Category Archives: emigration

When Hendo’s met Freddy

By 6000 | 6000 | September 26, 2010

Many of you will remember the DIY Biltong post from a few weeks ago. Well, since then I have experimented with many different sorts of meat and many different blends of spices in an attempt to create the world’s best raw-meat based snack. And while I was getting there slowly, my efforts received a huge [...]

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Last of LotSW

By 6000 | 6000 | August 30, 2010

I can’t tell you how sad this is for me: The world’s longest-running sitcom, Last of the Summer Wine, comes to an end this weekend. In the Yorkshire town where the series is set, fans are preparing to bid farewell to a TV institution. On a soggy afternoon in Holmfirth, the Last of the Summer [...]

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Positive thoughts from Gordon Gilbert

By 6000 | 6000 | May 31, 2010

I don’t have too much to add to this excellent interview with footballer Gordon Gilbert - ”The Jock who became a Bok” - from The Scotsman: Although he was brought up in Scotland, Gordon Gilbert was born in South Africa, where he now lives and works. For a few weeks every summer, he is back in Perthshire, telling people what it [...]

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Models of Perception

By 6000 | 6000 | May 22, 2010

With the World Cup just 19 days away, we have had a utterly superb spell of weather in Cape Town. Lest you forget, since we are in the bottom half of the world, geographically speaking, the tournament is going to fall right in the middle of winter here. And, since probably the biggest medium-term benefit of hosting 31 [...]

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Reuters joins the bandwagon

By 6000 | 6000 | May 5, 2010

Oh PLEASE! Tourists in South Africa including soccer fans heading to the World Cup must guard against mosquito bites and avoid contact with raw meat due to an outbreak of Rift Valley fever, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Many tourists visit South Africa’s game parks and the WHO warned visitors to avoid contact [...]

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