Category Archives: this is south africa

Ten Years

By 6000 | 6000 | October 7, 2011

I remember going and watching some comedy festival or other soon after I arrived in SA back in 2004. One of the British comics there was poking fun at the low cost of living here and the favourable exchange rate, tying it in to a sign he’d seen near Cape Town: Please Do Not Feed [...]

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The 6000 miles… Coldplay review

By 6000 | 6000 | October 6, 2011

So, after months of waiting, last night was it. Me, Mrs 6k and 53,000-odd others seeing Coldplay at the Cape Town Stadium. I’ve done several concert reviews on here before and I’ve learnt that that people like the whole package, so let me share my experiences with you. Don’t care for words, and just want [...]

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Portside: Going up!

By 6000 | 6000 | October 5, 2011

Construction of what will be Cape Town’s tallest building at 150m and 34 floors, Portside, has begun. You’ve been able to read about it here for ages, but now, thanks to the webcam of (very) local resident Wannabe Bond, you can watch it too. I have it on good authority (his) that he’s doing some [...]

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QR codes at Stodels

By 6000 | 6000 | October 5, 2011

On Sunday morning, I was told in no uncertain terms by my 5 year old son that it was time to plant some more veg in the vegetable patch, so I took the kids down the road to Stodels to buy some seedlings. And it was while we was there that we came across this: Alex [...]

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Coldplay in Cape Town: transport & event details

By 6000 | 6000 | October 3, 2011

This sort of information is always done to death on the local interwebs, but even after numerous big events there still remains a subsection of the stadium-visiting public who reckon they should be able to drive up to the stadium gates, park by the turnstiles and simply pop in – and then get pissed off and [...]

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