Tag Archives: south africa

Fly the flag – could do better

By 6000 | 6000 | March 1, 2010

The Fly the Flag campaign is another event to mark an important day in the countdown towards the World Cup. There are just 100 days to go before the tournament starts on June 11th and South African Tourism is asking people to get excited about it. And why not? Although, I do have a problem with [...]

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 are a [...]

2 Comments Also tagged helen zille, vuvuzela, World Cup 2010 |Posted in World Cup 2010, annoying people, politics, that's a bit mad, this is south africa

A Day of Twitter in South Africa

By 6000 | 6000 | February 25, 2010

There have always been a lot of discussions about the use of social media service twitter in South Africa. Apparently allegedly, there are those who tweet too much, over-utilising and polluting the service; those under-utilisers who tweet too little. Then there are the ones that use it for work – the creative types, the geeks, the [...]

16 Comments Also tagged twitter |Posted in Recommended site, annoying people, this is south africa

Peter Delmar – Greed killing our World Cup prospects

By 6000 | 6000 | February 4, 2010

Following on from my Ashanti Lodge post (and their manager’s “charmless reply“), this from Peter Delmar in The Times yesterday: You can stay at the two-star B&B for under R600 a night per room, including breakfast, which is about as much as it’s worth. But, the proprietor told me, she was doubling the price for the World [...]

7 Comments Also tagged accommodation, rip-off, World Cup 2010 |Posted in World Cup 2010, annoying people, this is south africa

Busy Day

By 6000 | 6000 | January 23, 2010

Today always promised to be a hectic day – from appointments in the morning, lunch with football friends and an afternoon at the Stadium through to the fancy dress party in the evening. Hence I am utilising the somewhat risky, but very helpful “scheduled post” option on WordPress. And I’m giving you a quota photo of the all-new, [...]

Leave a comment Also tagged Cape Town, football, green point stadium, World Cup 2010 |Posted in World Cup 2010, flickr, quota photo, sport

Tag Archives: south africa

Fly the flag – could do better

Helen talks mainly sense

A Day of Twitter in South Africa

Peter Delmar – Greed killing our World Cup prospects

Busy Day

@6000 on twitter

recent entries

post from the past

cash cow

recent comments

what i read

visitors