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Welcome back bongzino...long time no see umhlobo wam! The W800i, guessing from what I see at the gym, is quite a popular phone in South Africa- probably because it was really the first music phone available locally. The one that you have has probably been cursed.
@da krypsta: Maybe my English is failing me...did you say you watched the game while driving? BTW, I didn't watch it I'm not a fan of either of those teams.
@da wanqsta: Since I'm also a journo, I'd find it quite interesting what kind of take any newspaper over there takes on the issue of land distribution. Just from seeing the headline, it's seems that this particular newspaper is taking a sensationalist view on the issue of land distribution.
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[ This Message was edited by: brix25 on 2006-05-22 14:29 ]
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Posted: 2006-05-22 15:18:19
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The W800 is discontinued at Vodacom, certain stores will still have stock, should they run out of stock, they cant get more.
We all know that buying a phone at a dealer cash will always be higher than normal.
Vodaworld has it for R55 pm X 24 months!! that decent right??
Anyways the W850 was in the Davinci code, who watched it??
Was it because of all the bugs it have? Or they just had enough it was not making good sales?
I admit this fone is a one worse case scenario phone I've ever owned.
Nope coz the W810 will/is released!
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Posted: 2006-05-22 15:29:15
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Forgot to say, I like the note at the bottom of that Spur ad...South Africa sure is a land of gluttons and they seemingly take their bad habits with them when they leave these shores.
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Posted: 2006-05-22 15:33:18
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lol, my bad, Brix. That post of mine really was a bit cryptic (pun intended!). I meant that i'd been listening to the game on the radio... I love this life far too much to drive and watch a screen...
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Posted: 2006-05-22 18:50:00
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Some Durban taxi drivers actually do watch tv while driving.
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Posted: 2006-05-22 20:14:00
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@ da brixta,
Here's that newspaper's site:
http://www.southafrican.co.uk/default.aspx
Yeah, I'd say that particular newspaper is semi-sensational, but then again this pales into virtual insignificance compared to the biggest selling,gossip-loaded, uber-sensational UK tabloids like The Sun. I find it tragic that this drivel-laced daily read is bought by so many millions of sensation-craving saddo's on this island, and they seemingly swallow the gumf that this shallow, pathetic form of media presents them. Tragic indeed.
There is another free weekly SA newspaper (SA Times), which gets all their info from The Star (in SA) on a weekly basis.
Here's their site:
http://www.southafricatimes.co.uk/
There is also a relatively thick, loaded magazine called the TNT,which has solely hard news and sport from SA and the 2 antipodeon communities, with shed-loads of travel, work, accommodation etc. adverts in it.
http://www.tntmagazine.com/uk/
WRT The Spur ad, LOL yeah, can't say I'm too surprised to see that at the bottom of the ad.
On a more serious note, some of the behaviour of certain 'Saffas', as they call us, leaves a lot to be desired, and there was a forum banned on a big UK website,which caters for SA/NZ/Oz and others re work, accommodation, freebies, for sale etc. called
http://www.gumtree.com (owned by eBay). The thread had been entitled 'Gas The Saffas' and in particular targeted the Afrikaans-speaking Whites (which are the majority of SA citizens here), generalising them as 'racist jaapie pig farmers' etc. The thread was closed down after a whole 48 hours had lapsed, and as you can imagine, provoked quite an outcry. Yes, perhaps this issue was also sensationalised extensively, but (unfortunately)I can't say I'm totally or absolutely surprised.
Funny though, I've been here about 7 years so far and I have never ever been confronted for being a White SA citizen and neither has my wife.
Mutual respect is earned; I live by this.
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Posted: 2006-05-22 21:58:33
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I heard about the Gumtree debacle after reading a couple of articles in a newspaper and YOU magazine.
Having read a couple of forums aimed at white expats one gets the impression these folks are in a perpetual state of depression, bad news from SA seemingly the only antidote...I once even discovered a site discussing the "Boer Genocide", I wonder what they'd make of Rwanda and Auswitchz.
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Posted: 2006-05-22 22:16:00
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Exactly.
I have no time for the ex-pats here who have such a dogmatic 'no-hope' outlook for SA, and who utilise the bad news from SA as a means to quantify and justify their decision to move abroad.
Unfortunately I've met some elements of SA citizens who, apart from having the pessimistic outlook as it is, try further justify their reasons for being here as "om die Engelse te melk net waar ons kan, net soos hulle ons land so verneek het in die Boere Oorlog ens. .." Oh FF's sake...!
Obviously I want to see SA prosper and continue to be such a beacon country in so many ways for Africa.
I'm a White Engilsh-speaking SA citizen living in the UK. I am proud to be a SA citizen. I am here as there was no way I could see myself living in someone else's granny flat (like 4 of the younger staff in my old school in EL) because my SA teacher's salary was so meagre. BUT I don't use this to cast a total doom n' gloom picture of SA. Nor do I try and pass blame when I don't know all the facts.
I came here to initially see what this place could offer me within my chosen profession. I've worked damn hard to get where I am, and the Poms have really looked after me; I cannot deny this. I cannot really complain and this is not just because of the exchange rate. They offered me EC-Qualified Teacher Status, enabling me to teach anywhere in the EU, they invested heavily in me with training and and numerous leadership responsibility incentives, etc. I count myself fortunate to be in a damn good school here.
As I've mentioned in this thread before, money ain't everything, but it helps. Dual citizenship will ensure my options are completely open too; unless the SA government rethinks this again.
If I was a good business entepeneur, I would love to be able to create opportunities for myself in SA. I miss home and in particular sleepy li'l EL.
But I do not have regrets for moving here. If I was a millionaire (in Pounds
), I'd be back in SA for good. Period. That's not to say I don't enjoy living here and making the most of what life here offers, but as the very old cliche goes, there's no place like 'home'...
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Posted: 2006-05-22 23:00:36
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Not that The Wanqing One is a wine connoisseur at all, but most big supermarkets around here have a dedicated SA wine section in their alcohol aisles:
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Taken with the P900 in the local Tesco earlier this evening.
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Posted: 2006-05-23 00:12:42
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Good point there wanqa...The whingeing poms got you a better deal and you'd be stupid not to take it with both hands...at this point the black elite start going on about patriotism blah, blah, blah but if you're a health professional in South Africa and listen to the drivel being spewed by our Health Minister every time she gets on a stage you'd also want to leave the country for the sake of your own sanity. At times it boggles the mind thinking of all the stupid things that she has said, not to mention the utterances of Msholozi, wannabe president.
There's no doubt that SA is on the way up but the government's treatment of Aids has been shocking to say the least...that's my only frustration with South Africa at the moment because
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Posted: 2006-05-23 10:03:42
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