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Book Lounge & Albie Sachs
Left: Me and AlbieIn the presence of greatness at the Book Lounge in Roeland Street
Another brilliant night at our favourite book store!
Last night Judge Albie Sachs was there to talk about his new book, The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law. He was in conversation with none less than Kader Asmal.
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Need a laugh - look no further than Rob van Vuuren's new show in Cape Town...
Yes. He is back. He is bold. And he is damn funny. Rob van Vuuren has struck again, this time at The New Space theatre in Long Street, Cape Town. If you're up for a laugh, this is the spot to hit.Rob takes you on a journey through the anecdotes of his path to becoming the actor that he is today.
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Helene hits Hickville!
I arrived in Atlanta after what seemed a never-ending night from Jozi via Dakar to find long queues and immigration officials bent on checking everyone -
Hong Kong, August 2005 by Joe Murtagh
Hong Kong is absolutely fantastic. Have spent all day exploring. There's been torrential rain (it's even caused mudslides in and around HK and knocked down a load of trees) but it hasn't stopped me - no way! I got absolutely soaked today; an umbrella is pretty much useless when the rain is nearly going horizontal.
Looked around stacks and stacks of shops (there's no end to them, though they mainly seem to be clothes shops) and found the FT building, though it's not hard to miss because it's the tallest building in HK - the FT is 29 storeys up and the building itself has 88 storeys.
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Meandering through the Karoo
The Owl House in Nieu-Bethesda in the Karoo, a striking memorial to the sad story of Helen Martin
by Renier van Aswegen: It is warm sunny day in the dry Camdeboo region of the Great Karoo we spent the night last night in the tiny hamlet of Nieu-Bethesda, about halfway between Middelburg and Graaff-Reinet.
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Missing London
I have been asked so may times what I miss about London. After nine and half years there I know I must miss some things but I just couldn -
It is a NEW town!
When in Johannesburg recently for a night I was dragged, just about kicking and screaming, to Moyo in the Market Theatre Complex in Newtown.What an eye opener! No more kicking and screaming from me. I kicked and screamed (almost) because I had not been in Newtown for years and years and in my head it was still such a scary part of town.
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Port Elizabeth
Port Elizabeth is 5th top African/ME city for quality of life. Cape Town drops to 4th, from 1st last year. Cape Town, previously the city in the region with the best quality of living, has dropped substantially in this year's ratings (from 80 to 87 in 2009). This move follows violent riots in South Africa's main cities in 2008.
Super Grooves
Very shallow gene pool!
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FreshlyGround and Shakira, 2010 FIFA
