Category Archives: emigration

There’s talk of emigration in the air

By 6000 | 6000 | November 10, 2009

Remember when we used to hear that at all the dinner parties, the braais, on the television and in the papers? The ZumaRumas™. The dangers of another ANC government. Chasing the whites out of the country. Murdered in our beds. How South Africa was going to become “another Zimbabwe”. I never did get a firm date for any [...]

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Every day…

By 6000 | 6000 | November 5, 2009

Every day, I am blown away by the beauty of the mountain. (When it’s visible and not hidden behind shedloads of dark grey cloud, obviously.) This was from my drive home tonight. Full size with option of spankingly large desktop background size here. Pedants (you know who you are): This doesn’t count as a quota [...]

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Who do you support?

By 6000 | 6000 | September 28, 2009

Following England’s magnificent ICC Champions Trophy victory over South Africa in Centuwiwon last night, they find themselves in the semi-finals while the hosts find themselves dumped out of the competition. And I find myself with a bucketload of upset Saffas all over my England-supporting back. Which is actually a bit unfair. I will (and do) [...]

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Bit distracted

By 6000 | 6000 | September 27, 2009

Sorry if I seem a bit distracted this evening. It’s kind of tough to write a blog post when your wife is constantly (garage) waving stuff at you asking where things must (loft) go because she is (bin) determined to complete her spring cleaning effort – filing the last boxes of “stuff” which was stored (bin) in various cupboards all [...]

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Out of the Frying Pan (2)

By 6000 | 6000 | July 2, 2009

(Not to be confused with my original Out of the Frying Pan post from February last year) I’m in two minds whether to fly this evening. We’re packed, we’re all checked in, our hosts are ready and waiting, the weather looks good and the boy can hardly wait and is literally twitching with mounting anticipation, but then [...]

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