A place to submit your stories of failure in Africa. Rule: you must provide at least ONE alternative idea, or suggestion, on how this could have been a success.

What was your name again? Dar-es-Salaam?

Posted: July 21st, 2009 | Author: anonymouse | Filed under: Government Fail | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Aparently towns go visiting Parliaments all willy nilly.

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I would suggest that they pay more attention to their work, yes?

Thanks to @nairobinotes for the heads up.


All Relegius

Posted: April 1st, 2009 | Author: afromusing | Filed under: Company Fail, Sign Fail | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Snapped in Newtown. Newtown, which is ironically one of the oldest parts of Joburg

Eheh, yes, All Relegius

This post was submitted by afromusing.


African School Bus: FAIL

Posted: March 6th, 2009 | Author: Ukwelii | Filed under: Company Fail, Picture Fail | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

Tinted windows? Really? C’mon…That’s just wrong now.

Mini-Bus? No, More like Mega-FAIL!

This post was submitted by Ukwelii.


Chair FAIL Turns Nene into Interweb Celebrity

Posted: February 26th, 2009 | Author: anonymouse | Filed under: Failure, Funny, Product Fail, Video | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

When a chair that probably had seen better days decided to go asunder, right under the very eminent Mr. Nene, who at the time was being interviewed live in studio on SABC2’s A View from the House, it shot him to instant interweb celebrity.

The horror of it all as he looks, desperately hopeful that there would be no aftershocks after the initial thunderous crack as some seemingly important bits of the chair suspension gave in followed seconds later by the full collapse right in the middle of his reply.

What I think takes the cake here is that the presenter skipped right onto the next news item like dude had not a scant instant previously, vanished under the desk! A right trooper, I know I would have definitely joined him under the table clutching my sides as I laughed my head off.

He was apparently retrieved and handed a new chair and the interview proceeded after a short ad break.


Magic Goat Detained for Armed Robbery

Posted: February 22nd, 2009 | Author: Bwana Fail | Filed under: Funny, Government Fail, Picture Fail | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

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“Magic Goat Detained for Armed Robbery: A goat is being held in police custody in Nigeria on suspicion of an attempted robbery of a Mazda 323 car.”