http://moralfibre.co.za/talita Talita Myburgh's Blog Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:03:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lark is one of the top ten bands in SA by any measure: if you haven't seen the perform - make an effort and you will be rewarded. Just make it quick - Lark tickets are as scarce as a politician's virtues. Here's where and when: Fri 27 Feb, RAMfest IV, ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2010/01/07/lark-tour-dates-2010/ In the wake of convictions on criminal charges such as murder and assualt, King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo of the abaThembu has carefully considered his options and, rather creatively, has come up with a brilliant solution to his pending incarceration: annex South Africa! King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo gave formal notice to the Presidency, ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2009/12/29/king-buyelekhaya-dalindyebo-annexes-south-africa/ Once upon a time when I still had time to watch Oprah, she did a show on child pornography in America: she showed a map with one red dot representing the origin of one pornographic picture of a little girl and within 24 hours the map of America was a ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2009/11/30/16-days-please-help-to-break-the-chain/ You know, what really pisses me off? Well...many things, I'm slightly temperamental. But in trenches of the legal benches, bureaucracy and civil servants on their little power trips absolutely kills me. It's kind of like small man syndrome only this gnome keeps the keys to people's lives. I had popped into ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2009/10/08/family-advocate-n-onderonsie/ Tie is a problem, said Lee. I know, said Anna. Do you think we need to request that someone be assigned to help us? asked Anna. You know what they’ll say, she’s just  middle class white girl – even if she does live in Jo’burg, do you really think that we can justify ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2009/10/06/falling-down-the-stairs-my-view/ When Vincent told me that we’d be attending the Premier of District 9 I thought, “Yai! A chance to play dress-up and just be a girl!” The schlep of a day job leaves little chance for being a woman in the va-va-voom-look-at-me sense. It’s early mornings, grabbing the first suitable ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2009/10/01/district-9-premier-fashion-faux-pas-cmon-work-with-me-people/ I heard myself laughing -the melody of happiness- my long black dress was dancing around bare legs and bare feet to a thunderstorms' heartbeat with wind-sprites in my long blond hair; together we waltzed down the street. My spirit lifted to the darkened sky and the mad elements let loose therein - beautiful chaos let fly! Mukuru pounded the earth with ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2009/09/24/perske-reens-a-poem/ The air is electric – literally! As I type this, the first real thunder storm of summer has doused Jo’burg! As if by magic, it never fails to fill me with an incredible sense of joy. I wrote this poem five years ago and it still describes exactly how I ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2009/09/24/weekend-with-the-hofmanns-part-1-piza-e-vino-and-the-german-buthcery/ It's winter and so I'm more aware of beggars than usual. In Joburg they're everywhere but have you ever considered them and their trade? Every so often most people give them money, an exchange happens, a transaction of sorts - that is after all the point of money; a tool ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2009/07/03/peasants-raisng-their-own-taxes-for-the-sheriff/ Nodding along to Manson, I contemplate my filthy habits. I don’t do drugs mostly because I couldn’t be a lawyer if I got caught, I hate the thought of not being in complete control of my faculties and I have all the self-control of a two year old. Someone awesome ... http://moralfibre.co.za/talita/2009/06/19/i-dont-like-the-drugs-the-drugs-like-me/