Category Archives: in the news

Bits & Pieces

By 6000 | 6000 | June 2, 2009

There are too many things running around my cluttered mind right now, so it’s time to unload, discharge, release, ejaculate, drop and roll them back into the water; it’s time to declutter with a bits and pieces post. If you want to know more – go explore. I’ll give you the tools. 1. The owner of a small [...]

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More on those whales

By 6000 | 6000 | June 1, 2009

Well, this looks like one of those stories that – much like the whales – isn’t going to go away until a digger picks it up and dumps it on a truck bound for the local landfill site.  The outcry over what was and what wasn’t done to help the beached creatures, together with the [...]

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Tony Leon on Concubinegate

By 6000 | 6000 | May 22, 2009

Former DA leader Tony Leon spoke out today on the Concubinegate affair (that’s my name for it, anyway), in which current DA leader and Emperor of the Western Cape, Helen Zille had a pop at Jacob Zuma’s habits of sleeping around. Whatever “sleeping around” actually means. Floyd? It’s an excellent analysis of the situation, drawing on his years [...]

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Incoming

By 6000 | 6000 | May 14, 2009

Cape Town’s first big storm of the year is due this weekend, described on surfers’ website Wavescape as follows: A moerse storm smacks Cape Town this Saturday with the first of a double frontal burst – the first serious beast of the season… just look at the length of the wind below. Basically it’s a [...]

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Three reasons why we’re all buggered

By 6000 | 6000 | May 13, 2009

I had one reason why we (South African residents) were all buggered when I left home this morning. Now I have three. By the end of this post, I may have even more. But I’m not going to change the title, as that would merely serve to confuse readers even further. 1. A letter to The Times: [...]

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