Comments on: Some more real good news about SA!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:57:33 +0000

I’m a returned South Africa, back in Cape Town for 9 months now after 13 years in the UK. South Africa is a much nicer place to live than the UK IMO. You get to see and be immersed in REAL life, not some sanitised version of life where you don’t have to think too much about the problems of the world where you are easily assimilated into the mass of consumers driving between shopping malls and eating junk food (why do you think people get fat after living in the UK for a while), while spraying themselves and their homes with anti-bacterial chemicals. Nah, give me easily accessible mountains, beaches, creativity and craftiness (‘n boer maak ‘n plan), a braai, a sunny afternoon and some good old fashioned dirt anyday.

By: Keryn

Keryn — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:49:47 +0000

HI again Mark
I know this is an old post but having read your more recent one yesterday I did a bit of backtracking.
It seems to me that your post is as relevant in today’s GFM (Global Financial Meltdown) world as it was in South Africa last year (I was there last year visiting family and just reading the headlines made my hair stand on end). I entirely agree that journalists should start reigning in it and be held accountable for psychological damage – this constant outpouring of gloom does nothing to help the situation but only serves to disempower.
Words are a powerful tool – look how they have served Obama in shaping history and how people like Michael Moore have used them as vehicles for positive change.
Im linking you to my website – when I can find it – and joining you in this crusade.

may the force be with you.

Keryn

By: Caron

Caron — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:42:53 +0000

I luuurve reading your stuff.
I do have one suggestion (small … but huge if you get my drift) – change the name of the ‘million man march against crime’ to the ‘million man march FOR PEACE’. Focus the attention, energy and intent on what we do want (always in the positive) and not what we do not want.
So if you want to initiate a march or campagin, make it FOR whatever you want, and not against the thing you don’t want.
This small thing will make all the difference.
peace bru
Caron

By: Agor

Agor — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:05:30 +0000

Have looked up the Cape Times page, but the stoooorey about ‘one in five of all citizens wanting to emigrate’ sounds like “wors” journalism. (It must be the sceptic in me?)
For starters, if you eliminate the too young (65) to even “contemplate contemplating” emigration, almost one in three of the remaining “eligible” age group of citizens would have to be considering emigration!!! (15 – 65 age group only makes up some 64% of all population)

I also wonder if the author remembered to include in the survey anyone from the ‘under R5,000 p.m.’ income group (like the MAJORITY of SA citizens, daaaaaa)?!
I am holding my breath for the next Cape Times headline: “Emigration – the most frequent topic of conversation on Golden Arrow busses”.

I have recently read a book “How to lie with statistics” and this one sounds like a study-case to me…

Hang high!
Agor
Australia (just kidding…)

By: Rouvanne

Rouvanne — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:32:30 +0000

Hey Mark! Awesome stuff – love your chilled way of looking at things!

Wanted you to know that I have added you to my Blog links, with the hope that you get 1000′s of hits (nice ones) in the future!

Welcome to the blogsphere!

Mooi skoot!