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PistoriusBalls 9

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Day 10, and the tension is mounting. Not least amongst the press peeps:


 


These murder trials are so irritating in that way, hey? We should just toss a coin.

Meanwhile – PROSECUTE ALL THE THINGS!


Or cars. Or radio-controlled planes. Or iPhones. Or shoes (or is that sexist?).


Like schoolkids in a maths lesson.

I case you were wondering where Mum was over the lunch break:


I know, you’ve been at it for 5 and a half hours. (If you forget the the tea break) (and the adjournments) (and lunch).
IT MUST BE HELL!

Another day out in Cape Town

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Following yesterday’s excursion to the Waterfront, we took the kids for an altogether more peaceful morning in Arderne Gardens.

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If you’re in Cape Town and you haven’t been, make a visit. It’s a little oasis in the hustle and bustle of Claremont. So much so, it’s quite a shock to step back out into Main Road when you leave.

The boy wonder is at a birthday party at Muizenberg water slides this afternoon, so I took the opportunity to drop and go and enjoyed a wander down to Kalk Bay.

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The female half of the family is watching FreshlyGround in town. We will have happy, tired children this evening.

When you live in a big city there is always something to do. We’re especially lucky in Cape Town to have such beautiful places on our doorstep amongst those options.

Real culprit named

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Not much time to blog today, but I did catch this and thought I should share.

It turns out that – perhaps unsurprisingly, given their apparent monumental incompetence – the SAPS picked up the wrong guy when they arrested Oscar Pistorius. It wasn’t his fault.

Much like wrong-doing South African sportsmen before him, “it was the Devil what made him do it”, according to a local pastor, anyway.

“Oscar did not kill her [Steenkamp], Satan made him do it. I pray to God to help him,” reverend Isaac Malaza said.

This is the latest in a very long line of naughty things which Satan has made people do, and quite frankly, I think he should be brought in to face some questioning now. It does all appear to be circumstantial evidence pointing in his direction, but there’s no smoke without the Eternal Fires of Hades.

However, not only does Isaac come to the party with this radical new accusation, he also comes with reassurance:

“I came today to pray for Oscar. He shouldn’t do something like this again that breaks the hearts of his family.”

Which is, and I think I speak for all of us here in saying this, probably a really good idea.

But wait, there’s more – Isaac has this astounding insight for us as well:

He said Steenkamp’s parents and family were also left heartbroken.

Who knew? Maybe there’s something in this whole religion thing after all. I would have never guessed that this was the case were it not for the keen mind of Isaac Malaza and the ace reporting skills of the South African Press Association.

Thanks for the heads up, guys.

PistoriusBalls 8

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A serious point for a moment. Regular readers will have noticed that there was no PistoriusBalls yesterday. That’s simply because there was a dearth of suitable material. It does seem that when the “professional witnesses” are in court, the journos present have facts to report, rather than opinion. And that gives them very little opportunity to add their personal touch to things. Which is good, because I don’t really want their personal touch, but it’s a double-edged sword when you’re trying to collate a PistoriousBalls post.

Anyway, we’ve salvaged some stuff for you.

 

 


Now he’s blurred (more of that later).

 

Bdum-tish!

Meanwhile, Andrew Harding (he of “We’ve just had an adjounment, now I need a coffee” fame, falls into the old “We’ve just had an adjournment, now I need some biscuits” trap:

 


Welcome to Gauteng.

 


Every bit as professional as the Boschkop SAPS.