by Rams Mabote | Nov 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
[With apologies to President Thabo Mbeki, this is my bastardisation of his seminal speech: I Am An African] On an occasion such as this, we should, perhaps, start from the beginning. So, let us begin. Men Are Trash. We owe our being to the hills and the valleys,...
by Rams Mabote | Nov 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
The problem with spin is that you cannot change facts retrospectively. Worse still, spin fails when you change your messaging midstream. Eskom and their spin machinery are going to learn this rather painfully throughout this weekend – and presumably after a litany of...
by Rams Mabote | Nov 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the film, Wag The Dog, less than two weeks before a president’s re-election bid, TV broadcast his involvement in a sex scandal in the White House. This is seen as potentially crippling to the president’s re-election bid. Spin doctor (played by Robert De Niro)...
by Rams Mabote | Nov 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
A few years ago I was consulting for a prominent South African who at some period was at the receiving end of bad press. For weeks on end the media had a major assault on this client of mine and some details of their private life were made public. Some of the...
by Rams Mabote | Nov 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
This picture is trending. It is the most potent weapon of those who deride the public protector’s investigation of and findings on state capture. They use the picture to “prove” that (black) South Africans are misplaced in their concern about and interest in this...
by Rams Mabote | Nov 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
“There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!” And with these words, Mohammed Saeed al-Sahar, Iraqi Information Minister during the 2003 Iraq invasion by the American and British troops earned himself the nickname Comical Ali. I was reminded of Comical...
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