Category Archives: economic issues

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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So backward…

By 6000 | 6000 | November 15, 2011

Astounding news today that the Western Province Rugby Union (WPRU) have blocked the much anticipated “exhibition” Heineken Cup game between Saracens and Biarritz from being played at the Cape Town Stadium, stating: The WPRFU Executive Committee decided that the home of rugby, Newlands, would stage this historic match. According to the South African Rugby Union [...]

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Visiting your local city market this weekend?

By 6000 | 6000 | October 28, 2011

Like this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one or this one? After all, they’re all so individual, aren’t they? *cough* But why not? Or rather – why? We believe that, in spending ludicrous sums on this wonderful food, we are making a stand against The [...]

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Private Eye on shale gas

By 6000 | 6000 | October 20, 2011

South Africa isn’t the only country to have potentially economy-changing amounts of shale gas underneath it. The UK has some too. According to the usually politically-left In The Back section of Private Eye magazine: Cuadrilla, the gas exploration company drilling for shale gas in Lancashire, has announced its discovery of 200 trillion cubic feet of gas – a [...]

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Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert Schedule 2011/2012

By 6000 | 6000 | October 18, 2011

The Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert Schedule has been released which does mean that summer is just around the corner, but sadly, looking at the line up it’s much of the same-old, same-old but this time with an R80 or R100 price tag. This is, of course, ignoring the Parlotones, who demand a R125 entry fee because they didn’t make enough [...]

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