(1) Sometimes it can seem as if the history of the City is the history of its crises and disasters, from the banking crisis of 1825 (which saw undercapitalised banks collapse – perhaps the closest historic parallel to the contemporary credit crunch), through the Spanish panic of 1835, the railway bust of 1837, the crash of Overend Gurney, the Kaffir boom, the Westralian boom, the Marconi scandal, and so on and on – a theme with endless variations.
(2) Abbott told parliament last week’s police raids came after “an Australian [Isis] operative instructed his followers to pluck people from the street to demonstrate that they could, in his words, ‘kill kaffirs’ ”.
(3) One senior contractor told me, on condition of anonymity, that a South African contractor told him killing an Iraqi was just like "shooting a kaffir".
(4) There are already people who think of us as kaffirs [infidels], and a primetime documentary airing these opinions will only inflame that view and provide justification for sectarian hatred and violence."
(5) Plush sofas, theatrical curtains and funky lighting from competing chandeliers give the place an aesthetic that serves as the perfect setting for fusion martinis such as Rozameltini (pisco, kaffir lime and fresh blueberry juice, £8) or Mirotini (Grand Marnier, pisco, passion fruit and raspberry juice, £4.80).
(6) Her dinner companion, who describes herself as a 16 years old, replied: “uh wanna behead some kaffirs [non Muslims] now”.
(7) And Wally Serote, a leading poet and writer, suggested the painting was no different to labelling black people "kaffirs" – a highly offensive term.
(8) • iheartfalafel.com Carte Blanche Pretty much defying categories, this ultra-cute trailer's owner, Jessie, says the style of cooking is "completely our own", mixing it up with a dizzying range of eclectic components: kaffir lime leaves in coconut milk to rosemary beets and beer-braised ribs.
(9) "They say: 'You're just a kaffir, an American collaborator," he says.
(10) During Nelson Mandela's presidency, he notes, "it was the only city in which he was met with a placard that referred to him with the K-word [the taboo term "kaffir"].
(11) A friend heard a white fan, at Pretoria's Loftus Versfeld stadium, insult an official repeatedly with the word " kaffir " when he was prevented from bringing his own beer into the stadium.
(12) After 2013, he returned and began calling all those around him ‘kaffirs’ [unbelievers],” his brother says.