Category Archives: politics

Credibility issues

By 6000 | 6000 | March 29, 2012

As Sarah Britten penned an article documenting Helen Zille’s slow but steady meltdown on Twitter and with political commentator Eusebius McKaiser even suggesting: For its own sake, the DA might need a new leader. suddenly the rug has been smartly pulled from beneath DA supporters’ feet, as their previously solid and reliable leader seems almost to be [...]

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Feeling cheated…?

By 6000 | 6000 | March 27, 2012

I’m told by a usually reliable source that some readers feel cheated when they surf the internet and arrive upon the sandy shores of 6000 miles… only to find that a quota photo. Well… sorry for you. Hectic day in the lab, babysitting this evening, football match tonight. So here’s a sunrise that looks uncannily [...]

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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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When Fracking Goes Wrong…

By 6000 | 6000 | March 5, 2012

Saw this on twitter and had to share… When fracking goes wrong the environmental impacts aren’t as severe as when coal mining goes right. — Francois Fourie (@FrancoisFourie) March 5, 2012 This after an Econometrix report suggested that if estimates of the amount of shale gas under the Karoo were confirmed:  …it could provide the [...]

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City Falling Apart?

By 6000 | 6000 | February 16, 2012

Many people living in Cape Town gloat over the rest of the country, citing the efficiency of our DA-led City Council and Province as the main non-geological, non-geographical reason for their residence in the Mother City. And yes, when you compare it with Joburg and its rates bill debacle or Limpopo and its everything debacle. [...]

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