Category Archives: in the news

Cape Party make huge strides on “Turn Cape into France” effort

By 6000 | 6000 | March 26, 2012

Regular readers will remember last year’s infamous Cape Party want to turn the Cape into France Shock! post, in which I suggested that, shockingly, the Cape Party wanted to turn the Cape into France and which was revived recently by commenter Lourens Camphor’s fantastic PERHAPS YOU ARE A BABY!!! allegation: Check the party emblem and compare the shape [...]

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What exactly happened up at the university?

By 6000 | 6000 | March 16, 2012

Ah, the bizarre otherworldliness of the Southern Suburbs Tatler letters page. We’ve mentioned it here several times before, but yesterday’s edition gave us no less than two (2) examples of just how odd the folk that write into this freebie rag are. Firstly, a simple and straightforward request from Douglas Rose-innes of Rondebosch: I am [...]

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Sabotaging Heikki

By 6000 | 6000 | March 15, 2012

With March comes the fantastic news that some men in expensive cars will be repeatedly driving around a track behind some other men in expensive cars for the next few months. This – as those of you who spotted the sarcasm in the line above – doesn’t fill me with awe, but what is quite [...]

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City to frack CPD?

By 6000 | 6000 | March 14, 2012

Wow. This is huge. The contents of a previously confidential and completely fictitious City of Cape Town report which were revealed during routine business in the Western Cape High Court this morning look set to cause outrage across the city. The report, commissioned late last year, outlines details of plans to move the Cenotaph from its [...]

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Cosatu march route: Cape Town

By 6000 | 6000 | March 6, 2012

Via the Mail and Guardian: Cape Town Cosatu march, Wednesday 7th March 2012 from 10:30am. The route for the Cape Town march against labour broking and urban toll roads on 7 March 2012. Cosatu expects up to 30,000 people. Traffic disruption will start during late morning rush-hour, but the crowd should be dispersed by mid-afternoon. [...]

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