Archive for October, 2011
Sunday, October 30th, 2011
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Episode 2602
Are Isabelle and Roux going to lose each other again due to a misunderstanding?
Gita approaches Herman with a new business proposal while Felicity gives him the surprise of his life. Emma is concerned about Xander and Vanessa’s relationship.
Wednesday 2 November 2011
Episode 2603
Herman’s suggestion catches Felicity off guard. Sanjay buries a long-held dream and Isabelle receives devastating news. Will Ryno’s new book be a success or will it go the way of the previous one?
Thursday 3 November 2011
Episode 2604
It’s Herman and Felicity’s wedding day, but will she finish the dress in time? And that’s not the only problem with the arrangements. Will they have to postpone the wedding?
Friday 4 November 2011
Episode 2605
Herman interviews a possible replacement for Kabelo. Is there any hope left for a reconciliation between Roux and Isabelle? Gita is annoyed with Herman for postponing talks about a business opportunity yet again.
See more spoilers for November here.
7 -15 Nov
For newly-wed Vince and Bonita, sharing their love nest with Paula is far from ideal, but who will be willing to move out?
Xander invites Vanessa to a work function, Roux delivers an ultimatum to Isabelle and Vanessa complains to Charmaine about Xander’s attitude.
Willem, the new assistant at Theron & Terreblanche, catches Gita’s eye, Emma hears from Rick and will a crisis with Oubaas cost Isabelle a chance to be happy?
Altus warns Willem about Gita, Vince comes up with a plan to drive Paula out of the flat and Ryno receives good news regarding his book.
Aggie finds out whether or not she’s a finalist in the jewellery design competition, Xander stuns Altus with a shocking confession and Gita’s interest in Willem only increases.
Pieter makes a career change, Vanessa makes a drastic decision regarding her and Xander and Xander’s plans to make up with Vanessa goes horribly wrong.
Gita is not impressed when she picks up a vibe between San-Mari and Willem, Aggie gets an order from an influential client and Paula becomes suspicious about the situation in the flat.
16 – 23 Nov
Can Xander convince Vanessa to move back?
Paula discovers Vince’s plan to drive her out of the flat and decides to turn the tables on him, Flooze arrives and moves in with Paula, Vince and Bonita and an unexpected rival gives Flooze a rough time in the arm wrestling competition.
Bonita tries to bury the hatchet with Xander, Emma sees an opportunity to earn extra money and Vince faces a huge problem at the deli.
Paula is suddenly in cahoots with Flooze, Emma receives good news and what plan does a jealous Gita have up her sleeve with regards to San-Mari and Willem?
Aggie runs into trouble with her new client, Paula gets her way, but suddenly realises that she has a new dilemma on her hands and Errol is excited about the matric party he’s organising.
Ryno has an idea for a new book, Paula is dejected about her rising pile of accounts and how will Hilda react when she finds out about the problem that Oubaas faces?
24 – 30 Nov
Oubaas is dismayed at Hilda’s idea of how to handle his problem, Errol receives bad news about his matric party and is Xander finally going to give up on his marriage?
The first cracks appear in San-Mari and Willem’s relationship, Ryno finds out who has been watching him and it’s the day of Errol’s matric party, but will he find a new venue in time?
The Flooze offers to spice up Paula’s love life, Gita offers Errol a job in the Maldives and Ryno admits that Marcel’s behaviour has him stumped.
Errol has to decide very quickly whether he wants to accept the Maldives job offer, Paula is horrified at the possibility that Flooze could be staying on permanently and Oubaas tries indulging behind Hilda’s back
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Monday, October 24th, 2011
On Friday I was having a conversation with two female colleagues, one of who holds a senior position in our organisation.
A male colleague walked by and I jokingly commented to the two that he was disappointed that a young female coworker had to pull out of their trip out of town. (The male, senior and young female were supposed to go together.)
The senior colleague out of the blue exclaimed: “What is wrong with black men!”
“HUH” I thought, but said nothing. I was a bit taken aback because we work in a very progressive organisation where such generalisations would get you a few weeks in diversity training.
She wondered though why black men disrespected women who were already in relationships by continuing to pursue them. And she thought that they acted entitled.
“And this is a black man thing?” I thought while remembering all the married and otherwise taken men of various colours and creeds who pursued me. Regardless of their or my relationship status.
So today I broached the subject with my male colleague in the break room. He was of course none too happy, although pretended that he didn’t care.
A few others joined the conversation and we agreed that it was a male thing, not only confined to one grouping.
However, I mentioned that black men were just a lot more brazen and aggressive in their pursuit. Or that was my perception.
And also the perception of many other women.
A young male intern then chimed in with “What about women who aggressively pursue men?”
“The majority of women who are in happy committed relationships do not pursue men.” I said.
“But the reverse can’t be said.”
The conversation took another turn when someone told us that her husband would never cheat.
The room went silent.
Again I thought to myself it was possibly true, but most women think that way.
We have to.
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2011
The current cricket series against Australia is sponsor-less and a lot has to do with the way Cricket SA has allowed Gerald Majola to run the sport.
Hopefully they are paying the Aussies with the money Majola set aside for himself when the IPL hosted their tournament in SA a season or two ago.
However they are financing this tour, at least we can safely say that Majola and co is not benefiting financially from sponsorship meant for the development of cricket. Because no corporate has been foolish enough to give them more money to spend on themselves.
(Sponsors logos have been replaced by CSA Facebook and Twitter addresses.)
Of course this blog has never been a supporter of Majkola. In fact, quite the opposite.
He has always come across as a smooth operator, with little interest in transforming cricket. Although now another president of CSA had to be sacked by the CSA board of idiots so that Majola’s ego could be further stroked and so that his self enrichment can continue.
First Norman Arendse, and now Mtutuzeli Nyoka.
Seriously, who shoots the messenger in such a public way? Even going against public opinion?
Only the arrogant! And stupid!
We’ve been seeing a lot of Fikile Mbalula the Minister of Sport lately. And the less we see of him the better. But in this case, this blog will support any efforts to rid our favourite sport of corruption.
And if in the process Gerald Majola gets the boot, this blog won’t be shedding any tears. Although we would have to find another villain.
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Monday, October 10th, 2011
Apparently half of the Blackberry world is experiencing a painful RIM blackout!
No Twitter, BBM, Facebook, WordPress Apps or e-mail for that matter.
The problem is being experienced in the whole of Africa, Europe and Asia.
I must admit I used a few choice words aimed at Vodacom, but it isn’t their fault this time.
Hopefully they’ll sort themselves out soon.
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011
Sjoe! So that’s Rugby World Cup 2011 for the Springboks. Over and done with.
The team played with so much heart that we almost forget that some people didn’t believe they would make it to the quarter-finals. And make it hard to be critical of them.
Because they were supposedly in the group of death.
And the players were not exactly young and sprightly. Oh and Peter de Villiers was not Jake White!
So while I am very proud of the players and coaching team for being competitive against all odds, we are ranked as one of the top 3 test playing rugby nations. And losing in the quarter finals is nothing to be proud of.
Surely there are no more disappointed people than the players themselves and many of them will never play at a World Cup again.
So well played to them…
But they did lose in the quarter finals of a rugby world cup.
And questions have to be asked in the aftermath.
Like…was it the right choice to go with so much experience? Or to be less politically correct – older players.
We’ll never know. Although what we do know is that the younger players brought an energy to the matches when they were on the field.
But the experienced players helped win the group matches.
So that’s that.
Here’s hoping for a much better performance and result in England in 2015.
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