Filling you in on the absurdities of life in Cape Town: the trials and tribulations of fatherhood, the utterly futile search for decent customer service, daily encounters with bizarre South Africanisms and why no-one believes me when I tell them about the zebras

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Top Gear Live – Cape Town

By 6000 | 6000 | January 31, 2010

Last night we headed out to the Grand West Arena, which - in a fit of misnomers – is not particularly spectacular and lies to the east of here – to see the Top Gear Live Roadshow. The tickets weren’t cheap, but were actually excellent value: what a hugely entertaining experience. Explosions, stunts, laughs, fun, even international [...]

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There’s talk of emigration in the air

By 6000 | 6000 | November 10, 2009

Remember when we used to hear that at all the dinner parties, the braais, on the television and in the papers? The ZumaRumas™. The dangers of another ANC government. Chasing the whites out of the country. Murdered in our beds. How South Africa was going to become “another Zimbabwe”. I never did get a firm date for any of those [...]