Category Archives: economic issues

Sasha Martinengo to leave 5fm – The (un)official press release

By 6000 | 6000 | February 8, 2012

There was much chatter yesterday on the social networks and then today came the confirmation that DJ Sasha Martinengo will be leaving 5FM at the end of March, after being with the station for 17 years. Here’s what their press release said (sort of): 5FM is sad to announce that, after 17 years on air, [...]

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Africa stats

By 6000 | 6000 | February 3, 2012

Bit short of time today, so here’s a photo of the front cover of a calendar from KPMG. 60% of world cocoa production, 20% of global gold production and shedloads of shale gas. What’s not to like? (apart perhaps for that 3% of global GDP figure…)

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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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City releases 2012 Load Shedding Schedules

By 6000 | 6000 | January 9, 2012

…and inevitably causes widespread panic and discontent. As is their wont, in fact, since Eskom is currently struggling with huge demand and very limited supply. This is probably down mainly to the ridiculous heatwave that has crossed the country and the increased use of air-conditioning – especially in office buildings and the like – as [...]

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I shall be quiet tomorrow

By 6000 | 6000 | January 5, 2012

That’s because I’m using my last R4 of Vodacom airtime to post this. Tomorrow, back in range, I shall revert to my MTN SIM and contract cellphone usage. And then, tomorrow evening, back in Cape Town, I shall revert to the wonder of broadband internet. Who ever said that this place wasn’t civilised? (Although if [...]

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