Oranjemund... Death of a town!

[Michael Alexander]

SOmething is most definetely up... the town feels empty, At the shop we can see a marked decrease in customers in the shop.... the streets do not seem as full as they were, the bars ar quieter..... is this the end, that we always heard about.....?

[Jeremy Dixon]

Its called inflation Mike people cant afford to buy food! Not even shoes to walk around town I recon they all just chilling at home!

[Dalene Steenkamp (Coetzee)]

Hang in there, the re-awakening will happen once the Government, Namdeb & the Arabian Sheik has done their dealings.

This time of the year  -  May & June - always seem to have a sort of slowdown regarding trades and deals.  Even nature seems to slow down a bit in all aspects  -  except China  -  they got a good shake up 3 days ago! 

[SandyB]

We  are seeing it in  our industry  .. consumer  packaging  ..  we  were awarded  a  contract  for  shrinkfilm  for  Savannah 6 pack .. 30 tons a  month !!    with  the  way  things  are  going we  were  expecting  the  increases in  everything   to  have  a knock on  effect     2 - 3  months  from  now ...   maybe  a   bit  of   a slowdown   with winter  ...  last  fuel  prices and  more  interest  rate  hikes   are rining  loud   .. people  are  finally  getting  the  message   . slow  down  on  the  spending  ..   our customer  has  now  told  us  to    cut  back  to  15  tons a  month   untill  further  notice .. we  wait  and  see ...   we are  going  to  be going  through some  interesting  times  .. my  heart  goes  out  to  the  unemployed .. and  also  the " working  poor "  as  they have  been  termed ..   the  + - 8 %    wage increases  are  now  worth  Gaai ..   I  see    demands  for  12 % +  becoming  a  conscienable  reality..

[Pete (RIP)]

I dunno, Mike, I thought the Don was pretty hectic on Tuesday night (as you would well know!).  It might have quietened down when you left at 02:00 but I was long gone - in the literal sense - by then!  The only thing I don't see much of any more are Cheetah & Bull supporters...not even at SPAR!

[Adriaan Van Rooyen]

Ag shame Mike,the cheetahs got klapped by a lady tonight... hoolahoop1 i thought it was a fair try in the end

[Chris Macpherson]

stoooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrsssssssssss
gonna wipe the floor toooooooooodaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy

[Michael Alexander]

Since when did they allow Wenches to become the TV ref? ...and you get hear by her accent that her boyfirend's a blue bull......