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Cosatu march route: Cape Town

By 6000 | 6000 | March 6, 2012

Via the Mail and Guardian: Cape Town Cosatu march, Wednesday 7th March 2012 from 10:30am. The route for the Cape Town march against labour broking and urban toll roads on 7 March 2012. Cosatu expects up to 30,000 people. Traffic disruption will start during late morning rush-hour, but the crowd should be dispersed by mid-afternoon. [...]

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In Durbs

By 6000 | 6000 | August 11, 2010

Durban greeted me like a well worn sock: warm, grey, slightly moist and rather grubby. There was also an overpowering smell of cheese. Possibly anyway. I’m out here doing some training for staff at one of the local government hospitals. And I’ve decided that I quite like Durban. The rolling hills and general unkempt state [...]

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Never give up

By 6000 | 6000 | February 6, 2008

In some ways and despite its somewhat amusing headline, the Cape Times story which I read this morning was rather sad. But you just can’t help but read a piece entitled:  Escaped mental patient stones police and jumps into Durban harbour. The fact that someone is so ill and so out of their mind that they have to [...]

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