Category Archives: emigration

Goal.com Traveller’s Guide To South Africa: Crime And Safety

By 6000 | 6000 | April 30, 2010

It’s actually very difficult to get an objective view on crime and safety in South Africa. As with many subjects, it depends on the perceptions of the individual as to what sort of report you’re going to get. And those reports will range from the hysteria of the ex-pat in Perth to the firmly-staying-put South [...]

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Race war still not happening

By 6000 | 6000 | April 16, 2010

After the recent hugely disappointing news that South Africa’s eagerly anticipated (by the press) Race War had been postponed due to a lack of protagonists sunshine, many people have been getting in touch with us here at 6000 miles… asking when exactly the rearranged date for the Race War is. Well, I was heading out to buy [...]

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Call off the World Cup!

By 6000 | 6000 | April 13, 2010

…and evacuate the country! Because, after much seismic activity around the globe this year, it seems that an expert has predicted the country is almost certain to be hit by a major natural disaster.  And it could strike during this summer’s footie tournament!!!!!! Yes, expert Dr Chris Hartnady thinks SA is about to be hit by an [...]

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What now?

By 6000 | 6000 | April 4, 2010

Even as the Easter Bunny (me) was busy laying bunny tracks and eggs in the back garden at dawn, news was filtering through of the murder of Eugene Terre’Blanche. Now, while Eugene was not a terribly nice bloke by any stretch of the imagination, he was still (genetically, at the very least) a human being [...]

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Long weekend, part one

By 6000 | 6000 | April 2, 2010

Ah. The opportunity of four days of rest & relaxation. Ja, right. Easter weekend used to be the time that spring started in the UK. Not this year, I hear. But while spring cleaning the garden was the norm there, I find myself doing the same here, despite the fact autumn is setting in – [...]

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