Category Archives: politics

2 parties drop out

By 6000 | 6000 | March 11, 2009

It was with great sadness that I read on the news24.com election site that two of the parties which were to have fought in the upcoming elections on April 22nd had dropped out of the race to finish way behind the ANC. Not too many tears were shed regarding the loss of the Hlanganani Sakhe [...]

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More on that expat vote thing

By 6000 | 6000 | March 7, 2009

Thanks to Persona non grata, (who of course is always more than grata here on 6000 miles…) for his comment on the Trevor Mallach fake letter post, which – after some top class detective work*, I have discovered came from here. LONDON. South African expatriates living in Britain and the US say that they are unlikely [...]

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Sentence review

By 6000 | 6000 | March 5, 2009

Remember this? The story of the Labour peer and the waitress? Both of whom used mobile phones to send text messages while driving. Both of whom killed innocent individuals by ploughing into the back of their stationary vehicles. One of whom was given 21 months in prison, the other 12 weeks. It all seemed a bit [...]

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Two Hats in Hat Swap Shock!

By 6000 | 6000 | March 3, 2009

Cape Town Mayor and Leader of the DA, Helen “Two Hats” Zille has been nominated as the DA’s candidate for the Premier of the Western Cape in the forthcoming election. Speaking with sycophantic radio presenter John Maytham yesterday evening, Zille described the move as being “strategic” and expressed her wish for the DA to work “from [...]

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Trevor Mallach – fake letter

By 6000 | 6000 | February 25, 2009

It seems to me that the unacceptable practice of propagation of deliberate falsehoods to attain various objectives is becoming entrenched in our country. Thabo Mbeki, January 2009 A letter – which initially appears similar to Alan Knott-Craig’s brilliant first and not so great second - has been doing the rounds here in SA. It purports to be penned by [...]

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