Monthly Archives: February 2009

Malema speaks sense

By 6000 | 6000 | February 4, 2009

Surely some mistake? But no. After the latest in the Jacob Zuma trial, as the case was put back (again) to August 2009 – significantly on the other side of the general election -  our friend Julius said:   When Zuma comes back to court in August he will come back as the president of [...]

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Chappies to open for Argus?

By 6000 | 6000 | February 3, 2009

I’m not a big fan of cyclists, generally. They clog up the local roads, ignore red traffic signals, weave and wobble all over the place and then moan when you hit them. Yes, some of my best friends are cyclists, but we know that if civilities are to be maintained during a braai or social curry, [...]

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No alarms and no surprises

By 6000 | 6000 | February 2, 2009

…please. Living in a fairly affluent suburb of Cape Town and with the perception of crime being so very high, especially amongst those who live in fairly affluent suburbs of Cape Town, we are surrounded by houses with a range of high-tech security systems, many of which regularly remind us of their existence for no reason [...]

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Parlotones at Kirstenbosch

By 6000 | 6000 | February 1, 2009

As promised (although I’m not sure by whom, to whom), we headed out into the blisteringly hot February sunshine to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens to see the ever-popular and completely sold-out Parlotones. I was disappointed. They weren’t up to their usual standard and they were much, much smaller than I remember them. This could have been [...]

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