Category Archives: in the news

On hijacked tourists

By 6000 | 6000 | November 15, 2010

Eish. Bad news – unless you’re @emmaturd or the Daily Mail – the much-publicised story of British tourists hijacked in Gugulethu over the weekend and the subsequent murder of one of them. The Daily Mail report, strangely full of apparent fact and devoid of any major hysteria (although I very much doubt that Lieutenant Colonel [...]

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Jacques puts matters straight

By 6000 | 6000 | November 12, 2010

I’m only an occasional reader of the Mail & Guardian, but when I do give myself the opportunity and can find the time, it’s generally an interesting read. Last week I was rather shocked and disappointed by Andile Mngxitama’s column “The face of white supremacy” in which the writer accused Gareth Cliff of being racist [...]

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Going Postal

By 6000 | 6000 | November 11, 2010

Incoming from The Telegraph: Finland’s postal service is to begin opening household mail and sending scanned copies of letters by email to cut down on costs and pollution. Yep: Not even the most intimate love letters, payslips, overdue bills and other personal messages will be spared under the controversial scheme. The service, aimed at cutting [...]

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Good value?

By 6000 | 6000 | November 11, 2010

Much anger this week in South Africa as it emerged that the cost of police protection for ANCYL President Julius Malema for 12 months to October 2010 was R886,668.54 – once again, people are ranting first and then (not) thinking later. In a written reply to a parliamentary question by Pieter Groenewald of the Freedom [...]

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NASA Comet Picture Probe Success

By 6000 | 6000 | November 5, 2010

Remember when NASA bombed the moon? We all survived and it was a huge anti-climax, but one thing that did come out of it was the infamous high-five fail from LCROSS mission HQ: Ouch. Well now their scientists have had more success with the photographing of the Hartley-2 comet after a close encounter… somewhere… out [...]

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