Monthly Archives: September 2008

Sick Toddler?

By 6000 | 6000 | September 30, 2008

Is your toddler running a high fever? Does he have a history of copious vomiting in these situations? Here’s a comprehensive list of what foodstuffs not to feed him: Cherry jelly I’m sure there are others, but at the mention of that first one, my brain has gone into an immediate and complete automatic shutdown in the interests [...]

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Whites want Zuma in now!

By 6000 | 6000 | September 23, 2008

In an extraordinary show of solidarity with ANC President Jacob Zuma, a poll today* suggests that a huge number of white South Africans want JZ to become President of the country as soon as possible. While this may come as a surprise to many political analysts, there is a very simple explanation: pronunciation. It seems [...]

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All change…

By 6000 | 6000 | September 22, 2008

So he was pushed to the very edge and now he’s jumped. Well, I say “jumped”: actually, it was more of a dignified step. Mbeki – gone: “Butchered”, no less. Yes, it’s big news, but it’s not bad news. It’s not even unexpected news after the Nicholson ruling on the Zuma case. Scandals, allegations, divisions, resignations: [...]

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South Africa: Places to visit in 2010

By 6000 | 6000 | September 19, 2008

Number 2. Brakpan, a mining town in Gauteng. The name Brakpan was first used by the British in the 1880s because of a non-perennial lake that would annually dry to become a “brackish pan”. While in the now defunct uranium mining town named after a dirty lake, you can visit the Gyproc factory, which produces almost [...]

6 Comments | Tagged , , | Posted in sport, this is south africa, tourism tips, world cup 2010

New Unbalanced

By 6000 | 6000 | September 18, 2008

I’m a t-shirt, trainers and jeans kinda guy. In fact, throughout winter, you’ll find me in little else, save for socks. Undergarments are a given, obviously – it’s just too dangerous for a bloke of my dimensions not to. In the summer, I’m more of a t-shirt, flops and shorts kinda guy, but this isn’t [...]

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