I managed to get this picture of striking workers in Greenpoint, Cape Town. Minutes later I heard shots being fired and an extremely loud bang
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This past weekend, like every other was a very busy one. Amongst all the activity, the Design Indaba was one of the coolest things I got to attend this weekend with amazing local and international talent on display.
This very cool lion was created using bajillions of beads. Mental
But it's also one of the things that pissed me off the most.
As soon as I walked in to the CTICC, it looked a giant had eaten an Absa sandwhich and hurled all over the venue. This lead me to conclude that Absa was the main sponsor of the event. Through some people who know people who are people, I also know that this sponsorships costs around R1.2 million. That's a lot of bank charges buddy.
If you're not up for reading the rest of this post, I guess the short version is this:
"Dear Absa
Please fuck off from the Design Indaba. Stop spending my money on shit that doesn't
a) have anything to do with you
b) doesn't benefit me in any way
Seriously, no one gives a crap about whether or not you sponsor the Indaba, but we do care about the time spent waiting for your inept staff to respond to queries and resolve problems. Hell even answering a simple question seems too much for an Absa employee these days.
You want a worthy cause to spend your 1 million rand on? Create more jobs to deliver quality service, or even better, spend more time training your existing staff so that they don't give me a coronary every time I talk to them.
Sincerely,
The guy whose money you spent last week without asking.
P.S - your insane bank charges should fuck off too. Seriously - it's not funny any more."
Seeing that Absa had spent R1.2 million (and probably more) on this event seriously pissed me off. They were spending my money painting pretty pictures instead of training and upskilling staff or creating new jobs and stimulating the economy. In other words, do something useful instead of dicking around doing things they think will make them look cool.
Don't get me wrong - I understand the value of the Design Indaba. I am at my core a creative soul and value any form of creative expression and am deeply grateful to those companies and individuals who help this happen. For example, I don't mind seeing that Woolworths was also a major sponsor at the Indaba. When I walk in to Woolies, I get great service from well trained staff. They have their shit together. Not like Absa.
The longer I stayed at the Indaba, the more this chewed at me. made me want to change banks. But then I got to thinking - are any of the other banks out there any less crap?
What do you reckon?
P.S - I only saw the 5cm x 5cm card saying "Please don't take any photographs" on my way out of the exhibition hall. I wasn't trying to be sneaky.
But it's also one of the things that pissed me off the most.
As soon as I walked in to the CTICC, it looked a giant had eaten an Absa sandwhich and hurled all over the venue. This lead me to conclude that Absa was the main sponsor of the event. Through some people who know people who are people, I also know that this sponsorships costs around R1.2 million. That's a lot of bank charges buddy.
If you're not up for reading the rest of this post, I guess the short version is this:
"Dear Absa
Please fuck off from the Design Indaba. Stop spending my money on shit that doesn't
a) have anything to do with you
b) doesn't benefit me in any way
Seriously, no one gives a crap about whether or not you sponsor the Indaba, but we do care about the time spent waiting for your inept staff to respond to queries and resolve problems. Hell even answering a simple question seems too much for an Absa employee these days.
You want a worthy cause to spend your 1 million rand on? Create more jobs to deliver quality service, or even better, spend more time training your existing staff so that they don't give me a coronary every time I talk to them.
Sincerely,
The guy whose money you spent last week without asking.
P.S - your insane bank charges should fuck off too. Seriously - it's not funny any more."
Seeing that Absa had spent R1.2 million (and probably more) on this event seriously pissed me off. They were spending my money painting pretty pictures instead of training and upskilling staff or creating new jobs and stimulating the economy. In other words, do something useful instead of dicking around doing things they think will make them look cool.
Don't get me wrong - I understand the value of the Design Indaba. I am at my core a creative soul and value any form of creative expression and am deeply grateful to those companies and individuals who help this happen. For example, I don't mind seeing that Woolworths was also a major sponsor at the Indaba. When I walk in to Woolies, I get great service from well trained staff. They have their shit together. Not like Absa.
The longer I stayed at the Indaba, the more this chewed at me. made me want to change banks. But then I got to thinking - are any of the other banks out there any less crap?
What do you reckon?
P.S - I only saw the 5cm x 5cm card saying "Please don't take any photographs" on my way out of the exhibition hall. I wasn't trying to be sneaky.
Hundreds of taxis flooded in to the city centre at roughly 10am this morning to protest against the "Bus Rapid Transit" system planned ahead of 2010. The BRT system is designed to be a low cost, high speed transport system to be rolled out in all cities playing host to 2010 world cup matches.
While I haven't got the full story yet, I suspect the taxi drivers are petitioning the system due to the loss of income they will experience should the system be a success.
As usual, our office balcony served as a prime vantage point from which to view the protest. With taxi horns blaring and police sirens howling all morning, the city centre was plunged in to auditory chaos for the duration of the taxi drivers' circuit through the city.
(picture courtesy of Justin Hartman)
For more images, check here
The taxi protest adds to Cape Town's recent spate of newsworthy spectacles and comes not long after a bus burned to the ground and a truck was blown over by gale force winds at a traffic intersection.
With all this excitement literally happening on our doorstep, I'm really not loking forward to movving back to Century City...
A Translux bus has just been consumed in flames on the corner of Hertzog Blvd and Adderley Street in the the Cape Town City centre. Following a loud explosion, the bus came to a halt and the driver came to investigate the sound which seems to have come from the left rear side of the bus close to the engine bay.
(picture courtesy of www.Stii.co.za)
Roughly two minutes after the sound was fist heard flames erupted at the base of the bus, causing a tyre to burst. It was at this point that passengers scattered acorss the intersection and police arrived on the scene.
The fire, which completely engulfed the bus kicked up a cloud of black smoke which swept across the Cape Town skyline.
(picture courtesy of www.Stii.co.za)
Roughly two minutes after the sound was fist heard flames erupted at the base of the bus, causing a tyre to burst. It was at this point that passengers scattered acorss the intersection and police arrived on the scene.
The fire, which completely engulfed the bus kicked up a cloud of black smoke which swept across the Cape Town skyline.
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