Living In SA

Pascal Parent on August 31st, 2009

It’s not every day that I blog about news, in fact I have tried to avoid it since the re-launch of “Only in South Africa” and focus, on puns intended, on photography. There are days I feel like sharing thoughts and today the urge has won over my better judgment. Rea vaya Bus Rapid Transit [...]

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Pascal Parent on April 28th, 2009

Nanado’s Chickenland has released a new ad in South Africa just before the elections, using Julius Malema, the president of the ANC Youth League, as a cornerstone.

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Pascal Parent on April 17th, 2009

The South African elections are happening on the 22nd of this month, literally around the corner. And here are my thoughts on the parties and candidates. African National Congress [http://www.anc.org.za/] Possibly the largest party in South Africa lead by Jacob Zuma. The ANC has not learned that they should die, like all other parties of [...]

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Pascal Parent on March 19th, 2009

I have been living for about 6 years in my house and have found various crawling and flying insects and spiders in my bathtub but today took the awards. I must first explain to you that I live next to a conservation area, the advantages are great as I have a rather large bird life [...]

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Pascal Parent on March 16th, 2009

In Bandwidth in South Africa – Part 1 – Cost I discussed the cost implications of the consumer internet and as we saw it did not come cheap. In this part I will be discussing the usage trends. It took awhile to get the statistics and I can safely say that they represent a reality [...]

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Pascal Parent on February 26th, 2009

A new survey shows less than half of African National Congress supporters think party president Jacob Zuma is innocent of corruption. I read this and I have a simple question to ask, why is he put forward as a candidate for the presidency and why is he the President of the ANC? Seriously? Eyewitness News: [...]

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