Monthly Archives: November 2008

Bus troubles again

The Mercury of November 25, 2008, reported that the Durban bus service could come to halt next January. The bus operator Remant Alton has apparently not receive national transport subsidies from December to March. The company apparently gets R11.5 million … Continue reading

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Websites with Jimdo

This article published out of sequence because it was accidentally deleted. In the last year or so, I’ve looked at a number of supposedly easy website creation and hosting services and, this week, it’s the turn of one called Jimdo. … Continue reading

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Doing the video thing

Making my own videos has never been a great priority for me although I have now started to think that it would be a good idea for use in documenting interviews which have historical. There is an awful lot but … Continue reading

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**So easy your granny can use it

For more years than I can shake a stick at, I’ve been going to listen to speeches or interview people and then having to go home or back to the office and write up a story. It’s easy enough to … Continue reading

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Another blue-light incident

The Sunday Tribune of November 16, 2008, reported the occurrence of another blue-light incident on the N3 near Pietermaritzburg. A member of the VIP Protection Unit has been arrested for shooting at the tyres of a Mazda car when it … Continue reading

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Freak storm hits Link Hills and Molweni

The Independent Online reported on November 15, 2008, that a freak storm had torn through residential areas in Molweni and Link Hills near Durban, and had damaged hundreds of low-cost houses and killed at least eight people, leaving thousands homeless. … Continue reading

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Fire at Engen refinery

The Engen refinery in Durban will be closed for four weeks after a fire, according to the Mercury of Friday , November 14, 2008, which reported that a fire had broken out the day before and is likely to cost … Continue reading

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Snippets from the week

The Mercury of Monday, November 10, 2008 reported, amongst other things, that: The city hall organ, which is unserviceable as reported here, is not going to be fixed. This according to municipal manager Michael Sutcliffe, who said that fixing the … Continue reading

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An angry white man?

Some while ago, our city manager Dr. Michael Sutcliffe was accosted by an irate ratepayer while he and his wife were having Sunday breakfast (I seem to remember) in a restaurant. A letter from Dr Sutcliffe was subsequently published in … Continue reading

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Point watersports good news

The Mercury of November 7, 2008, reports that a long-running acrimonious disagreement between the city and various watersports clubs based around Vetch’s Pier has been solved. The Durban Point Development Company and the city were very keen to get the … Continue reading

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