Life and stuff / Vivo kaj aĵoj Vox 2008-05-08T05:22:39Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22522b27d549d/ Made in the southern hemisphere / Farita en la suda hemisfero South Africans cheated and lied to... again! tag:vox.com,2008-05-08:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00f48cf5ebf70002 2008-05-08T05:22:39Z 2008-05-08T05:22:39Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This is a Sapa piece on an article in yesterday's Business Report. I make no comment: Eskom skimps on SA May 7, 2008 Johannesburg - In the three months to March, electricity exports rose as much as 6.1 percent year-on-year, while electricity d...

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]]> QotD: It's Too Late to Apologise tag:vox.com,2008-05-08:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00e398f78eb80005 2008-05-08T04:58:30Z 2008-05-08T05:00:42Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Forgiven

Has anyone ever done something so horrible to you that "I'm sorry" couldn't fix it? Jesus said: "For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father ...

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]]> The government gets more of your cash tag:vox.com,2008-05-06:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00e398f6da560004 2008-05-06T04:25:02Z 2008-05-06T05:21:39Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Please sir, may I have some more?

This from this morning's Eastern Cape newspaper Daily Dispatch: A QUARTER of the petrol price will be taxes and levies when May’s 55c per litre increase takes effect from midnight tonight. Tomorrow’s increase includes a 20c per litre increase i...

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]]> QotD: Cinco de Mayo tag:vox.com,2008-05-06:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00e398f6d9e50004 2008-05-06T04:17:21Z 2008-05-06T04:18:22Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Are you celebrating Cinco de Mayo? What's that? Some kind of American mayonnaise?

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]]> Shiver me timbers! tag:vox.com,2008-05-05:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00f48cf4fc8b0003 2008-05-05T04:25:24Z 2008-05-05T04:26:07Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

It's pretty cold out here!

What a cold long weekend! The temperatures plummeted to such an extent that we pulled out the winter clothes and blankets. Winter arrived with a bang. It was a good break from work nevertheless. Among other things, on Thursday we spent some time...

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]]> The shortest week I can recall tag:vox.com,2008-04-30:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00f48cf370c60003 2008-04-30T09:51:12Z 2008-04-30T09:52:52Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

What the weekend holds in store

It really is an odd week here in South Africa. Monday was a public holiday because the 27 April Freedom Day fell on Sunday. Tomorrow is the 1 May Workers' Day holiday, and then Friday has been declared an extra public holiday because two holidays...

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]]> News & Politics QotW: Election Media Coverage tag:vox.com,2008-04-30:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00f48cf3707e0003 2008-04-30T09:46:28Z 2008-04-30T09:46:28Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The Obama and Clinton campaigns receive non-stop media attention; how do you think the press is doing with its coverage of the democratic nominee process? LOL - it's not getting that much coverage over here. We have our own problems to worry ab...

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]]> Culture QotW: Rising Petrol Prices tag:vox.com,2008-04-30:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00f48cf365de0002 2008-04-30T09:44:37Z 2008-04-30T09:47:49Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Petrol price

Will the rising cost of petrol change your winter travel plans? I was not really planning to do much driving this winter, but I'll certainly think twice before going on any photo expeditions that involve more than the usual travelling distances...

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]]> Elephants to be killed tag:vox.com,2008-04-30:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00f48d121bf20001 2008-04-30T08:29:13Z 2008-04-30T08:29:13Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom My home country, South Africa, has not culled elephants for 13 years. That will change from tomorrow. South Africa's 13-year moratorium on elephant culling was set to be lifted on Thursday to combat a surge in population numbers, despite an outc...

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]]> Don't pet the lions! tag:vox.com,2008-04-29:asset-6a00c22522b27d549d00f48cf3099b0003 2008-04-29T04:36:09Z 2008-04-30T00:45:01Z Scotty http://scotach.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Female Lion Looking to Her Side

All is well again, with the minister of home affairs having returned home on Friday afternoon from her trip to New Zealand, which she enjoyed immensely. We spent the Freedom Day long weekend relaxing at home to give her a chance to recover from ...

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