Blue-screen-of-death feature has now been added

Sorry, Australia, but South Africa will finally get the SKA! We already have captured the first images with our seven dish proof-of-concept installation.

As a born and bred ZImbabwean and now resident and citizen of South Africa, I think I am qualified to comment on these statements.

In Zimbabwe, the failure and collapse of that country was caused by abuse of power and corruption. No amount of transfer of

would have prevented that from happening against the background of a despotic government desparately clinging to power and using whatever means (election fraud, destruction of the independence of the judiciary, abolishment of free press, etc.) to achieve that.

In spite of what right-wing newsmongers might want you to believe, South Africa is not even vaguely near to

Yes, we have challenges with respect to crime, unemployment, corruption, education and I am under no illusion as to the scale of these challenges. We still have a very free press, the judiciary is still widely respected (recent court decisions having been made against the wishes of the ruling party) and the economy has been relatively stable through the global recession.

We will be hosting the world's largest sporting spectacle this year, the FIFA World Cup, in less than three months time. Expect to be pleasantly surprised at what Africa will showcase to the world.

I live in South Africa and I have heard that a very good method to keep other people's dogs off your lawn is to sprinkle some lion manure over the lawn. You can even buy dried lion droppings at some of our Game Reserves. Domesticated dogs, who have never been anywhere near any wild animals for generations, instinctively cower in fear when they smell lion!