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Panic! (no, don’t)

By Donovan Jackson Deep in the icy grip of colds and flu (remember that television advert some years back, with an oke stuck in an ice cube?) something struck me. It was while I was driving, but luckily it wasn’t another road user. No, I was listening...

Published 10 Aug 2009 12:50 by Shine2010

Filed under: USA, Talk Radio 702, Swine Flu, pig flu, Midday Report, Mexico, Chris Gibbons
Our grass is very green

By Donovan Jackson To those of us who seem to think the grass is greener on the other side, spare a thought for the many overseas people who swear by South Africa. The several ‘overseas’ folks I know, mostly European, love this place and would...

Published 31 Jul 2009 9:32 by Shine2010

Filed under: South Africa, Swine Flu, Bheki Cele, 2010 property, Richard Branson, Jacob Zuma, Dr Nikolaus Eberl, football world cup, conspiracy theories
Don’t just ask for it, be the change

By Donovan Jackson Maybe one of the only joys of driving around in the cities these days is getting to listen to the folks at 702. I mean, how about this for entertainment ? Staggeringly good; Redi Direko is one of my favourite people to listen to. After...

Published 28 Jul 2009 9:25 by Shine2010

Filed under: South Africa, Redi Direko, Outsurance pointsmen, Talk Radio 702, Mahatma Ghandi, Change, drunk driving, Bill Cosby, Swine Flu, David Kau, traffic laws
Hello Tourists, Welcome to South Africa!

The internet really is a wonderful place. Not only does it give us loads of information at the click of a mouse, but it is also a practically endless source of amusement – and I’m not talking about the reports of swine flu here (necessarily...

Published 21 May 2009 13:29 by Shine2010

Filed under: USA, Confederations cup, Cape Town, internet, Swine Flu, Tourists, World Health Organisation, jokes, amusement, Indian Premier League
Don’t say we didn’t warn you…

This just out: hackers are targeting Confeds Cup fans. Some months back, we met with Karel Rode, an Internet security specialist, and had a good old chinwag with him about the chances of chancers chancing it over the football tourneys. Seems the chickens...

Published 7 May 2009 13:04 by Shine2010

Filed under: confed cup, Confederations cup, World Cup, 2010 World Cup, financial crisis, Swine Flu, Internet security, Karel Rode, Internet security specialist, fuel
To be sneezed at

So since the last blog on piggy sniffles, the inevitable happened: Confeds Cup may potentially be affected ! Panic! Hysteria! Nonsense. Nonsense because just like bird flu, swine flu is already turning out to be a bit of a non-event. Apparently something...

Published 5 May 2009 12:54 by Shine2010

Filed under: confed cup, South Africa, Confederations cup, Arrive Alive, Swine Flu, Mexico, Johan Jonck, IPL cricket, World Health Organisation, WHO
Be scared!

This may sound like a bellyache, but it seems we have yet another thing to be scared out of our wits about. Swine flu. What? Last I looked it was the bird flu that was a problem. Anyway, I battle to buy into this concept that we’re supposed to be...

Published 30 Apr 2009 12:50 by Shine2010

Filed under: Swine Flu

I'm Donovan Jackson. A writer by trade and only an occasional soccer fan. I am nonetheless firmly behind South Africa and its preparations for the World cup in 2010.