Attie Heunis's Journey

The ramblings of a Caucasian African American

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Originally from South Africa’s magnificent Eastern Cape, my family and I now reside in Pennsylvania in the United States. To earn my keep I’m an executive for a multinational company in the Healthcare sector. I’m also a serious amateur photographer. Pro-environmental and conservation views.

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  • Paul Potts het my laat tjank soos ‘n girl

    Vandag toe soek ek vir ‘n Luciano Pavarotti opname van Nessun Dorma. Ek kry toe ‘n clip wat al 8 miljoen hits gehad het. Dit het heeltemal sin gemaak want hy is sekerlik die beste tenoor van ons tyd. Maar wat vir my vreemd was was dat daar ‘n ander opname van Nessun Dorma deur…

  • The column that got Bullard sacked

    Here, word for word, is the column that got respected journalist David Bullard sacked. It is available at its original location at The Sunday Times, but since he has already been sacked I’m not sure how long this column will still be available online. I think Bullard just got fed up with the “blame the…

  • Elke loop (op video)

    Ons het vanoggend Elke se eerste treë op video vasgevang. Met die hulp van tegnologie kan lesers dit ‘n paar uur later sien. Die is ook toevallig my eerste Youtube upload.

  • “Grootste diamant” te goed om waar te wees

    My onmiddelike reaksie toe ek van die ontdekking van die “grootste” diamant hoor was moet dit nou net nie weer vir die Pommies gee nie! Maar nou reken ek dis miskien ‘n liegstorie. Van die bestuur van die maatskappy wat die diamant ontdek het was betrokke by Holland Moorehouse, ‘n tyddeel maatskappy wat bankrot geraak…

  • Youtube tiger attack

  • New low for Carte Blanche

    I couldn’t believe my eyes and ears this week when Carte Blanche aired a Gert van Rooyen story that was about as believable as Girvan Lubbe’s malaria watch. I was dismayed that Ruda Landman put her name to this nonsense. This is not investigative journalism – there were no cold hard facts whatsoever! Clairvoyancy form…

  • Amnesty International fights the fight

    Amnesty International has warned that the internet “could change beyond all recognition” unless action is taken against the erosion of online freedoms. According to Amnesty International the “virus of internet repression” has spread from a handful of countries to dozens of governments, said the group. Readers of this blog will know that I am passionate…

  • Major movie excitement: Golden Compass

    I saw the trailer for Philip Pullman’s Golden Compass (aka Northern Lights) for the first time last night and it gave me goosebumps! I didn’t even know they were making the movie yet so this was great news; the bad news is that it only has a release date of December (damn – so long…

  • De La Rey by Bok van Blerk – eeeiiisshh!!

    One of the bigger talking points in South-Africa (specifically the Afrikaans community) at present is the song De La Rey by Bok van Blerk. I must say that I liked the song after the first time I heard it but I didn’t have a clue what it was about – it just sounded good. Since…

  • Afrikaans op SA TV

    Tans is daar ongelukkig meer sleg as goeie Afrikaanse programme op Suid-Afrikaanse TV. Die SABC se Afrikaanse dekking sou snaaks gewees het as dit nie so ernstig was nie. Hulle verkrag eenvoudig ons taal. Kim Cloete kan NIE Afrikaans praat nie en tog gee sy verslag op omtrent elke 2de item op die Afrikaanse nuus.…