News24 Colleen Figg

Swan song

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:42:39 +0200

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'

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:04:19 +0200

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?'

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:47:43 +0200

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?'

Fri, 08 May 2009 09:05:17 +0200

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

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:38:02 +0200

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

The seatbelt saga

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:01:15 +0200

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

Earth Hour 'an empty gesture'

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:39:03 +0200

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.

'I am a patriot'

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:01:27 +0200

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

Creating heroes

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:52:08 +0200

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.

Sweetening the deal

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:48:15 +0200

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.

Resentment under the surface

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:05:38 +0200

Colleen Figg looks back at an incident where three men died over penis size in a pub brawl and finds the racial undertones of this story very disturbing.

It's not your fault

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:01:49 +0200

I'm pleased to report - for those women who hop from relationship to relationship - that none of it is your fault, says Colleen Figg.