Category Archives: emigration

Old SA flag at Force v Cheetahs game in Perth

Presented without much comment simply to answer the many people on Twitter asking how visible it was on TV. This visible: It could be worse, these morons could still be in SA.

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Nine

Today marks nine years since I arrived on these shores as a refugee, immigrant, expat, comeover, whatever you want to call it. While I can’t say that it’s been a smooth ride throughout each of those 3,288 days, I’ve never regretted making the move. Now I find myself with a beautiful and supportive wife, two [...]

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Looking back: The Daily Mail Weather Outlook for 2012

This goes out to @StephanieBe who is heading out to the UK shortly and read this morning that… er… the UK is about to face its coldest winter for 100 years. Stephanie is Saffa born and bred. Her genes aren’t cut out to cope with cold Decembers. Stephanie is afraid. Fortunately for Stephanie, that “coldest [...]

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Cape Town is Africa’s Most Liveable City

Africa.com has declared – after strenuous research – that Cape Town is Africa’s Most Liveable City, stating: Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, let alone Africa, having already won a number of prestigious international travel awards. It’s where most people in South Africa wish they lived. It possesses all [...]

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Meanwhile, in Nylstroom…

(…which is actually now called Modimolle): Please excuse the poor English. Yes, there is a hippopotamus trapped in a swimming pool in Limpopo. And no, this never used to happen in Sheffield. UPDATE: Not to be outdone, the DA in Cape Town has revealed that it’s not just ANC-controlled municipalities that have hippo issues: Residents [...]

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