Tag Archives: jo'burg

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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“Flying down stock from Jo’burg”

By 6000 | 6000 | May 16, 2010

One of the most annoying things that has been particularly annoying me lately, aside from all the other annoying things that have been annoying me (and there have been a few) is the whole “we’re flying down some stock from Jo’burg” thing. I’ve come up against this wall a couple of times in the last [...]

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The Killers tickets “sold out”

By 6000 | 6000 | August 28, 2009

Golden Circle tickets for The Killers’ Jo’burg concert at the Coca-Cola Dome on Friday 4th December have sold out – barely two hours after officially going on sale. Recession? What recession? However, at the time of writing, Golden Circle tickets for the Cape Town concert on the 6th at the Val de Vie Polo Estate are still available. [...]

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Clarkson on Jozi

By 6000 | 6000 | March 2, 2009

Jeremy Clarkson has been to Johannesburg. And he didn’t get mugged, hijacked, shot, stabbed or killed in any way whatsoever. I could reproduce the whole article here, but I won’t – click his name if you want that. Meanwhile, here’s just a little taster. Jo’burg has a fearsome global reputation for being utterly terrifying, a lawless [...]

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