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Credibility issues

By 6000 | 6000 | March 29, 2012

As Sarah Britten penned an article documenting Helen Zille’s slow but steady meltdown on Twitter and with political commentator Eusebius McKaiser even suggesting: For its own sake, the DA might need a new leader. suddenly the rug has been smartly pulled from beneath DA supporters’ feet, as their previously solid and reliable leader seems almost to be [...]

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6 months on…

By 6000 | 6000 | March 8, 2012

UPDATES in the comments section below. …and a day, because I forgot to post this yesterday. Remember this post, when I suggested that things are slowly but surely falling apart in the City of Cape Town. Well, here’s a good example – a pothole on a shared pavement/cycle path that I reported back on the 7th September last year. [...]

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Dan’s PR disaster

By 6000 | 6000 | August 20, 2010

With the second biggest event of the year due to take place in Cape Town this weekend (remember that World Cup thing we did?) and following on from his extraordinary comments over the Makhaza toilet saga, City Mayor Dan Plato has lurched into yet another PR disaster.  Helen Zille was always going to be a hard [...]

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Helen doesn’t love me anymore

By 6000 | 6000 | July 5, 2010

Oh for a politician with a sense of humour. Or at least one with my sense of humour. It’ll never happen. We had a great time at the game on Saturday. Beers and prego rolls at &Union, heated debate over the Luis Suarez handball, the awesome Cape Town fan mile and then an entertaining, if [...]

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Helen talks mainly sense

By 6000 | 6000 | February 26, 2010

Grand Emperor of the Western Cape, Helen Zille has been talking up a storm after a police briefing on World Cup security. She warned of the dangers of sensationalist media and their attempts to stoke up negative sentiment about the country and the tournament. Well said, Helen. We warned you about that over 3 months ago. “There [...]

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