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The Fong Kong debate

May27
2010
4 Comments Written by nicolascallegari
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I don’t care much for the World Cup © ® (TM) or football as a whole, but this whole issue of the price of replica Bafana Bafana shirts does raise a very valid point about the cost of being a sports fan – it’s blarrie expensive if you do it legally. The whole issue is [...]

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Posted in Business, Marketing & PR, South Africa, The World Today, World Events - Tagged 2010 world cup, adidas, bafana bafana, canterbury, counterfeit, fake, fong kong, genuine, South Africa, sport, supporters

Could SA fend off a terror attack?

May14
2010
Leave a Comment Written by nicolascallegari
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Terrorism has always been a problem in the world – ever since humans became self-aware, they quickly realised that weapons and aggression are vital tools in the battle for supremacy.  There have been smatterings of terrorist attacks that are scattered across history, but terrorism only really came into its own when the well-orchestrated and devastating [...]

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Posted in South Africa, The World Today, World Events - Tagged 9/11, army, illegal immigrants, police, september 11, special forces, terrorism, terrorist, the hawks, USA, war on terror, world cup, zimbabwe

Time to emigrate!

Apr06
2010
6 Comments Written by nicolascallegari
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No, not really.  But if this past week’s news is anything to go by, you’d be forgiven if you were less than optimistic about where the country is headed. Julius Melama, bless his cotton socks, went to Zimbabwe and discussed the nationalisation of mines and land reform [read: grabbing] with Robert Mugabe; Eugene Terre’Blanche was [...]

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Posted in Politics, South Africa, The World Today - Tagged ANC, anc youth league, emigration, ET, eugene, eugene terre'blanche, julius malema, malema, racism, robert mugabe, shoot the boer, South Africa, terre'blanche, zimbabwe

SA too small a market? Think again.

Feb25
2010
Leave a Comment Written by nicolascallegari
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The reason most often cited for international companies (like Apple for example) not setting up an official presence in SA is that the market just isn’t big enough to justify it. After what I heard today, all I have to say is bullshit. If you haven’t been living under a rock for the last month [...]

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Posted in Business, South Africa, The World Today - Tagged 2010 world cup, cape town, eddie izzard, internet, johannesburg, market size, services, South Africa, supply & demand, top gear

What the World Cup’s REALLY all about

Jan06
2010
1 Comment Written by nicolascallegari
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On the 15th of May 2004, all of South Africa was at the edge of its seat as FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, opened up the envelope containing the name of the country that would host the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup.  After all, this was something that South Africa has wanted and campaigned for, for [...]

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Posted in Marketing & PR, South Africa - Tagged 2010 world cup, advertising, economic hangover, football, marketing, sepp blatter, soccer, sponsors, tournament
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