Men in Red
posted by Paul
Broadband Internet access is a contentious issue in South Africa. While prices have been coming down, ADSL, 3G, EDGE and HSDPA are still pretty expensive, and currently out of budget for most of those who would love to acquire broadband.The poster that's being attached to the building by the Men in Red is an Afrikaans ad for one of our mobile phone networks, and translated it reads "get the best broadband for your Rand". It must be fun doing this kind of work, being out in the fresh air above such a beautiful city, abseiling, protecting the world from alien invasion [if you look carefully you'll see that Will Smith is the bloke at the left top corner ;)].
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At first glance I thought it was Chuck Norris but then realised that was stupid - Chuck would've been just using his fingernails to hang on.
Brilliant photo!
It looks like a frightening job to me. But a nice photo of the process.
I just discovered earlier that two baby robins have left the nest. Or one is still there. I have photographed those and will show them on Monday.
Birds in their bath today at
Brookville Daily Photo
I was wondering what language was written there; OK, Afrikaans...
Hope those guys don't feel dizzy up there! Have a nice week-end! :)
Ah... Afrikaans. I've just read carefully its history. May I ask if children at school do they study both: Afrikaans and English at same level or English it's considered a second language (as in Europe is)?
Annie, actually I think the wall would more likely be hanging onto Chuck Norris... :D
Fabrizio, we have 11 official languages - English and Afrikaans are two of them, along with isiZulu, isiXhosa, plus another 7 indigenous languages (we'll have to do a post about that some time).
Children are theoretically entitled to learn in their home language, but I don't think that this is always practically possible.
To answer your question though, many of us speak English as our home language, not as a second language (Paul and I are both English-speaking). Around 13% of South Africans speak Afrikaans as their first language, and 8% speak English. The largest language group is isiZulu, with 24%. Almost ALL South Africans are bilingual, and many speak 3 or more languages fluently.
Interesting question, thanks for bringing it up! We'll definitely work it into a future post.
this building will be knocked down to make way for the cticc expansion
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