Category Archives: annoying people

Goodbye Gianluca

By 6000 | 6000 | December 9, 2011

Oh dear. A final appeal to be allowed to finally appeal is turned down:  A private company, which built the R2 million Gianluca Vialli Soccer Centre at Sea Point High School, has lost an application for leave to appeal a Western Cape High Court judgment ordering it to cease operating the facility. This means the [...]

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New Pet Peeve

By 6000 | 6000 | December 8, 2011

This one’s pretty simple: people taking video of school events on iPads (or any other 10″ tablet, for that matter). We all like to have a visual record of our children’s school shows. Hell, I’m there like a bear with my camera and the good old Sony camcorder, frantically recording each and every moment for posterity and [...]

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All mouth and no trousers?

By 6000 | 6000 | December 7, 2011

Big words from the Western Cape Transport MEC Robin Carlisle this week on two new plans to improve road safety in the Province. Firstly, he outlined plans to institute huge fines for parents who do not belt their children in when they are in the car. And those driving on the roads of Cape Town [...]

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Monbiot goes Nuclear

By 6000 | 6000 | December 6, 2011

George Monbiot has a moment of clarity: It’s a devastating admission to have to make, especially during the climate talks in Durban. But there would be no point in writing this column if I were not prepared to confront harsh truths. This year, the environmental movement to which I belong has done more harm to the planet’s [...]

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Hoax emails hurt

By 6000 | 6000 | December 5, 2011

…as I’ve said before. I don’t expect that anyone who reads my blog forwards this sort of junk on anyway – you’re all far too intelligent, right? (right?!?). Thus, I really don’t expect this to make much of an impact in the greater scheme of things, but the trouble is that some people do believe [...]

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