Monthly Archives: August 2010

“…these things can happen to anybody”

By 6000 | 6000 | August 31, 2010

“It is an unfortunate reality that these things can happen to anybody” The words of Springbok Rugby Coach Peter de Villiers, quoted in this morning’s Cape Times on the Bees Roux incident in which the Bulls’ prop is accused of beating a Tshwane Metro Police Officer to death in the early hours of Friday morning. [...]

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Last of LotSW

By 6000 | 6000 | August 30, 2010

I can’t tell you how sad this is for me: The world’s longest-running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine, comes to an end this weekend. In the Yorkshire town where the series is set, fans are preparing to bid farewell to a TV institution. On a soggy afternoon in Holmfirth, the Last of the Summer [...]

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Double Header

By 6000 | 6000 | August 28, 2010

I was at the well-organised, well-attended and most enjoyable “Loving Local” PSL Double Header at the Cape Town Stadium last night – the first big event there since the World Cup semi final in July. Cape Town’s PSL new boys Vasco da Gama were edged out 2-1 by Orlando Pirates in the first game and [...]

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Heavy Sacks

By 6000 | 6000 | August 27, 2010

Flicking through the Cape Times yesterday, I noticed a half-page ad for Cape Union Mart, the local camping, hiking and general outdoor sports suppliers. The ad in question (pictured here) detailed the wide variety of rucksacks which they sell, complete with stats on each and a brief blurb listing the features of the pack in [...]

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Just doing your job?

By 6000 | 6000 | August 26, 2010

Or: “Why you need to be nice to people in Cape Town“. This is a bit of a personal story, but there’s an important message in it (I think), so I’m going to bore you with it anyway. A few months back, the company I worked for closed its doors “for operational reasons”, meaning that [...]

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