“Breaking news. Into lots of little pieces.” That’s the brilliant tagline boasted by satirical news website Hayibo.com. Before I’d even read a headline I knew I was in the right place. Upon actually reading the articles I was even more impressed when they actually lived up to their claim. They really do shatter news in a most elegant way.
The witty social commentary of their articles serves as both an entertaining read and a critique of politics and world issues that make the news. With similes such as, “Mugabe is like dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight - it's nice from far, but far from nice,” who can help but to pay attention? Of course, we could simply watch satire on TV; as Hayibo.com states, “The SABC already has a dedicated news satire show, in which parodies of government ministers behave outrageously without consequences. It is broadcast nightly at 7pm and is called The News.”
Nevertheless, the site is well worth a visit and I’d recommend it to anyone with a sense of humour and a dislike of the political shizzle that we have to put up with all the time.
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