Tag Archives: south africa

Computicket app now available for Android users

By 6000 | 6000 | August 22, 2011

No huge fanfares here, this app does exactly what you would expect it to do. And that’s cool because the computicket website is a pain to use on a handheld device. With this, you can browse listings and events and check seating plans before buying your tickets via their secure server. All very nice, very [...]

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Watch your cheese

By 6000 | 6000 | August 22, 2011

After the young firebrands such as Malema and Shivambu have had their say, in steps “oily creature“ Andile Lungisa, ex deputy-Pres of the ANCYL and now chairman of the National Youth Development Agency, with his loud words and hot air. Well, mainly hot air, anyway. In a speech at the Black Management Forum young professionals’ summit in [...]

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I’m not dead…

By 6000 | 6000 | July 25, 2011

“He says he’s not dead!” So begins the dialogue in Scene 2 of Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. That’s a British comedy film, full of utterly ridiculous scenarios – like a bloke who’s not dead being taken away because some relative thinks he knows better. Some say that, even by Monty [...]

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No energy

By 6000 | 6000 | May 30, 2011

Ah, electricity. The elixir of the Gods. It remains a touchy subject here in SA, with the constant threats of load-shedding as we approach winter. (And believe me, we’ve been doing some serious approaching today.) At the heart of this is the fact that while we want to use lots of electricity, we don’t have [...]

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Coldplay in SA in October

By 6000 | 6000 | May 7, 2011

UPDATE: Confirmed! Coldplay to play Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday 5th October 2011 and Johannesburg FNB Stadium on Saturday 8th October 2011. Ticket prices range from R270 – R635 for each venue. Tickets available from THURSDAY 12th MAY AT 9AM Computicket, www.computicket.com, 083 915 8000 ______________________________________________________________ The rumour mill has been at full tilt for [...]

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