Wednesday news

This is the second day in a row I have read the news only to have been really disapointed . There seems to be a lot of what can only be described as "really really really petty sh*t" making the news. Be that as it may I thought I would share some of it with you. I will however try and put something sexy and exciting up later today. To begin with a guy called Piers Morgan who happens to work for CNN has called Kate Moss a "horrible vile creature". Now theres a shocker...

To begin with a guy called Piers Morgan who happens to work for CNN has called Kate Moss a "horrible vile creature". What I find amazing is that she actually dated this guy. The story as reported on gawker runs as follows:

 

As current beef goes, this one is almost as lame as The Weeknd saying that The-Dream looks like the Hamburglar on Twitter, but public name-calling is public name-calling, and so we will share this particularly stupid incident with you: Piers Morgan, CNN's premier ruddy-faced gasbag, is still really pissed at Kate Moss.

 

Back in his Daily Mail days, Morgan detailed a tumultuous relationship with the model, which included her kicking him and then, somehow, getting him to apologize for it (that hints at a terrifying manipulative streak, huh?). For reasons unclear, Morgan chose this week to revive old feelings in the Mirror:

 

"Kate Moss is utterly horrific," he adds. "If people actually knew what she was like they would never, ever be interested in her again.

 

"She's just a real, spoilt little madam from Croydon. There's nothing wrong with Croydon – I was brought up near Croydon. But she's just a vile little creature."

 

Morgan also took the time to rag on Madonna, who he compared to Conan the Barbarian: "She's looking even more barbaric than ever at the moment, utterly grotesque."

 

"She's a complete con artist and those arms are just terrifying," he added.

 

Sure. But I bet she can punch.

 

The second story that caught my eye was on NEWS24. Apparently an 80 year old Cape Town woman has been honoured by our Transport Minister for driving for 62 years without getting a traffic fine. Whilst I think that is cool one needs to also remember that for most of her driving career there havn't been the fancy electroninc trapping devices that currently exist and secondly the thought of an 80 year old driver getting caught for speeding horrifies me. The story ran as follows:

 

Cape Town - An 80-year-old driver was honoured on Tuesday as a "sterling example" for going 62 years without a single traffic fine, in a country where 40 people are killed on the roads every day.

 

Hazel Souma was handed a certificate for her blemish-free run of more than six decades by Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele.

"Miss Souma's unblemished driving record and sterling example is proof that we can put an end to the carnage on our roads," he said.

 

South Africa's roads regularly see reckless driving, with a motorcyclist on Monday caught for travelling at more than 220km/h in a 120km/h zone.

While death tolls have dipped slightly, more than six million fines were issued between October 2010 and last year and more than 21 000 drunk drivers arrested.

 

 

 

The third story that I came across is newsworthy. The Gauteng government has said that despite public protests they intend implementing e-tolling on Gautengs Highways come 30 April. I guess what depresses me about this story is that there has been massive public opposition to this across all spheres of our society and yet it's still going ahead. It looks like the public participation process counted for nothing. The Mail & Gaurdian reports:

 

The controversial e-tolling system will be rolled out on April 30 across Gauteng's highways, regardless of the intense public opposition, the Gauteng government said on Tuesday.

 

"In as much as we hear the objections against e-tolling, we believe we've done all we can in consulting and making concessions -- the time has come to implement this Cabinet decision," Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane told journalists in Johannesburg.

 

Despite a memorandum of demands calling for the complete scrapping of e-tolling being delivered to Mokonyane personally, the premier believes the system must go ahead.

 

"We are firmly of the opinion this is the only way these improvements could be funded. Our roads were not like this 10 years ago. It is our responsibility to pay what is due," Mokonyane added.

Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven said the labour federation would continue opposing the system.

 

"We cannot accept at this stage that the time for consultation is over and we'll do everything in our power within the alliance to reverse this decision to implement the tolls," Craven told the Mail & Guardian.

But, Craven could not confirm if Cosatu would carry out threats to barricade the citys highways if the system was implemented.

 

"Nothing is definite, but we're exploring all options," Craven said.