Monthly Archives: November 2008

SA’s HIV policies revisited

By 6000 | 6000 | November 30, 2008

Since Thabo Mbeki’s resignation and the big cabinet clearout in honour of my birthday in September (who can even guess what the ANC may get me next year?), we have been blessed with a new Minister of Heath, Barbara Hogan. Babs (as she may or may not be known to her friends) has paradoxically inherited one [...]

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Amanda’s China Challenge 2009

By 6000 | 6000 | November 28, 2008

A friend who has had a tough last couple of years, fighting and winning her battle with breast cancer, is doing something positive to help others fight and win their battles with the condition. And now you can help her: If you’re in Cape Town next week: please take time out to support the China Challenge Auction and [...]

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Not blameless

By 6000 | 6000 | November 26, 2008

The flyers for last night’s Cape Argus newspaper were still clinging to the streetlight poles in an act of abject defiance against the gusty south-easter as I crawled my way in to work this morning, decrying (amongst other stuff) another accident involving a city cyclist and a motor vehicle. Once again, in this rather unfair duel [...]

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Postcards from heaven

By 6000 | 6000 | November 18, 2008

People keep coming on here and referring to this big storm which swept through the Western Cape last week and should really have ruined our holiday. To be honest, I’m slightly embarrassed to admit that we kinda missed it, leaving us mildly bemused by all the talk of holiday wreckage. Actually, Arniston was beautiful, sunny and [...]

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The most southerly blog post in Africa

By 6000 | 6000 | November 10, 2008

There are nearly a billion people in Africa. Maybe a hundred thousand of them write blogs. About 6 of those blogs are any good. And lucky you – you’re reading one of them. Might I suggest a quick dip on the lottery this evening? You are obviously on a roll. Anyway – why all these [...]

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