Laurice Taitz-Buntman's Blog – June 2011 Archive (3)

Breaking News: Apple’s next big thing

Hayibo, South Africa’s riposte to The Onion, one of my favourite sites for news as it could be, is back and better. And this time they have fixed on Apple’s constant reinvention of products we already have. As a huge Apple fan I too can’t help wondering when the thrill of a new device will wear off – that after an iPad, iPod, iPhone, MacBook and an iOverdraft.

This is breaking…

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Added by Laurice Taitz-Buntman on June 11, 2011 at 17:30 — 1 Comment

A guide to Chic Jozi

This is a long overdue review of one of those essential companions for making this city your friend. Chic Jozi [by my friend Nikki Temkin] was first published in 2009 and has now been updated. It opens with the disclaimer: “Joburg is notorious for being a fickle and fast-changing city. Stores open and close all the time, change location and name …” Too true and the reason why impulse…

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Added by Laurice Taitz-Buntman on June 8, 2011 at 17:00 — 2 Comments

South Africa's often nutty racial politics



Had to point you to a must-read comment piece on the phenomenon of “Coconuts” that caused a stir in the twitterverse. If you are not familiar with the term it’s a derogatory label for black people who are thought to have sold out being black by not being black enough. This sounds complicated I know. So I will leave it to Lerato Tshabalala, my former Sunday Times Lifestyle compadre, to explain and tell it like it is.

A fascinating, smart and funny  piece of commentary…

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Added by Laurice Taitz-Buntman on June 6, 2011 at 18:30 — 3 Comments


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