Tag Archives: DA

Fed up

By 6000 | 6000 | September 15, 2011

I remarked the other day that recently, SA politics has become depressingly depressing. Far too much foolishness and sabre-rattling from individuals elected to serve the population. Far too much emphasis on race and racism, sex and sexism, this-ism and that-ism. Far too much jumping to conclusions. Far too little actually sitting down, talking to each [...]

7 Comments | Also tagged , , , , | Posted in annoying people, in the news, politics, this is south africa

Day off

By 6000 | 6000 | May 19, 2011

With Mrs 6000 away on conference in warmer climes, visitors from overseas in the lab and a 4 hour long tantrum of utterly spectacular proportions from the smallest child, it seemed entirely reasonable to take a brief time-out. With Local Government Election results coming in, it’s not like anyone would have read anything I had [...]

Leave a comment | Also tagged , , | Posted in politics

Cold fronts and warm klaps

By 6000 | 6000 | May 9, 2011

Ah, the Cape winter. Bringing with it days of endless sunshine and temperatures in the low to mid twenties. Well, not usually, but that seems to be what’s happening at the moment. The first (and possibly second) of the infamous South Atlantic cold fronts that bring wind, rain, wind and rain to the Mother City [...]

1 Comment | Also tagged , , | Posted in politics, this is south africa

Election confusion

By 6000 | 6000 | April 20, 2011

With the municipal elections just 4 weeks away, the ANC have launched a new tactic to confuse the local electorate into voting (presumably) for them. A couple of weeks ago, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe admitted that the party had no chance of winning the Cape Town Municipality from the incumbent DA: At first, I thought that this was [...]

6 Comments | Also tagged , , , | Posted in politics, this is south africa

Tony Leon on Concubinegate

By 6000 | 6000 | May 22, 2009

Former DA leader Tony Leon spoke out today on the Concubinegate affair (that’s my name for it, anyway), in which current DA leader and Emperor of the Western Cape, Helen Zille had a pop at Jacob Zuma’s habits of sleeping around. Whatever “sleeping around” actually means. Floyd? It’s an excellent analysis of the situation, drawing on his years [...]

1 Comment | Also tagged , , , | Posted in elections, in the news, politics, this is south africa
myScoop