Category Archives: emigration

National pride

By 6000 | 6000 | February 8, 2009

The Six Nations rugby tournament kicked off yesterday, with England beating Italy 36-11 and Ireland beating France 30-21. I’m not a big fan of rugby, which is one reason I will probably never be allowed to become a South African citizen. While England top the table after their triumph, the performance was apparently nothing to write [...]

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Actually not that bad

By 6000 | 6000 | February 6, 2009

I’m pleased to announce that I have made a full recovery from yesterday’s very mild bout of homesickness, which was brought on by the snow back in the UK. A couple of beers overlooking a Table Bay sunset last night and a trip up the R27 during a top secret (and failed) lunchtime mission - on which I got lost and [...]

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A February admin post

By 6000 | 6000 | February 5, 2009

Look at the title: This is an admin post. No – I don’t like them either, but they are necessary evils to keep you informed and to remind me what I did and why I did it. Keep reading – you might learn something. Without wanting to give too much away (just in case the [...]

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Should Expats be able to vote?

By 6000 | 6000 | January 27, 2009

With an election imminent, as with any political party in any country, each of the political parties in SA is working out how best to maximise their chances of not losing too heavily to the ANC. Apart from the ANC, of course. Their tactic seems to be to not give a toss what happens because they’re [...]

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SA’s UK Drug Hell!

By 6000 | 6000 | January 21, 2009

Or should that be UK’s SA Drug Hell? SAA: powered by weed (allegedly) As fifteen flight and cabin crew from the daily SAA Jo’burg to Heathrow flight were arrested after 50kg of cannabis was found on board, South African rugby player Matt Stevens, now living and “working” in Bath, UK, failed a drugs test and looks [...]

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