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Whose Fault Is It Anyway?

By 6000 | 6000 | February 28, 2012

Part – indeed much – of my journey home from work features the M5 and much of that journey is usually rather slow. It gives me a chance to have a look around at the fetid industrial heartland of Cape Town, before I head down into the leafier suburbs further south. As I’ve mentioned once [...]

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Leaving Newlands

By 6000 | 6000 | February 26, 2012

As in… “I wish WPRU were…” But that’s not what this is about – later in the week for that one. This was taken yesterday evening as we were heading down the back of the Danie Craven stand at Newlands after the Stormers v Hurricanes game. If we’d left earlier (or later), the moon and [...]

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Sail

By 6000 | 6000 | February 23, 2012

Sail by Awolnation isn’t paying homage to SAIL-StadeFrance, the ex-operators of the iconic Cape Town Stadium. But it is still a damn fine tune involving a million pizzicato stringed instruments. You might also want to follow up with the debut album Megalithic Symphony: You may recognise the song from Jeb Corliss’ “Grinding The Crack” video, which is [...]

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Cape Town parties as Anele moves on…

By 6000 | 6000 | February 23, 2012

CAPE TOWN: People partied in the streets of the Mother City until the early hours of this morning as news broke that DJ Anele Mdoda was to move from 5FM back to Highveld Stereo, following the ever-popular Sasha Martinengo out of the national broadcaster. Anele will be joining other hilarious celebrity presenters at Highveld such [...]

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On South African Seaside Homes, Part One

By 6000 | 6000 | February 21, 2012

Warning! This Post Contains Some Bad Language. For years now, those South Africans who can, have taken their money and invested it in often hideous second homes by the sea. Freed from the constraints of day-to-day urban dwelling, they let themselves go in every way, shape and form, resulting in the architectural ruination of towns and [...]

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