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Colleen Figg

Swan song

2009-06-24 09:32

One thing that really reassures me is that there is still a sense of humour left in this country, writes Colleen Figg in her last column for News24.

'Don't ban the old flag'

Colleen Figg 2009-06-05 09:49 113 comments | 3890 views

For Colleen Figg, keeping the old SA flag around is not about race, but about emotion, patriotism, and a sense of belonging.

'What is murder?'

Colleen Figg 2009-05-22 10:00 120 comments | 220 views

Should a man be sent to jail for life as a result of a fatal accident arising from his children not being strapped in while he was driving, asks Colleen Figg.

'Where is the mercy?'

Colleen Figg 2009-05-08 11:05 70 comments | 194 views

What is it about the human race that will allow a man's life to be reduced to pain and still keep in effect a law that says we may not put him out of his misery, asks Colleen Figg.

The government mindset

Colleen Figg 2009-04-24 12:38 25 comments | 230 views

Colleen Figg's recent run-in with her local electricity department has convinced her that government workers have their own kind of logic.

Earth Hour 'an empty gesture'

Colleen Figg 2009-03-27 11:39 138 comments | 74 views

For Colleen Figg, Earth Hour is just a chance for the man in the street to salve his greedy conscience by staggering about in the dark for an hour.

Creating heroes

Colleen Figg 2009-02-27 13:52 13 comments | 22 views

Jade Goody is a good example of how a publicist can take a a tarnished image and with a flash of genius, create a hero of the people, says Colleen Figg.

 

The seatbelt saga

Colleen Figg 2009-04-15 15:01 139 comments | 199 views

Colleen Figg wonders why people believe that seatbelts on planes will help them if the plane suddenly nose-dives 30 000 feet to earth.

'I am a patriot'

Colleen Figg 2009-03-13 09:01 71 comments | 38 views

Colleen Figg wonders what motivated people to fight against allowing South Africans living abroad the right to vote.

Sweetening the deal

Colleen Figg 2009-02-13 08:48 32 comments | 30 views

You know the economy is in trouble, writes Colleen Figg when sugar packets have to go the extra mile to convince you to buy them.

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