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Not looking twice…

By 6000 | 6000 | January 24, 2012

Oh dear. The DA Student Organisation have launched a new poster campaign – “in OUR future, you wouldn’t look twice” – and SA has gone utterly mental over the first release. The general reaction has been rather depressing to read, from accusations that it is racist, to complaints that the poster promotes sex, to terrifying [...]

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Alone

By 6000 | 6000 | January 23, 2012

It’s Monday, it’s raining in Cape Town and you might need something to get you going. Not going like a rocket, but just a chilled entry into another week. May I suggest the dulcet piano beats of Jasper Forks’ Alone?   I obviously like this track since it seems that I have looked it up [...]

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$aving

By 6000 | 6000 | January 22, 2012

A couple of weeks ago, Eskom warned us that we were once teetering on the edge of load-shedding (aka “rolling blackouts”) and that we must try to save as much electricity as possible to prevent this. People see this as counter-intuitive coming from the people who generate our electricity and therefore make more money when [...]

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First week nerves

By 6000 | 6000 | January 21, 2012

The first week back at school has gone swimmingly for the boy. But then he finds himself in familiar surroundings surrounded by familiar people. Monday was Scoop’s first day at “big school”. Before and even during arrival at school, she was excited and upbeat. I captured this as she lined up for the first time, [...]

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Red Hot Chili Peppers in South Africa in 2013

By 6000 | 6000 | January 20, 2012

Yes, apparently this time the rumours might be true: The Red Hot Chili Peppers are set to tour South Africa (ie. visit Joburg and Cape Town) in 2013. We’ve all heard that the Chilis will be playing in South Africa in 2010 before the World Cup and in 2010 after the World Cup and that [...]

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