Category Archives: economic issues

The World is in Cape Town

By 6000 | 6000 | December 29, 2011

It seems that way. Tourist numbers have never been higher [awaits statistic-carrying doom and gloom merchants with evidence to the contrary]. Everywhere is PACKED! For some reason, we decided to take a trip down to the V&A Waterfront yesterday to soak up some of the Christmas spirit, see some fishy stuff, play some cave golf [...]

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Heads up for dishwashing parents

By 6000 | 6000 | December 28, 2011

Just a quick Public Service Announcement from your genial hosts here at 6000.co.za: Pick & Pay are currently stocking finish powerball™ dishwasher tablets (x30) with a free Madagascar 2 : Escape To Africa DVD included. You can’t use it to wash your dishes, but at R84.95 for the 30 tablets or R84.95 for the 30 [...]

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Political Soundbite of the Day

By 6000 | 6000 | December 13, 2011

We don’t do politics very often on 6000 miles…, but we are more than happy to share excellent political soundbites like this one whenever they come along: So all the UK is isolated from is an impending disaster: the eurozone will fragment with countries leaving and debt defaults. It is like being as isolated as [...]

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The 5 Best Toys Of All Time

By 6000 | 6000 | December 13, 2011

At a time when parents start panicking about Christmas gifts for the young ones, please enjoy this review of “The 5 Best Toys Of All Time” on Wired.com. Here at GeekDad we review a lot of products — books, toys, gadgets, software — and I know it’s impossible for most parents to actually afford all [...]

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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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