With Jay Z proving to be quite a player, it was only a matter of time until the Sith lord jokes started!

With the latest incident of a UCT student being arrested, possibly molested too (we iwll never know), for displaying rude gestures at the presidential convoy recently in Cape Town as Jay Z and his parade of fancy German cars sped past him, the folk at Madam & Eve have released this cartoon:

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Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League big boy has proven to be quite a clown and you have to love the guy for it!

Zapiro captures him excellently in his latest work and if you have been following the local Malema news lately, you will see why Zapiro is the shizzle and makes the big money and your cartoons don’t go anywhere!

It seems like Batman will be watching the South African 2010 Soccer World Cup games as well and has prepped a Batsign incase you try to get hold of him. I recommend that you leave him alone though!

While Twitter continues to explode to become the popular social web service that it already is, many people find it a new experience and are still unaware of the basic etiquette that has become expected of fellow Twits.

This is list not comprehensive, but is definitely a starting point for listing tweeting habits that will result in you being unfollowed or blocked.

Auto-DMs

The popularity of auto-DM’s has definitely died down and it was a lot worse a short while ago, but there are still a few schmucks who have these set up. They are annoying, impersonal and spam. Whether your auto-DM is to welcome me to your Twitter stream as a new follower or to get me to read your blog, this habit will get you unfollowed. No negotiating this one!

Consistent requests to become your Facebook friend

Why would I? I mean really! Facebook is a bit more personal for me than Twitter and I want to keep it for my friends and family. Even though the word “friend” is slightly screwed up on Twitter, I have at least met each of my friends and I know who they are and I trust them enough to share personal information, photos, videos, etc.

Consistent tweets about “How to get more followers”

I am not sure when this became a competition. I believe that people who value my tweets, will follow me, those who don’t, simply don’t follow me. I will not go out SEARCHING for followers like the Jehovah’s Witness chaps that disturb my Sunday afternoon. They annoy me and so do those tweets!

Retweeting my tweets, but replacing the URLs that I share

By doing so, you are “putting words into my mouth”. I hate it, its rude and most times your links are spam. No-one likes a spammer. Really, we don’t!

Get rich quick schemes

Seriously dude, you probably don’t make $100 000 per month so stop telling us that you can make us rich. Most of us believe in hard work and think that the easy road works. It’s just lame and you are annoying! We don’t WANT to listen to sad stories of you wanting to share your wealth. If you have spare cash and don’t want it anymore, give it charity, idiot

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This is by far the funniest cartoon that I have ever seen!

It was done by South African cartoonist, Zapiro a few years ago when Cape Town lost the Olympic bid to Athens.

I also credit this cartoon for turning me into a Zapiro fan and have often blogged some of his cartoons here!

This is brilliant and I think that we should get one of these!

Thanks Steve!

Honourable Speaker;
Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces;
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP;
Deputy President of the Republic, Honourable Kgalema Motlanthe;
Honourable Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa and all esteemed members of the Judiciary;
Isithwalandwe President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela;
Former President FW de Klerk;
Our father, Former President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia;
Former Deputy Presidents;
Distinguished Premiers and Speakers of our Provinces;
Chairperson of SALGA and all local government leadership;
Chairperson of the National House of Traditional Leaders;
Heads of Chapter 9 Institutions;
The Governor of the Reserve Bank;
Special international Guests especially the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr Jean Ping;
Former political prisoners and veterans;
Members of the diplomatic corps;
South African and foreign media;
Fellow South Africans,

Dumelang, molweni, goeie naand, good evening, sanibonani nonke emakhaya!

Siyavuya ukuba nani ngobubusuku bubaluleke kangaka.

I stand before you this evening, 20 years since President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela walked out of prison.

We have chosen this as the day to call this Joint Sitting of Parliament to deliver the State of the Nation Address, to celebrate a watershed moment that changed our country.

The release of Madiba was brought about by the resolute struggles of the South African people.

You will recall that the masses of this country, in their different formations, responded with determination to the call to make the country ungovernable and apartheid unworkable.

We are celebrating this day with former political prisoners who we have specially invited to join us.

We welcome in particular those who have travelled from abroad to be here, Helene Pastoors, Michael Dingake from Botswana, Mr Andimba Toivo ya Toivo of SWAPO in Namibia.

We are pleased to be joined by members of the legal team in the Rivonia Treason trial – Lord Joel Joffe, who is now based in London and Judge Arthur Chaskalson.

We also remember and pay tribute to Mr Harry Schwarz, who sadly passed away last week.

He was amongst other things, a member of the Rivonia defence team.

We extend our gratitude to our friends and comrades in the international community, for fighting side by side with us to achieve freedom.

We extend a special welcome to the Mandela family.

They became a symbol of the sacrifices of many who bore the brunt of apartheid.

We greet the leadership of the ruling party and Alliance partners, for whom this is an extra special occasion.

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The blatantly disrespectful version of the South African national anthem that was sung in France during the South Africa vs. France rugby game last week as sung by Ras Dumisani

I have sat and thought about what I could comment on this and the truth is that I am stumped.

• I am stumped that the French rugby authority allowed this guy on the field.
• I am stumped that this fool volunteered for the job.
• I am stumped that Bakkies Botha didn’t go over and “Boer Klap” him.