Tag: Cape Town
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The cool secret of my office love affair
I am in love, a love that I never thought possible. After all who in their right mind could fall in love with their office?
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When love is like the falling rain
Our reality now is living with a bath no longer used for bathing, but storage for grey water. It’s plastic containers scattered all over the garden to catch the little rain that falls, a bucket in the shower, and a container in every sink in the house.
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Happiness is driving off in a car you bought for cash
Determined not to incur more debt, it started with putting a little away each month. Which sounds simple, but in reality, it often meant doubting we’d get to the end of the month on the little that remained of my salary.
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Why Looking for a Home is Like Going on a Date
For some reason, despite being an available bachelor with an okay job and a good head of hair, the fear of rejection always overwhelms me. Or is it the fear of commitment? Only this journey will tell.
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My Year on an Island Paradise
As a former Durban girl, who then moved to Cape Town, I appreciated living on a warm coastline of Mauritius again. But being on the island for a year was quite different to staying at a holiday resort.
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What We Can All Learn About Life & Change From the Blitzboks
What makes the Blitzboks so special? Why is it that the Springboks are at rock bottom, but these guys are consistently at the top of their game?
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Basil Bey, the Rugby Legend Who Changed My Life
Tank Lanning writes South Africa has lost a rugby legend, a great mate has lost a father, and he has lost one of the first guys outside his family to really believe in him.
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How Moving to South Africa Taught Me to Love Rugby
A handful of Stormers games at Newlands set it off. The results didn’t matter, although a fix of live sport on a Saturday afternoon certainly did.
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How My Life Changed When I Became an Airbnb Host
Filled with enthusiasm and Merlot, I took my first step into the game changer that is Airbnb.com. Like most people my first reaction was amazement at the popularity and number of listings — in my own suburb, right under my nose.
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How Kieno Kammies talked his way from the Cape Flats into the job of his dreams
Don’t miss Ruda Landman’s interview with Kieno Kammies, who rides the early morning airwaves on 567 Cape Talk.