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The eclipse of today, glimpsed through the clouds.

Total eclipse of 4 December 2002, experienced in Venda:

Total eclipse of 21 June 2001, viewed in the Old Zimbabwe:

The South African Competition Commission has laid criminal charges against “unknown” “hackers” who – allegedly – hacked a censored version of their final report into bank charges in South Africa. Parts of the document containing sensitive information was blacked out. According to Wikileaks, technical methods was used to decrypt and remove redactions from almost all [...]

We blame her lung capacity on the stationary bike. Also proof that you do not need to stop exercise when pregnant.

Aint time fun when you’re having flies, as the frog said to the friar. When we bought the Tikal, Guatemala t-shirt, Maia was 7 months old. Two and a half years later, and now she fits into the shirt. Then we were looking forward to her first word. Now we don’t know how to get [...]

Management at the Brooklyn Shopping Mall removed all the benches, located in various places in the mall. This was done, allegedly, because criminals used the benches to scout targets in the mall. It was not done, management says, to force footsore shoppers into restaurants. Reality is, that criminals are now forced to either stand around [...]

No, I did not know that either. Only found out when I tried to find out what to do about the frogs in the pool. And despite the fact that there are a lot of info out there making people aware that was the year of the frog, real usefull and practical advise seems thin [...]

New Year celebrations are usually associated with not only the conspicuous but also weird consumption of copious amounts of alcohol. One such combination, popular with ANC cadres is an mixture, in equal parts, of whiskey, garlic and beetroot. This is called the Manto Special. Discerning drinkers everywhere are now asking if 2009 will bring a [...]

Start of the first run of 2009, the New Years Run/Walk at the Pretoria National Botanical Garden.