Tag Archives: south africa

Stuff I’m not doing

By 6000 | 6000 | February 17, 2011

Have some South African music – there’s a lot of good stuff around at the moment which deserves more exposure than it’s probably getting outside these borders. I can like to help with that a bit. This is Goodluck from Cape Town with their catchy tune Taking It Easy: and that’s exactly what I wish [...]

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7 Up

By 6000 | 6000 | January 23, 2011

Not the sugary carbonated “lemon” drink. That would be a ridiculous subject for a blog post. Although, as I’ve always said: “When life throws you E128 and E204, make 7-Up”. But no, today marks the day seven years ago that I arrived in South Africa and began my role as the country’s favourite import. It’s a [...]

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Notes on celebration

By 6000 | 6000 | January 1, 2011

Many people will be waking up this morning with stinking hangovers, but not me. We’ve effectively written off New Year’s Eve for a few years by having kids. Too much hassle, too much money (have you seen babysitter rates recently?) and it’s not like there won’t be New Years Eves when we’re ready and able [...]

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SA Xmas

By 6000 | 6000 | December 26, 2010

While many may say that there’s nothing like a traditional UK Christmas – dark nights, snow on the ground, roasted chestnuts and a local pub or seven – I’m very much getting used to Christmas in summer. We spent most of yesterday sitting around the pool, braaiing crayfish and drinking beer. And as today seems [...]

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The Soutpiel conundrum

By 6000 | 6000 | December 15, 2010

I get called a lot of names because of this blog. Some are nice, but probably most are not. The less pleasant ones dribble limply into the metaphorical pond, like water off a duck’s back. But there’s one which is fairly regularly used each and every time I make any criticism of South Africa (that being the [...]

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