Laugh it Off

Heita mense vannie Kaap, welcome to Jou Ma’s round up of the sporting figures and facts that you need to know about…
Sport is still big business in SA it seems, with some of our slim economic pundits skeeming that the IPL, the Lions Tour, and the Confederations Cup have all played a moerse role in [...]

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This week Jou Ma se Purse writes in to the Finance Department’s “Tips for Trevor” campaign, where ordinary citizens can fax through their ideas on how the   government should be collecting our money in taxes, and spending it on themselves.
Hoeluikit Trevor?
Jy’s mos van Kensington af, ne? Once a Capey, always a Capey. Doesn’t matter [...]

Last week Jou Ma se Purse pointed a finger at KFC, their abuse of the vrag ‘food tik’, MSG as an ingredient in their food, and the flak that they have gotten internationally for the conditions of the ‘broiler’ farms where they buy their chickens from. We had a great response from our Daily Voice [...]

Letter to the Editor, Daily Voice

Dear Sir,
Your readers deserve better than the inaccurate and defamatory article on KFC that you published on 8 December 2008.
That was not journalism; it was a deliberately biased assault on KFC in which your readers were denied the facts because the criticisms were not put to KFC or our [...]

I chowed some KFC last week and an hour later felt even hungrier than before the meal. I tuned myself ‘nooit, it’s time Jou Ma se Purse investigates the Colonel, and his secret herbs and spices recipe wat my so hoender honger laat maak’. Forget ‘Finger lickin good’, KFC are ‘Finger Pointin Bad’! What I [...]

Today is World AIDS Day. It is also ‘Save the Springbok’ Day, and we are in the middle of ‘16 days of Activism against gender Violence’. That’s a truckload of causes to fight for in one day. AIDS in our country is such a big problem that one day of wearing a red ribbon just [...]

An old tannie has a heart attack, gets taken to the hospital, and has a near-death experience while she is on the operating table. She checks God at the Pearly Gates and asks if her life is klaar. He tunes her nooit, that she’s got another 30 years to live. When she recovers she decides [...]

My mother-in-law reported that her meter box can no longer take the Eskom coupons. She was given references for the meter to be replaced but we still haven’t had anyone from Eskom come help us. Imagine a pensioner who is looking after a disable person in darkness for a whole week now.
~ Mrs Komane, Gugs
We [...]

CONSUMER CRAPOUTS:

Can’t exactly complain about the service if I get NO SERVICE AT ALL!!!!!!
~ Abdullah, Mitchell’s Plain

How more useless can telkom get? What happend to qualified staff?
Who can’t get a job? Go to telkom, no qualifications needed. More stupid the better! Who’s the CEO, would love to speak to him! Please someone from [...]