Brendan Seery How about: I would be shocked – but there’s no electricity or, slightly funny but hugely accurate, Eskom – hello darkness my old friend ? “Cape Town: Because God needed a
place to put the weirdos and snobs.” Photo for illustration: EPA-EFE/NIC BOTHMA T-shirts and coffee mugs are great places to run slogans and, if they’re clever enough, you could make yourself some pocket money on the side. The idea of slogans – on T-shirts and posters, mainly – was something which really took off in the ’60s and ’70s when the world was torn by wars and revolutions. The hippies wanted to “Make love, not war” and there were plenty of other pacifist statements… “War is good business, invest your son”; “War is not healthy for children and other living things” “Draft beer, not studen