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Madonsela ‘concerned’ as DA requests run dry

By 6000 | 6000 | May 11, 2012

Public Protector Thuli Madonsela was said to have been “hugely concerned” by an apparent halt in requests from the Democratic Alliance for her office to investigate anything and everything to do with anything and everything. A spokesperson for the Office of the Public Protector stated: Ms Madonsela stated her concern to colleagues that there had [...]

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City Falling Apart?

By 6000 | 6000 | February 16, 2012

Many people living in Cape Town gloat over the rest of the country, citing the efficiency of our DA-led City Council and Province as the main non-geological, non-geographical reason for their residence in the Mother City. And yes, when you compare it with Joburg and its rates bill debacle or Limpopo and its everything debacle. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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