I was trolling through my RSS feeds this morning, one of which is News24 (a South African internet news service) and was disturbed by a report titled 'Toll Roads Planned Across the Country'!
The plan is to duplicate the Gauteng pay-per-kilometer road toll system, currently being implemented on a busy commuter route, and use it nationwide to fill the R149 billion hole (no pun...
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Month: May 2011
Winter comes early to the Cape Point Peninsula
I sat for most of the day watching the rain sweep across the Fish Hoek Valley, driven from the west by squally winds, lamenting the fact that the endless sunny days have come to an end. It is one of the quirks of our weather patterns here on the Cape Point Peninsula that summer seems to stretch on forever- during the hottest parts of the year, when it is too hot during the day ...
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Ward Council Results for Cape Point Peninsula 2011
So that was the local elections, and I for one am glad that it is over, and I am not looking forward to the national elections. Why? It seems that a lot of our national leaders are hell bent on keeping the country in the gutter in order to service their own need for power. The country is fighting very hard to improve itself and leave a checkered past firmly there, in the past. ...
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Kommetjie Road, Quarry Road and 17th Avenue- still an accident black spot!
For as long as I have lived in the area the junctions where 17th Avenue and Quarry Road meet Kommetjie Road in Fish Hoek have been accident black spots. The local newspapers had letter after letter regarding this problem and what was to be done. The main problems were that it was nearly impossible at busy times to get out of 17th Avenue and that traffic used the left lane g...
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Top class football entertainment right here on the Cape Point Penninsula
A passionate crowd, three goals, a fight, two yellow cards and a sending off- and I only saw the last 15 minutes. Was this a European game on pay TV or a PSL game on SABC? No, it was Fish Hoek versus Camps Bay on Fish Hoek Sports Field, all seats were sold out and it was standing room only.
For those of you who follow the beautiful game it was no festival of silky skills but...
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Local Election Time for the Cape Point Peninsula- What are you voting for?
The local government elections are fast approaching and as someone with a keen interest in local affairs I have been following events in the media. Then something dawned on me- I actually have no clue what is being voted for next week!
First let me explain that whilst I am not a permanent resident of the Cape Point I am not a citizen of South Africa, and therefore cannot vot...
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Road closures in Cape Town that you may not hear about- until its too late!
I have just read a report on news24 that the City of Cape Town is closing two roads in the Cape Town CBD for repairs and upgrading. Whilst they have let the effected areas know through a pamphlet drop the news may not have filtered down so readily to the inhabitants of the Cape Point Peninsula.
If you do travel to town a lot, or are even planning a trip in the next few days ...
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What To Do If You Find A Snake In Your House Or Garden
Living in Cape Point means being surrounded by nature. Some people embrace this, and some fight it (though why they would move into an area such as this and then complain that there are things living amonst them amazes me.) The layout of the area means that quite a lot of people have boundary fences that border onto fybos areas. This may mean that you have fantastic views o...
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A Bit of Light Relief- Bird On A Wire
After all the ranting of last week I thought it was time for some light relief. I was sat working on the computer (by which I mean staring out the window watching it rain) when the local guinea fowl came bustling through the garden.
They do this on a daily occassion, despite the presence of two labradors, for which I am truly pleased because for some reason there antics alwa...
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