Category Archives: annoying people

Not blameless

By 6000 | 6000 | November 26, 2008

The flyers for last night’s Cape Argus newspaper were still clinging to the streetlight poles in an act of abject defiance against the gusty south-easter as I crawled my way in to work this morning, decrying (amongst other stuff) another accident involving a city cyclist and a motor vehicle. Once again, in this rather unfair duel [...]

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Chair man set to sue

By 6000 | 6000 | October 28, 2008

The interwebs in South Africa was set ablaze last week by the unfortunate incident which befell the Chairperson of the Finance Portfolio Committee, Nhlanhla Nene, live on SABC2. To cut a not ever so long story short, the chair he was sitting upon (as you do) while being interviewed, collapsed. And his job title – Chairperson [...]

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Cape Town “still here”

By 6000 | 6000 | October 6, 2008

Following the arrival of the American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Theodore Roosevelt in Table Bay over the weekend, demonstrations by daft environmental groups have stepped up at Cape Town harbour. Earthlife Africa spokesperson Keenen van Wyk said that although there wasn’t much they could do to stop the vessel from entering South African waters, they would protest outside [...]

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That Zapiro cartoon

By 6000 | 6000 | September 9, 2008

Ever since The Sunday Times published the “rape” cartoon that the entirety of South Africa is now talking about (that would be Sunday), I have been literally inundated with an email asking what 6000 miles… readers should say when asked about it, in order to remain “on message”. This cartoon was removed at the request of [...]

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Brian and his failing neighbourhood

By 6000 | 6000 | August 14, 2008

One of the few sites I unfailingly enjoy reading is Brian Micklethwait’s eponymous blog. It has a unique combination of a blend of subjects and topics that generally interest me, together with an endearing, informal, almost narrative writing style. It’s easy, interesting, pleasurable reading. However, even by his usual high standards, I felt that Brian excelled himself earlier this week. And I would have written [...]

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