Category Archives: this is south africa

Jump!

By 6000 | 6000 | March 4, 2012

My wife stepped off the Lions Head in Cape Town this morning and floated gently and gracefully down towards Clifton beach. For non-Capetonians, that’s the mountain in question on the right and Clifton on the left. For Capetonians, I’ll post the hospital visiting hours on here shortly… UPDATE: More photos here. And a video here.

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Meanwhile, in Randburg

By 6000 | 6000 | March 2, 2012

…midget revenge is the only form of revenge that works these days. Presented (almost) without comment: SA man seeks midget to kick ex A Randburg man has posted an advert in which he would like a midget to kick his ex-girlfriend on the shins on the Gumtree classifieds website. “I was recently dumped and require [...]

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When is a shark net not a shark net?

By 6000 | 6000 | March 1, 2012

Well, when it’s an EXCLUSION NET, obviously. Colour me educated by the sharkspotters website: Yesterday, 29 Feb 2012, the City of Cape Town issued a press release of a proposal to trial an exclusion net in Fish Hoek Bay (http://sharkspotters.org.za/media-release-city-to-consider-a-proposed-trial-installation-of-a-shark-exclusion-net-for-fish-hoek-beach). Almost immediately shark nets (as used in KwaZulu Natal) were confused with the proposal of [...]

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Koeberg siren is just a test: Eskom

By 6000 | 6000 | February 29, 2012

Much panic in Cape Town about the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station emergency sirens sounding, but don’t worry – it’s just a test: Koeberg Emergency Plan Siren Test 29 February 2012 A full volume siren test of the Koeberg Public Warning System will be conducted in your area on the morning of 29 February 2012 between 10:00 [...]

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Max’s thoughts on Mandela’s death

By 6000 | 6000 | February 29, 2012

I read this in yesterday’s Cape Times, but couldn’t find it anywhere online until this morning. I’m reproducing it here in full because I feel that it’s a great read, bringing together a number of previously undocumented, yet actually fairly obvious ideas and notions around what will doubtless be a very emotional moment in time, and expressing [...]

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