Monthly Archives: September 2009

Cape to be stripped of power?

By 6000 | 6000 | September 30, 2009

Seriaas? Seriaas. Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Sicelo Shiceka has warned the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape provincial government that they will be stripped of their powers if they fail to deliver basic services to poor residents soon. Of course, the Western Cape is the only Province not to be [...]

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Last crane

By 6000 | 6000 | September 30, 2009

In a symbolic moment, the last tower crane at Cape Town’s Cape Town Stadium in Green Point was dismantled yesterday. The plethora of tower cranes have become a feature on the Green Point skyline over the last couple of years. The handover date for the stadium is just 10 weeks, and while there’s still work [...]

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Perfect timing

By 6000 | 6000 | September 29, 2009

Huge props to England’s cricketers who have timed their demise to perfection so that I can get the end of their Jo’burg ODI out of the way and flick straight to channel 203 for Fiorentina v Liverpool. At one point, it looked as though they were going to allow New Zealand to finish a bit [...]

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Who do you support?

By 6000 | 6000 | September 28, 2009

Following England’s magnificent ICC Champions Trophy victory over South Africa in Centuwiwon last night, they find themselves in the semi-finals while the hosts find themselves dumped out of the competition. And I find myself with a bucketload of upset Saffas all over my England-supporting back. Which is actually a bit unfair. I will (and do) [...]

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Bit distracted

By 6000 | 6000 | September 27, 2009

Sorry if I seem a bit distracted this evening. It’s kind of tough to write a blog post when your wife is constantly (garage) waving stuff at you asking where things must (loft) go because she is (bin) determined to complete her spring cleaning effort – filing the last boxes of “stuff” which was stored (bin) in various cupboards all [...]

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