Monthly Archives: December 2009

A negative end?

By 6000 | 6000 | December 31, 2009

The plan was to end off 2009 as this blog has seen 2009: a look forward with typical realistic optimism to what 2010 has to offer for South Africa. And then the Mail & Guardian reproduced this little gem from The Guardian in the UK. It’s one of those opinion pieces which is written with a cheeky [...]

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Muizenberg quota photo

By 6000 | 6000 | December 30, 2009

Loads done today and still loads to do, so please enjoy a quota photo of a busy, hazy and generally lazy Muizenberg Beach, taken this morning. More pictures of Muizenberg and the people on it, including my kids (obviously), here.

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The curious case of the ex-South Africans

By 6000 | 6000 | December 29, 2009

Here’s an interesting article from Ilham Rawoot in this week’s Mail and Guardian (one of very few that actually made it in – the Christmas issue was rather thin). Martine Schaffer, managing director of Homecoming Revolution, a non-profit organisation that encourages and aids the return of skilled expatriates estimates that two million South Africans live abroad – [...]

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Yoghurt Covered

By 6000 | 6000 | December 28, 2009

Yoghurt Covered Apricots:  Yoghurt Covered K-pu: 6000 miles… recommends Skip Washing Powder.

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What were the skies like when you were young?

By 6000 | 6000 | December 27, 2009

What were the skies like when you were young? They went on forever – They – When I w- We lived in Arizona, and the skies always had little fluffy clouds in ‘em, and, uh… they were long… and clear and… there were lots of stars at night. And, uh, when it would rain, it [...]

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