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Only in Effrika

Last post by prospector « Tue May 30, 2023 4:50 am
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by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:36 pm
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This amused me just now; :))

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“I was struck by the sheer sense of normality that had been created as if these egregious acts were entirely within the normal course of Eskom’s...
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Tue May 30, 2023 4:50 am
African humour...

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:12 pm

by TheGreenAnger » Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:12 pm

Don't f@$% with the Sangoma!

In the great days of the British Empire, a new commanding officer was sent to a South African bush outpost to relieve...

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Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:12 pm
Oil, coups, misery and power struggles in Africa...

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:06 pm

by TheGreenAnger » Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:06 pm

PBS documentary on the attempted coup in Equatorial Guinea in 2004.

Some scenes may be distressing. Well worth watching though. It sums up the...

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Sat Feb 18, 2023 4:06 pm
Always a laugh...

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by TheGreenAnger » Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:00 pm

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Tue Aug 09, 2022 12:00 pm
SA Winery Ducks

Last post by TheGreenAnger « Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:21 am
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by PHXPhlyer » Thu Jul 14, 2022 7:19 pm

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How duck 'soldiers' became this 300-year-old winemaker's secret weapon

(CNN) — South Africa's viniculture industry employs around 270,000...

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Vergenoegd Löw produce some fines wines and the ducks are very cute to behold. Well worth a visit if you are in that neck of the woods.

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Wed Jul 20, 2022 8:21 am
Denel staggers on!

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:16 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Oct 26, 2021 3:15 pm

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Terry Crawford-Browne
The ANC and its militarist hangers-on just would not listen when it became glaringly evident during the 1994/95 Cameron...

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Who woulda thunk this back in the 70's...

A seven-strong group of SA Air Force (SAAF) pupil pilots working on aviation skills including piloting...

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Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:16 pm
Moremi Air Prang

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Thu Oct 14, 2021 5:39 am
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by Ex-Ascot » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:29 pm

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Relax Cape. Understand that they plonked an Airvan in this morning. Statistics balanced. First since the tragic AKD in 2011. Seems no one hurt.

For...

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I posted the above on TOP without the comment about the CEO. It has been removed. The CEO threatened to sue them due to my comments at the time....

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Thu Oct 14, 2021 5:39 am
In and out of Africa

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:30 am
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by Undried Plum » Fri Jun 18, 2021 3:44 pm

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John Barry did such a brilliant job with Born Free that it was inevitable that he would be chosen to write the score for Out Of Africa....

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One of my favourite pieces of music from one of my favourite films from an era in African history I find totally fascinating.

John Barry was a...

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Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:30 am
Pan African Parliament chaos...

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:00 am
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by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Jun 02, 2021 6:06 am

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So much for African unity!

Scuffles broke out during a meeting of the African Union parliament on Monday, as a week-long debate over the election...

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I sometimes wonder just how many of the NR Population who celebrated the end of White rule now secretly wish that the Whites were back in power. :-?

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Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:00 am
Some Local Excitememnt With a Happy Ending.

Last post by Pinky the pilot « Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:57 am
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by ian16th » Fri May 14, 2021 10:01 am

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A recovery project in the making!

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If you broke it, you didn't get to go home until you fixed it.

Yers!! Like the time I was once on a strip the wrong side of the Owen Stanley...

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Last post by Pinky the pilot
Wed Jun 16, 2021 10:57 am
How to responsibly treat your motor

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:44 pm
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by ian16th » Tue Nov 10, 2020 2:42 pm

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........ the African way!

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Pity the old prison at the top of Roeland street isn't operational any more. Those idiots could have gone straight there without collecting R200.00....

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Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:44 pm
Operation Argon - du Toit - Gerhard - British Intelligence

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Apr 22, 2020 6:29 pm
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by TheGreenGoblin » Sat Apr 18, 2020 3:57 am

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I was prompted to think about this operation yesterday by an old friend who is suffering in lock down in Saudi Arabia and to whom I had sent a video...

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An Islamist extremist group in northern Mozambique has killed dozens of villagers in its most bloody attack.

More than 50 people were massacred in...

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Wed Apr 22, 2020 6:29 pm
Airline Grounded By SACAA

Last post by ian16th « Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:10 pm
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by ian16th » Sun Feb 04, 2018 4:06 pm
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The one and only airline to fly between Margate and Joburg.

We're cut orf, we are!

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It seems as though we, in banana land, will have a service to JHB again!

On 17 October 2019 CemAir received its renewed Aircraft Operating...
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Last post by ian16th
Mon Oct 21, 2019 1:10 pm
SAA Mismanagement Causes Problems For Others

Last post by Woody « Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:40 am
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by ian16th » Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:10 pm

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SAA Mismanagement Causes Problems For Others.

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Maybe BA should use LHT, as one A380 flight to JNB operated 14 hours late earlier this week and last nights BA59 to CPT currently has a 20 delay,...

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Last post by Woody
Sat Sep 21, 2019 8:40 am
Grace Mugabe

Last post by Woody « Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:40 am
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by ian16th » Wed Dec 19, 2018 11:27 am

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It would be 'unwise' for Grace Mugabe to visit SA again, say legal experts

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Of course this has nothing to do with Bob and Grace X(

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Last post by Woody
Sat Jul 27, 2019 10:40 am
Botswana Hunting Ban

Last post by ian16th « Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:59 pm
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by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sun Sep 10, 2017 5:27 am

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Just read this article on the beeb online .

Throws a very positive light on the hunting ban here, and is well written in my opinion. :)

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I think it's great that they're going to Southern Africa, but do we really have to let them come back?

Couldn't we, y'know, just leave them there?...

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Last post by ian16th
Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:59 pm
This wasn't mentioned....

Last post by Sisemen « Mon Mar 25, 2019 1:29 pm
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by ian16th » Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:54 am

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...... as one of the 'perceived benefits' when the building of the Square Kilometre Array in the Northern Cape was punted.

Just how may current...

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Could have put the whole thing in Western Australia without any problems but no, politics got in the way which is why half the system will be built...

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Last post by Sisemen
Mon Mar 25, 2019 1:29 pm
Helicopter down Gaborone

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:37 am
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by Ex-Ascot » Mon Mar 25, 2019 7:00 am

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Reports coming in of a chopper down in Gabs. Apparently only the pilot killed. Landed on a pile of cars which are all on fire. Just been shown a...

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Actually guys I think I was given duff info. I am sure that it must be the incident that Cape has reported. Just too coincidental. Also the clip I...

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:37 am
Airlink and Safair to merge.

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:36 pm
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by ian16th » Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:19 am

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Airlink and Safair to merge.

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Don't like to start more threads so put this here. Airlink bird strike yesterday out of Kasane. Could have been a worse place to hit.

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Thu Feb 28, 2019 4:36 pm
Just as we are expecting to hear of the end of A-380 Production

Last post by ian16th « Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:18 pm

by ian16th » Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:18 pm

Acsa said the realigned 3,500 metre runway will allow larger aircraft – such as the world’s largest passenger airline, the Airbus A380 – to land at...

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Last post by ian16th
Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:18 pm
A new Effrican Blog

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:36 pm
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by ian16th » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:35 am

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A welcome new site to replace one much missed.

Long may it reign.

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Thanks Ian, as will see I have signed up.

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:36 pm
Air Zimbabwe to Lease a/c from Malaysia

Last post by Capetonian « Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:14 pm
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by ian16th » Tue Dec 12, 2017 7:43 am

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I know that Malaysian Airlines have spare A-380's but what would Air Zim use them for?

Do Malaysia want rid of any (more) B-777's?

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Kuala Lumpur - State-owned Zimbabwe Airways, has lost one of the four Boeing 777-200ER aircraft expected because of the payment delay.

The wide-body...

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Last post by Capetonian
Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:14 pm
SAAF Chief apparently suspended

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:24 am
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by ian16th » Fri Oct 05, 2018 11:14 am

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From African Pilot:

The officer commanding the South African Air Force (SAAF) Lieutenant General Zakes Msimang is apparently on special leave after...

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There's a surprise. an African official misusing and abusing the trust placed in him. I am struggling to believe that this is true,it must be 'fake...

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Sun Oct 07, 2018 11:24 am
New a/c type for Ex A to spot.

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:46 am
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by ian16th » Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:57 pm

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On Monday 20 August Mahindra the holding company of GippsAero announced the sale of the first GA-10 Airvan to Major Blue a charter and scenic flight...

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The Airvan is certainty a nice aircraft. I think that I am correct in saying that the GA-8 has a very similar engine to the C206. The Airvan has much...

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Aug 24, 2018 5:46 am
Did anyone know Len Morgan?

Last post by boing « Sat Jun 23, 2018 2:30 pm
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by boing » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:07 pm

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Probably a pretty closed pilot community in SA so someone might be able to help.

Len retired from the RAF and I flew with him in Saudi Arabia with...

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Sorry, was not very clear.
As far as I know Len had no connection with South Africa until he moved there sometime after his Saudi Arabia period. The...

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Sat Jun 23, 2018 2:30 pm

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