SA Blogs FTW!

Today marks the start of a new feature on 5fm.co.za, each week (local+lekka)5 will profile posts from a number of cool local blogs. First up is Mahala.co.za.

If you would like your blog to be considered for the (local+lekka)5 feature then leave us a comment or tweet us @5FM.

Mahala is a free South African mouthpiece that strives to report and represent what’s really happening along the fault line and in the trenches of South African culture. We’re available online, on your mobile and in print. We’ll always be free, gratis and Mahala. Because you deserve quality information, opinion and entertainment for free!

Thought is free!

Check out this post on the Carlos Alberto Parreira debacle:

Outrage Junkies

South Africans tend to be outrage junkies, and Bafana fans are no exception. We were appalled when Carlos Alberto Parreira left. Now we’re appalled that he’s back. It’s called a low centre of memory.

The current mood of jingoistic indignance may be fun, but it’s not clever. Especially tiresome is that hoary, proto-fascist dictum: “local is lekker”. Stop these Brazilian kwerekweres and their jobs-for-amigos programme! F**k them with their big noses and their even bigger paycheques! And while we’re at it, f**k the outside football world in general! 

Let’s bring back the good ol’ boytjies: Clive Barker, Lucas Radebe, Jomo Sono, Shaka Zulu, Nonqgawuse, De La Rey!

To hell with the ever-evolving complexities of the modern game. We’ll just howl Shosholoza and muti them all to smithereens: sprinkle a finely grated hyena over each goalmouth and let amadlozi do the rest. That’s complexity for you.

Read the rest of the article here.