Category Archives: in the news

How to help a municipal worker

By 6000 | 6000 | September 24, 2009

Following online news reports covering this morning’s plane crash in Durban, I have gained new insight into what action to take in the unlikely event that a small twin-engined aircraft should crash-land in my neighbourhood, skidding over an unfortunate municipal worker in the process.          Pictures: Gcina Ndwalane via iol.co.za My first reaction – being trained in first [...]

10 Comments | Tagged , , |Also posted in annoying people, that's a bit mad, this is south africa

England to be based in Rustenburg?

By 6000 | 6000 | September 22, 2009

Simon Austin on the BBC Sport website claims that “agreement has been made in principle for England to stay in Rustenburg next summer”. Rustenburg is not a big place. I went to Rustenburg once, but it was closed. Fortunately, we continued west along the N4 and ended up in Zeerust, with its friendly drive-thru bottle store. [...]

7 Comments | Tagged , , , , , |Also posted in this is south africa, world cup 2010

Hope for Bafana yet

By 6000 | 6000 | September 17, 2009

Ask any (non-whining) South African about the World Cup next year and they’ll tell you two things: Firstly, it’s going to be brilliant, exciting, amazing; and secondly, Bafana Bafana don’t stand a chance. We’re talking cat in hell, snowball in hell, fishcake in… hell (?) stuff here. No chance. At all. Not even a little [...]

6 Comments | Tagged , , , |Also posted in annoying people, politics, positive thoughts, sport, this is south africa

183 days late…

By 6000 | 6000 | September 16, 2009

I was delighted to see that cover article of this week’s Sunday Times Magazine was about the Pet Shop Boys and even more delighted to read that they have a new album “out now at selected retail outlets”. And that’s great stuff, because there will always be a place for cheesy electronica. Imagine then, my disappointment as I [...]

4 Comments | Tagged , , |Also posted in music, this is south africa

Bloke dies after being ill for some time

By 6000 | 6000 | September 15, 2009

A chain-smoking man died yesterday after being ill for some time. The 57 year old man’s career was in acting and he had starred in several films including one about dancing and another one about a ghost. Some people pretended to be very sad about the man dying, even though they didn’t really know him at all. [...]

29 Comments | Tagged , , |Also posted in annoying people
myScoop