performance poet, trouble-shooter, and ex-advertising copywriter’. Roy lives in Johannesburg and has a wonderful blog called ‘Coffeeshop Shmuck’ consisting of ‘totally subjective coffee-shop and restaurant reviews’ - a little more unusual (you’ll find great gossip on Roy’s latest hot dates) than what […]