Well the old one has gone so we had better start this agin seeing as we have quite a few new guys here.
I Giles, 32 and a development manager from Durban but have lived in London, Warsaw, Auckland,Miami,Sydney and now Dubai.
Ive been here from the begining with my poor friend Gandalff who has finally cracked and decided to persue other options.
Anyways, good to hear all your opinions and a big thanx to Dysan for promoting my home town and at last being another durban guy here. :) :) :) :)

Im Nick, a 19 year old student at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque.

I'm Tom, a 21 year old student studying a BA (LLB) at Wits University in Joburg.

And I'm a Joburg-aholic.

Hello Hello Hello :)

Michael here, 20 yo Bus Sci Marketing Student at UKZN in Durban...but you should all know me by now :)

And as Joburg LOVES Jozi.... I'm a proud Durban boi

I'm Pule, working for an IT company in Rivonia. I have moved to Joburg's Roodepoort about 4 months ago and I love every bit of it. I've just turned 29. I'm interested in developments acrros the country and would like to see SA being on top of the days.

I'm Wiaan, 27 and working for English Heritage (Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England) in London. I am from Cape Town (and can't picture myself living anywhere but there), but also have soft spots for Port Elizabeth, East London and Bloemfontein. I am returning to Cape Town in December, after almost 2 years in the UK.

A couple of years ago I joined emporis.com and, together with Giles (SA Boy) managed to get some of the SA cities some better representation on the Skyscraper database, although I was obviously never as comprehensive and thorough as Giles! I think we should all applaud him for doing so much of the groundlaying work to give our beautiful and extraordinary cities the sort of treatment they deserve!

Wiaan you shouldent have. Anyways Wiaan has done a wonderful job on PE and especially CT as when we started there were only 20 odd buildings listed in CT.
I cant belive you are going back in 8 months , seems like yesterday you left. Im sure you will find a better, CT than when you left.
Good to have you back here again as its been a long time since you were here

Good to see somebody else likes PE, EL and Bloem. :) :) :) I thought I was the only one. :)

hehe, hold onto him nick...they are hard to find :)

HAHAHAHAHA :D

hehe, hold onto him nick...they are hard to find :)

:bash: :(

On the contrary.... I ain't hard to find at all! O, the times I had in dear old Western Road, Port Elizabeth Central. The nights I danced away in Club Rich's as an 18 year old debutant! And then having to walk up that steep hill after a night's clubbing. The karaoke nights at Cagneys. Sipping cocktails at La Med in Parliament Street. Buying booze at Top Up Liquor, in those days the only bottle store in PE to be open till 20:00!

And Bloemfontein... liewe jirre.

So can we find u in ur undies at these places? hehehehehe

You would, if I wore undies...

Hehehehe :)

right where are the new guys?
mike 2005?
the new durban guy?

Come on tell us who you are
cheers

yes i keep asking them to!!!

Hi everyone, I am a 31yr old software architect from Durban.

Ive spent a couple of years living downunder in Melbourne, but will be departing these shores on July 29th for London where I have previously lived for 3.5 years.

I like big, busy cities, international travel and - obviously - skyscrapers. Will be spending 3 days in KL on journey to London so will be checking out the Petronas towers which must be freaking big considering they are >100m bigger than Melbourne's new and enormous Eureka tower! I'll probably save Dubai and Hong Kong until they finish the Burj and Union Square respectively. Hurry up!

Hey guys sorry I have been over in London helping a friend of mine win Putney back for the Tories in the general election and didnt have time to check the internet. As you can probably tell from that I am English but live in Camps Bay in Cape Town. I work for a New York Law Firm facilitating investment from both the US and UK into South Africa. Before I moved to SA I lived in New York. I love South Africa and think Cape Town is an awsome city (I also love Joburg as well). The future is certainly bright for SA and my one gripe is people who cannot accept that fact and only look at the negatives.

Mike...from another mike...it seems like south africa is lucky to have someone like u here.

If there is anymore info u want before ur durban trip later in the year...just let me know :)

Hi everyone - sorry it took me so long to write - I've been snowed in with work. Well, better late than never.

I'm a proud Durbanite (although I spent a year in Toronto and still spend part of my year there). I'm 31 yrs old and work at a research institute in Durban. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Durban.

Hi guys, I thought that it will be better if we can post our photos on the forum so that we at leats have an idea of whom we chatting to.

Here's Pule

http://files.photojerk.com/Pule/Pule3.jpg

No hars comments please, it was monday when I took the photo and my eyes can tell you. I didn't have a camera to take a better one, but I thought that this one will do the honour.

good looking there boy!

...now all the ladies q for his number!

Greets everyone

My name is Martin, and i have been a forumer for a while. I havent posted in a while cuz my pc is undergoing problems ( I found out the hard way that messing with a power supply ends badly :bash: )

Anyway I am originally from Poland but have been living in Durbs for most of my life. Am studying at the University of Kwazulu Natal - Howard Campus, doing a b-com accounts *yay* and am in my third year.

I am a great fan of durban and appreciate the posts about all the developments around SA.

So keep it up all and maybe I will contribute my 2 cents worth every now and again :cheers:

ooh 3rd year bcom acc! lucky u...i'm 3rd year bus sci marketing... glad to hear from ya on here again :)

Welcome to all of the new ones :) Martin great to hear from you again:) I remember you from the first "introduce yourself" thread. Thought you disappeared hehe. Not a bad pic at all Pule.

good looking there boy!

...now all the ladies q for his number!


Let them cum brother...Guys, you must also please make a plan of posting yos...

HAHA! You'll never see me......never!! :)

Martin good to have you back.
Whos missing now.
GregPZ?

HAHA! You'll never see me......never!! :)

OH really...i could post some interesting ones of u... :)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Likewise ;) Shall we post them in the......other thread? Or keep them to ourselves.......?

:) hmmm... on second thoughts some things are better kept to ourselves :)

Hi, I'm 31 years old and live in Hillcrest in the outer west part of Durban. I run my own company and am involved in the tourism industry. I've got a passion for aviation and can't wait for Durban's new airport to be completed (and it's been a very long wait so far!). Have spent some time working in the Middle East and UK and have travelled extensively. There's many other countries that I love and appreciate but I'm always happy to come back to exciting South Africa. Favourite place is the Drakensberg - wow Africa is beautiful!!

thanx so much greg mate...so great to have the high number of durban guys here now :)

Pictures!!! Pictures!!! Pictures!!! Pictures!!!

My Name's Rudi I'm a Landscaper and work part time for a record label in Durban, I'm 21 and I love music and soccer.

my my my, record label? so who u got on the label?

great to have ANOTHER durban guy...seems like we do out number the rest now

Cynosure is on our label...they were on ECR constantly....
Durban rules man!

which side of durbs do you stay? Cynosure? really? thats awesome

I live in the Musgrave area....

Hey all! another durbanite on the forums! :hi:

Im 18 and live in Florida rd. im currently studying computer science at Howard Collage, UKZN. im amazed to see how much durban is developing. This forum increadibly informative (thx dysan!), ive learnt so much already. i dont know much so i wont post too often, but if i find out sumthin i'll let u guys know :colgate:

cool guys welcome to our little world. Im so stoked cos for years I was the only Durban guy here and took some stick from Joburg and gandalf. We actually all moved here from SSP in support of gandalf when he got banned there for some silly little thing. Anyways this is a much more divese site and has cooler people.

Yes, welcome to you all!:) So are the Durbanites planning to take over...? Should I be concerned? I hear they're a handful......:)

only after about 10 beers

hehe or if we havent had sun in a few days and it gets "cold" :)

@ Evil P: Great to have u here mate :) always good to have the durbs guys on line...and taking over :) So u a ukzn boy too? good good...good luck fort he exams...that start on thurdays AAAHHHH!!!!

I feel surrounded by Durbanites.

Let's go surfing, dudes. ;)

Hey, another Durbanite here! Great to see all the discussion about Durban happening on this forum! Excellent stuff! I am a fairly avid photographer and I'm really into architecture and property so I'll try take some pics where I can. I've been to several community meetings involving development in the La Lucia area. I don't think I've seen anything mentioned yet of the propsitions I heard from Moreland, so I'll try post it... Maybe you guys will recognise it when I post it. Anyways, Peace!

I feel surrounded by Durbanites.

Let's go surfing, dudes. ;)

Hehe I'm into skateboarding myself, which reminds me... I'll post some info on the three skateparks in Durban when I get the time! :P

Yeah, Skater here aswell. Got this wierd fear of the ocean. its the sharks!. HATE them! :evil:

Haha, exactly! Funny thing is though, I can't stand living away from the ocean I don't feel at home anywhere else but by the sea... But those sharks!! :runaway:

ALRIGHT!! You Durbanites need to BACK OFF!!!! Its NOT FAIR!! ;) :D ........just kidding.

Welcome. :)

welcome guys. I feel so old now having been here for 4 years or so on this site. You guys have missed all the fun with people leaving, people getting banned etc. Just be honest and factual and we will all get along just fine.
post lots of pics for us home sick durban boys , even though I havent lived there for over 10 years and tell us gossip and tips.
Cheers and remeber the ocean is our friend!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, another Durbanite here! Great to see all the discussion about Durban happening on this forum! Excellent stuff! I am a fairly avid photographer and I'm really into architecture and property so I'll try take some pics where I can. I've been to several community meetings involving development in the La Lucia area. I don't think I've seen anything mentioned yet of the propsitions I heard from Moreland, so I'll try post it... Maybe you guys will recognise it when I post it. Anyways, Peace!

Welcome mate :) Awesome to have our fellow durbs manna here. Yeah and if u cld put the stuff up u heard from moreland that would be great. I have been trying to get info out of pdf documents i have, but they are protected, so i cant paste the pics or text on here. its so annoying!

But if ur a photographer thats great!!! always need more new Durban pics for the site!

So i take it ur a La Lucia guy?

Well Welcome mate

so u 2 new durbs boys are affraid of the sharks...presume its the ones in the sea, cos the rugga boys are shite.

Ultra_peepi, u studying? or u too old for that?

Hehe no I am studying Graphic Design at the D.i.t. - I'll be sure to post that info as soon as I can find it heheh.

Hey Guys

I've finally decided to post a picture of me. Just so you can put a face to a name.

http://i.pbase.com/v3/93/560593/4/44548413.FairyLights.jpg

I'm Jürgen from Brussels, Belgium and I have an aunt who migrated to South Africa a few years ago. She now lives near Stellenbosch and works in the wine business. When I visited her a while ago, I fell in love with SA, truly an amazing country.

Hello everyone,

I'm new to your forum. Actually this is my first time on the South Africa forum.

Since I know so little about South Africa and the surrounding areas, I thought that this would be a perfect place to acquire some information on, I'm sure, your beautiful country.

I look foward in chit-chatting with you all. :yes:

Thanks!!

Welcome! I am sure you will love the people in this forum... we are south african after all :) Take a look around, stay awhile! ;)

welcome welcome mate :) There is quite alot to see! more than i think u wld probably expect :)

Names Grant, I’m 15 years old, live in Paarl. Still at school (grd9), once out I want to do a 3 year course which involves landscaping, architecture and city planning at UCT.

Nice to have you on the forums!

sad i only found this site now, i love it.

Welcome! :)........hmmmm......the median age seems to be going down hehe ;)

Welcome! :)........hmmmm......the median age seems to be going down hehe ;)

dont u mean the mean?

oh the clever one... :)

oh the clever one... :)

clever but gullible... maybe some people are just good liars

meaning...?

It can be either. And Mo.......you have no idea.

what are u 2 going on about?

tell me too cos im confused.

when was everyone born?
07/20/1983. I celebrated my bday a few days ago.

happy belated birthday :)

16/04/73

5th January 1984. A loud and proud Capricorn.

:banana:

26 Nov, 1989

20 October 1984

oui, je pense.

What's up guys?
My name is Andrés and I am from Argentina, I f*cking love South Africa and wish to participate in the SA forum. I am an old forumer, from Sept 2004 :D, but I was banned a few months ago, so I came back now :D
So, you'll be seeing me more often here, that is of course if you guys let me!
Whatever happened to sa-dreamer? He was a nice guy, he's the only SA forumer I remember...

:)

howzit.

Here it is SA BOY

Hi all, Vaughn here, a new and belated 'forumer'- I work as Set Designer here in Sydney, OZ. Born in Durban, raised from 6yrs old (and worked for a year) in Johannesburg, then moved to Oz in 1988. Been here, with two breaks of roughly 4 years each, since... Still miss JNB and DBN and dream of a time when the wanderlust stops and I go home and since everyones put there DOB in I'm 09.12.69

welcome boet and have a portos for me.

Oooohhh a Virgo........:) Well welcome, have a great time, and if you have any questions....just ask me or any of the other forumers, we are all glad to help :)

It's great to have you Vaughn! I hope u contribute to this forum! :okay:

No a Saggitarian...

OOH I see......9th of Dec. NOT Sept. 12th.....oops :)

That's cool, will post as much as possible. New to the 'net forum concept, so will take it slowly and hopefully not feel too many flames... Though have to admit some comments about people's 'unseemly behaviour' in going through rubbish were a tad insensitive.

Marky Mark here from Kiwiscrapers , just wondering if anyone has heard from Enigma ? he arrived in NZ , did a quick post and has been missing for like a month or more , noticed he hasn't been around here either , strange for someone that hardly missed a Day ! :)

nope, havent seen him around.

Howzit guys! whats happening!

clivey where you been brudda?

Ive been holidaying in Malaysia, France, Greece and Germany. Terrific except for Berlin catching the coldest August in 100 years!

Now happily ensconced in London! Love this place. How's things?

"Marky Mark here from Kiwiscrapers , just wondering if anyone has heard from Enigma ? he arrived in NZ , did a quick post and has been missing for like a month or more , noticed he hasn't been around here either , strange for someone that hardly missed a Day ! "

I wonder where he is.. I miss him. It was fun with all the skandaaal. :D

And welcome back as well Clive! :)

Yes, haven't heard much from ENIGMA for awhile... hmmm

Ive been holidaying in Malaysia, France, Greece and Germany. Terrific except for Berlin catching the coldest August in 100 years!

Now happily ensconced in London! Love this place. How's things?

Well, someone's rolling in the bling bling :righton:

"Marky Mark here from Kiwiscrapers , just wondering if anyone has heard from Enigma ? he arrived in NZ , did a quick post and has been missing for like a month or more , noticed he hasn't been around here either , strange for someone that hardly missed a Day ! "

I wonder where he is.. I miss him. It was fun with all the skandaaal. :D

And welcome back as well Clive! :)

Enigma is excellent for Skyscraper / News as well as Juicey Goss LOL
He was last heard from staying at the Metropolis Tower in Auckland CBD , maybe they are still in shock with all those cute Kiwi Boys either that or they are been held captive by the All Blacks ! :)

Well, someone's rolling in the bling bling :righton:

Just a little FYI, bling bling is not money. It is American slang for jewelry.

Hi, I'm Ed and I'm 23 and live in Bath in the UK. I'm originally from Cape Town though.

Bath is a beautiful place, but in a totally different way from Cape Town. I think our tallest building is a shabby 1950s block of council flats at about 13 stories.

Ive been there. nice place. Very historical and nice old designed buildings.

Hi, I'm Ed and I'm 23 and live in Bath in the UK. I'm originally from Cape Town though.

Bath is a beautiful place, but in a totally different way from Cape Town. I think our tallest building is a shabby 1950s block of council flats at about 13 stories.

Bath is my favourite city in the UK, although it is a bit Isolated. The West Country is just extremely slow to travel round - Driving from Bath to Bristol takes ages, for instance!! I love the architecture in Bath, although to my mind Liverpool is the architectural gem of England.

My name is Kevin and I am based in the USA. I am working for a construction publication. I am also a specialist in Southern African affairs. I am new to the forum but I am impressed with all the new development that is going on in South Africa right now and look forward to being in this forum.

welcome.

Have a great time here!! :)

My name is Kevin and I am based in the USA. I am working for a construction publication. I am also a specialist in Southern African affairs. I am new to the forum but I am impressed with all the new development that is going on in South Africa right now and look forward to being in this forum.
are you origionally from SA?

I recently learned that south africa is a devoloping country within a developed country.
That the white population which is 15% and the black population is 85%. The whites have 99% literacy rate, life span of 70 yrs, high per capita, but the blacks which are 85% are one of the ten most poorest people in africa. Life spane of average 50yrs, very poor, live in townships and ghettos.....etc.
IS THIS STILL TRUE IN SA EVEN AFTER APARTHEID!

well its getting better. but it takes time to turn your life around. if you had NOTHING, a small shack, barely any food, no job, and then apartheid was over, you are still going to be living in that shack for a while.

But its all improving, and the government are helping by building houses etc.

UHH, I'm suppose to introduce myself? How come I haven't seen this before?

Let's see. Well...I'm a full blooded Capetonian (eventhough the city outlay is such an embarrasment!). I'm an early 30's male. I'm a Virgo, therefore a pain in the ass at times, but nice most of times!

I think I am creative :) I do all sort of wonderful things with my hands... LOL.
I love architecture, but my maths suck; was no way I could study to become an architect! I also love urban design; basically everything that has to do with cities.

.......but the blacks which are 85% are one of the ten most poorest people in africa. Life spane of average 50yrs, very poor, live in townships and ghettos.....etc.
IS THIS STILL TRUE IN SA EVEN AFTER APARTHEID!

SA Blacks are, on average, far richer than the african average and have been long before apartheid ended - that statement is total crap. There are probably only 2 or 3 countries in 'black' africa that have richer black people, and they are both tiny mineral-rich countries - EqGuinea and Botswana.

Lifespan is low but that is entirely because of AIDS which has reduced their lifespan from over 60 in the 80s.

HarkerB....my math sucks too!!!!........yet I still chose architecture....how puzzling :) ..lol

welcome kevin :)

In reply to your earlier question I am not from South Africa but an American but I am South African at heart and I identify with the country and what it has going for it. I have published several works on tourism in SA about 8 years ago and I continue to closely watch developments in SA tourism, property and the economy and politics as well. I have known many South Africans and they are great folks.

HarkerB....my math sucks too!!!!........yet I still chose architecture....how puzzling :) ..lol

hey thats make 3 of us im going to be a architecture student come feb but i hate the maths bleeh! 3 years of fun eh! well +the extra 2 for my masters

I recently learned that south africa is a devoloping country within a developed country.
That the white population which is 15% and the black population is 85%. The whites have 99% literacy rate, life span of 70 yrs, high per capita, but the blacks which are 85% are one of the ten most poorest people in africa. Life spane of average 50yrs, very poor, live in townships and ghettos.....etc.
IS THIS STILL TRUE IN SA EVEN AFTER APARTHEID!

What are some accurate demographics, because Stats SA is a little screwed up. I e-mailed them about the footnotes on their site :

· an underestimate of children under the age of five
· an overestimate of children aged between 10 and 19
· an underestimate of men relative to women
· an underestimate of the white population

The response I recieved was that they had not been able to count whites that lived on farms or private communities (note that they didn't respond about the other three problems I addressed). The statistics on CIA WorldFactbook went from Black (75.2%), White (13.6%), Coloured (8.8%), Asian (2.4%) in 2004, to Black (79%), White (9.6%), Coloured (8.8%), Asian (2.6%) in 2005. How could it change so rapidly, and I'm still curious why there isand underestimate of men to women, children under five, and 10-19.

Basically, what I'm saying is what are some more accurate demographics.

Oh, and avicenna what were your sources for those statistics.

JAB
tell us who,why how?
some of us started this forum so its good to know all the guys here.

Alright, my name is Joe, I'm 26, and I was born in Durban, my mother is South African, my father is American. At about the age of 2 my father moved us back to his home(Bethesda, maryland, just outside of D.C.) in the US. I work for an architecture firm in Baltimore now. I recieved my degrees from the University of Maryland's architecture school, largely considered the best in the US (I almost went to Wits). I am a proud to be a South African and an American. It looks like a lot is going on in South Africa now, which is fantastic!!!

Lets do a quick wrap up whos here , Wow it seems like only yesterday we asked for this forum to be set up (around mid 2001 if I remeber when gandalff aka Enigma got banned at SSP and we all moved together)
SA BOY
Pule
Dysan1
RomansSA
Mike2005
JAB223
Thryre
hirakatashi
Cape Town Guy
Hsark
Capetown
datilguy
clive330
harkerb
booshank
caissonboy
joburg
MoRush
pieter Van Classen
fr3ak
GregPz
SASoccer
EvilP
Ultra peepi
makoppa

Hi, I just joined today. I am 25 and graduated from Wits, I am from Buffalo City but currently work in Dubai, and Kuwait.

Welcome buffalo city. I saw that some others have posted pictures of themselves so here is one of me :

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a253/JAB323/100_0177.jpg

:) Hi ppl, I am 20. I am in the electrical design field, currently working for one of the well known Electrical Engineers in Durban. I am involved in alot of the current major projects that are taking place, but I am not allowed to say which ones (technical policy's).

I hope i get meet some of u online, :)

hi Durbsboi. enjoy.

welcome mate :) Good to hear that we have someone in ur position...involved in projects...now on the site!

Hi, I'm Clara from Pietermaritzburg, living in Dublin. It was actually the pictures of Doha that brought me to the site.

Those posted recently were taken from a holiday there.

Hi, welcome to the SA forum! We need the strength to promote our cities (especially in the city vs city tread!) by informing other forumers of happenings in SA.

hello clara and welcome, seems us Natalians are now taking over. Seems to mimic the boom in SA at the moment

Well it is the most populated province at the moment. I wonder why so few people from Joey though?

we want some pretoraians and Bloemmies to join

en waar sal ons 'n bietjie mense van PE gevind?

Ok...i tried die taal!

Welcome Clara! Giles u right...its KZN take over!

:) Hi ppl, I am 20. I am in the electrical design field, currently working for one of the well none Electrical Engineers in Durban. I am involved in alot of teh current major projects that are taking place, but I am not allowed to say which ones (technical policy's).

I hope i get meet some of u online, :)

mmmm...only online?

"Well it is the most populated province at the moment. I wonder why so few people from Joey though?"

Indeed.. Well, if you all have a lewksie in the December edition of the Property Mag (not sure if it's in the Cape Town and Durbs edition), but in the Gauteng edition I had my little letter published about skyscrapercity. So maybe that'll bring in more peeps. :)

we want some pretoraians and Bloemmies to join

Hey, I am a bloemmie :)

hello clara and welcome, seems us Natalians are now taking over. Seems to mimic the boom in SA at the moment

The boom in Durbs?

Yeh the boom in durbs :)

And great with the letter...yeh its in the durbs edition too :)

#1 tell us a bit about yourself, you too Clarabel?
And Durbs is going balistic , said it befoere and Ill say it agaion 25 years in Durban and I see shit happening, move to oz and all hell breaks loose in town

Welcome Clarabel and #1 :)

Welcome Clara! We need more women on this board to bring some gender perspective to our discussions. By the way, how many female posters are there on the SA boards??

Welcome #1 (hey are you going to Durbs for the #A1 grand prix??? It's kinda named after you)

Hi All
Well, I am Moby, from Port Elizabethian born and bred, just in case you did'nt catch my signature :) , married, 5 kids, oldest is 24, youngest is 5, 4 boys, one girl, I am in property but not on the construction side, we own a couple of blocks of flats etc, so looking after the tenants keeps me busy. Never been out of the country, unless you count Walvis Bay Naval Base. Far as I can figure, we got everything here thats overseas so why bother, altho' one of my kids may be going over to Oz so work on a sugar mill railway line, not sure if thats going to happen though.
My main interest is photography, transport related, I own the sa-transport website, thats how I found this place, Pule hotlinked some of my pictures to here :eek2:
Other interests include our V8's, the two cougars in the pictures are ours, 1970 one is mine, thats the pic in my first post under 'classic', the last one in the sunset post belongs to my significant other. We have about 12 V8's in various stages of disrepair, one day when we find the time we will get round to fixing them up, but the cougars are running, and one ranchero.
Thats about it.

Oh yeah, one extra thing, Caisson, in your post on the first page here you mentioned Central, and Club Riches, interesting place that was. :)

Lets do a quick wrap up whos here , Wow it seems like only yesterday we asked for this forum to be set up (around mid 2001 if I remeber when gandalff aka Enigma got banned at SSP and we all moved together)
SA BOY
Pule
Dysan1
RomansSA
Mike2005
JAB223
Thryre
hirakatashi
Cape Town Guy
Hsark
Capetown
datilguy
clive330
harkerb
booshank
caissonboy
joburg
MoRush
pieter Van Classen
fr3ak
GregPz
SASoccer
EvilP
Ultra peepi
makoppa

wat about me ! :rant:

I did that before you arrived mate.

Its cool man, as long as I'm in it now.
plus we both support the best rugby team in the southern hemisphere!

now let the best team actually win a tournament!!

Hello :)
I'm a first year architecture student, 23 years old.. Currently atudying at Wits.
I joined to find out more about happenings in and around S.A... Looking forward to learning alot from this forum ..Cheers! :) [/FONT]

hey... Welcome!

You will certainly be able to find out alot! Good to have someone else from Joburg...we are running low on Joburg people!

Hello :)
I'm a first year architecture student, 23 years old.. Currently atudying at Wits.
I joined to find out more about happenings in and around S.A... Looking forward to learning alot from this forum ..Cheers! :) [/FONT]

A Joburger! Yes!

-thryve

Hello welcome to the forum.

hellllooo from Dubai!!!

Howzit & welcome to da Forum! hope to have some great design from u in the next few years! my cous just completed his honors last year for archi @ wits.

hey archangel u not related to the "Archiangels" of Durban? god those chicks are hot...drool

I'm a first year architecture student, 23 years old.. Currently atudying at Wits.


Good times... :D

Hello, I'm Soufian Elkhinifri-Taghi
16 years old, I live in the Netherlands in a nice suburb of Utrecht.
I go to high school/secundary school. Just 1 1/2 years before i go to university. i want to study dentistry cause that's a job where you do almost nothing and earn a lot of money to afford travel to, I dunno, South Africa.
My family also has several houses(just two) In morocco. We go there almost every summer. This year I'll go twice, once with friends and the other time with familly.
I hope to visit the most southern part of Africa in my life(dont be afraid it will be soon) cause I allready visited the most northern part of the continent.

I'll try to hang around on the South African forum, cause I like this subforum...:D

Here's a picture of me:

http://www.niftarlake.nl/fotos/londen2005/photos/IMG_3890.jpg

The one who can find me wins a prize :D

This person, I hope: :P


http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/7986/title1yg.jpg

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/1332/img38908wh.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

There u are!....i think :)
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Pieter Van Classen Guessed me, great job!!!

You have a dutch name Pieter;) do you have dutch roots?
The guess fro Thyrve is Kenneth, he's crazy!!!! He was driving me mad. i had to sleep 4 nights in the same room with him, terrible.
And Durbsboi guessed another Moroccan, he's crazy too. Very agressive an not social. Terrible too!

Hi there

Thanks for the great welcome... and to Durbsioi.. no, I'm not related to the "Archiangels of Durban" LOL Who are they? By the way, I'm a guy... name's Angelo, did'nt mention that. :)

The guess from Thyrve is Kenneth, he's crazy!!!! He was driving me mad. i had to sleep 4 nights in the same room with him, terrible.


I wonder what u'd say about that andrew...... hehehehehehehehe lol

^^
Who is Andrew???

Thryve = Andrew :)

Yes, dysan... sure. Hah.

-thryve

Hey welcome Archiangel! We are all happy to help with questions etc......so have a great time! :)

Hi there

Thanks for the great welcome... and to Durbsioi.. no, I'm not related to the "Archiangels of Durban" LOL Who are they? By the way, I'm a guy... name's Angelo, did'nt mention that. :)

Well Angelo, the Archiangels are quite a well established architecture firm in Ballito/Durban. & the main lady in charge is FREEKEN HOT, seriously drop dead gorgeous! & since u had the name "arch 'angel' " thought u were a girl, dno why? any way welcome to the Forum & enjoy, dont feel shy to post ur thoughts! & feel free to start fights with Mo (u'll see wat i mean) :jk:

Hey guys my name is Marco, i'm a newbie! lol

Hey guys my name is Marco, i'm a newbie! lol
hi..u cute?

hi..u cute?
HEY! stop hitting on the new guy, u might just scare him away! :runaway:

Howzit Marco, welcome to ........... wats this place called? oh yeh SSC

sodom and gomorrah...show us what you look like :)

sodom and gomorrah...
wats that mean?

you dont wanna know

howdee marco :) welcome...its now the jozi invasion starting

Welcome Marco!!! :)

you dont wanna know
Why?

C'mon now guys u know we Durbs ppl are bad with our Afrikaans.

dont worry I can take some stick back, I aint gonna start a war or something.

I'm Dean.25 and my profession is Biomedical Engineering. My current location is London, but my home town is Port Elizabeth. I have been following the treads over the last couple of months and found it very interesting and informative. Great to find a Likeminded people that are so proud of our country.

Heya nice ppl ...


I am asma 19 yrs old from United arab emirates ^_^ .. i am studing IT at my college the second year.. and my favorite hobby is drawing ^_^ ..

SEE Ya ^_^

Hi everyone! Mike from Cape Town here.

Hi everyone! Mike from Cape Town here.
i spose ure from tygerberg?

Harkerb here. It'd be nice to see more of your faces here

http://static.flickr.com/45/150734862_ee320f2db9_m.jpg http://static.flickr.com/49/151528785_efd0b249d9_m.jpg
:)

^^ Tygerdal actually...

welcome mate, we need some more slap stad guys cos us natalians are taking over
tell us about yourself, student, working? why you are here etc

eish alot of new ppl here hey! even some from UAE, welcome guys

Just wanted to say hi to all the other development junkies out there. Joined this forum a couple of weeks ago - because it is really cool and informative. i am a political analist for a south african ngo. Live in centurion (that piece of bloemfontein-like flatland between jozi and ptown). Got used to it now, at least it is central. I love Jozi (she is such a drama queen) but on days that she is too much I prefer her twin, Pretoria.

To those who oppose the gautrain... I spent 2,5hours in traffic the other day from centurion to a place near stanley ave in jozi. No accidents or stationary vehicles - just traffic. can you imagine what it is going to be like in another four years? Bring on the train, its ambitious, but damn - we need it!

unless a lot of people like commuting four hours a day - i for one hate it!

yeh, good to have more and more! all the newbies from Durbs, welcome and thanx for ur new contributions. Those from CT and Jozi, welcome, you guys need to help inform us all more about whats up there, cos we dont get that much info.

Those of overseas...Thanx for paying interest in your homeland, or if you arent south african at all, glad you have an interest in this fine growing nation!

Cheers

Michael

^^Meet our deputy president for SA Forums (if u dont know who our president is, its thryve)

For those who want to know a little more about who I am....
I'm 38, work for a stationery business in Montague Gardens. I've been in Cape Town for about 16 years after growing up in East London. I probably won't have much to offer regarding developments and pics, but I really am enjoying the articles and pics that you guys post. The gallery threads (esp. Cape Town) are amazing.
Thanks to you all.
Cheers
Mike.

Welcome from me- here in Sydney and all the established forumers. Always good to see new ideas from those that have just discovered us.

Hi Guys - am another Durb's boy. 31. Been living in UK & Switzerland for last 9 years. Work for one of the big Investment Banks as a Project Manager.
Interested in SA and it's ongoing development, as will be back for good in SA next year and plan is to start own business on my return. Looking at something related to property development (buying old properties and renovating, sub-dividing etc etc...)

awesome mate!!

Well a BIG Hey there from those of us here in Durbs! You in Switzerland or UK now?

Hope you stick around and ask us whatever you need to know about whats happening here in your absence...

cheers

Michael

Wassup Warren G!,

just kidding, welcome bro,
looking forward to your contributions.

Durbsboi

welcome warren and its great you are planning to come home and bring your skills with you. Trust me you wont regret it: coming back to africa was the best move I ever made!! Where are you planning on living upon your return?

will more than likely head to Jhb initially - though I hope if finances allow, will be able to get to Dbn on weekends

cool cool. I live in Melrose Arch which is awsome and only a few mins into Maude Street in sandton for work even with the traffic!!!!!! Jozi is an awsome city to live in: without a doubt the most interesting and exciting city I have ever lived in. And I just had bullet proof glass fitted to my car which am very proud of so now even if I am hijacked they cant get me!! yay!! :-)

m2005 - you are kidding me right? I have just finished building a place out in Midrand (Carlswald Lifestyle Estate)(was great fun from UK) but is now complete - likely to move there when I get back. Think I will have a slightly more challenging trip into Sandton or downtown Jhb though

Welcome Warren! I hope you find your way to Durban. We need people like you to help Durbs reverse its current brain-drain.

yeh, will take time to pull people away from joburg...but in the end we will succeed

Durb's is defo my ultimate destination when I get back to SA. Though if I engineer a transfer with my company back to SA (for a year or two ) will be to Jhb. (born and bred there incl. school & varsity). Have travelled round the world to many places and think the Durbanites (South African's in general) sell the themselves short. There are many natural beauty spots, and more than a few world class venues, that are streets ahead of the rest of the world. Just need to market it postively

dont start the revolution without me, will be back in 5-8 years after i complete the listing of our fund. sell and retire

I agree, alot of durbanites do sell themselves and the city short. The reason they do in my opinion is that they havent travelled enough and have the typical south african mentality that overseas is better. i blame it on ignorance

nope am not kidding. cost R15,000 and was a great investment. Now my range rover is a sort of armoured vehicle. its got run flat tyres as well so its basically hijack proof. And blacked out windows too. Its worth the money to get it all done. I had it done through a chap I know who works at Denel so I dont know how much it costs normally. As for Midrand it is very cool altho I dont know that estate personally (altho personally the trafic in to sandton from there every morning would drive me mad!!)

Mike I agree with you totally about the saffa mentality. Durbs is as good as any overseas city but a great deal of south africans are very immature and just always believ the grass is greener etc when it actually is not and this is an awsome place to live in. I for one would not want to live in any other country in the world.

^^ mate what you have just said about your car is FREAKY. my god thats not a natural thing to do and is an indicator of the fear you must have in joburg or sa. i would never have even considered doing that

not really fear just practicality. Its not that unusual. Quite a few people I know have had it done. Its just sensible realy. I dont have fear living here as if I lived my life in fear I wouldnt be enjoying Jozi as much as Iam but having said that I am aware of the downside of this city and I do take practical precautions. I would recomend it to anyone. After all its no different to having electric fencing and armed response: its just a sensible precaution in Joburg!

Wicked an armoured Range Rover! lets see pics of it! thats sooo cool, all you need to do now is put 20inch chromeys on that fat biatch! I went past Gordon Rd prep yest my word are there some milfs there! & thier cars! there was this one coloured milf, she is tiny, but hot, she has a black Range Rover Sport! with 19" chromes, that car is soo coool!

I was going to buy a range sport super charged but bougth another X5 4.8Is instead. Its got the best full roof sunroof which opens over all seats.

How much those go for in Dubai? must be pretty cheap? I'm thinking of getting the new 3 series coupe, soon to be launched in SA, its got a twin turbo!!!
http://img457.imageshack.us/img457/2769/22007bmw3seriescoupe335i328ie9.jpg

yup Range Rover sports are very cool altho it is a bit unreliable!!! It is a perfect car fro jozi cos if a taxi crashes into a range rover you are likely to walk away unscathed as they are bloody strong and safe cars!!!! :-)

its all still mighty freaky to me

^^nah it aint freaky, say mike u must put that protective plastic that go's around the body of ur car, so it protects the paint work if a taxi does decide to crash into u.

what ever happened to geo girl ? i guess I must have scared her away :runaway:

Hi Darron here working as a selling agent in the developments coming up in NTC. Crazy place... but the options and potential are limitless.

Any news on the Umhlanga ridge New Town Centre is Greatly appreciated.

Hey there welcome...u work for piccadilly right? Good to have someone in the know on board. We dont have a thread for The Block that u were selling, cos we cldnt find any pictures or a site for it. any detail on it u can provide?

thanx mate

Michael

How the hell you know who he works for? anyway welcome Darron, I am a project designer, busy with many projects in the NTC & everywhere else in Durban so just ask if you need anything.

welcome mate

LOL i remember a Darron from Piccadily properties...it might not be him tho...

LOL, u might have alot of pie in the face then ;)

pie on the face is not such a bad thing!!!!!

:) :) :) :) hhehehehe! the poor guy might be darrons mortal enemy and mike might have driven him away from our forum!!!!

pie on the face is not such a bad thing!!!!!
true, it depends wat pie ;) if you know what i mean

Hi guys! Just thought I'd introduce myself. I've been reading this forum for months now and finally decided to register.

I'm a student at the moment, studying Law at the University of Pretoria. I originally come from Polokwane, but I obviously live in Pretoria these days. I'm a huge fan of Durban, always loved the city! Skyscrapers has been a passion of mine for years now, and every new development makes me proud to live in SA.

By the way, thanks to all of you for the information currently available on this forum! There is always something new on some amazing new project. :)

^^ Hey there!! a BIG Welcome Mate...think u are our first Pretoria guy and most definately the first from Polokwane!!

I wish that more people that come to the forums and read will sign up like you have, the more voices we have on here the better for South Africa and the better informed we all can be!

I hope u come back regularily and add things about Pretoria if you know, Polokwane too...we never hear much about either place...now if only the PE guys wld raise their voices...

Anyone from Bloem? East London? George? Pmb? Nelspruit? These are areas that must surely have something going, even if it isnt on the scale of the 3 biggies.

I feel for PE, more should be going on in a city of its size!

:) :) :) :) hhehehehe! the poor guy might be darrons mortal enemy and mike might have driven him away from our forum!!!!


LOL...i hope he returns...he cld provide vital inside info...the stuff we all love to hear...!

Well let me see....

I'm an South African,in heart,body and soul.I've been staying in Taiwan for the past 4 years.Although I love Taiwan,I miss South Africa so very much.

The smell of an Highveld thunderstorm,the smell of Africa,the sounds,the people.

A pic of me......soon.

loads of new guys so welcome

Hey welcome rib, say are you sweet & sour or bbq?

Durbsboi you crack me up. I actualy prefer honey roasted Ribs over the other two

I have to agree. Honey roasted would be much preferred.

sawabona to all our new forumers welcome ...
gay citizens 77
straight 3

Heya, this Martzbra (brad)....and now its 4 straight. Im an Msc student studying geology at UJ. Wouldve done architecture if it werent for rocks lovely rocks. the thread about the durban zenzamakonasomething stadium got me signed up. was a photographer for emporis but dont have the time anymore...so yeah

:rock::righton::cheer::pepper::cheers1::banana2::carrot::cucumber: Yeah another straight! whooo hooo!:rock::righton::cheer::pepper::cheers1::banana2::carrot::cucumber:
no offense gay's

Welcome brad, hope to see many posts from you, esp in the hotties of the month thread, me & hsark are getting out numbered :D

Durbsboi you crack me up. I actualy prefer honey roasted Ribs over the other two
lol, that questions answer had 2 meanings, Mo pointed that out after your post ;)

Just to let you all know, it should actually be 5 straight now.. ;) Including me.

Just to let you all know, it should actually be 5 straight now.. ;) Including me.
So its bbq then, then this also applies to you to then rib

:rock::righton::cheer::pepper::cheers1::banana2::carrot::cucumber: Yeah another straight! whooo hooo!:rock::righton::cheer::pepper::cheers1::banana2::carrot::cucumber:
no offense gay's

Welcome rib, hope to see many posts from you, esp in the hotties of the month thread, me & hsark are getting out numbered :D

Just to let you all know, it should actually be 5 straight now.. ;) Including me.

Make that 6...

Thanks Durbsboi! :cheers: I'll see what I can do about the hotties thread. ;) And the ranks are swelling with Cigar now as well!

There's actually a whole stack of straight guys here - probably more than gay. Well maybe it's about even. I just wanna know why there's no girls!!

I can do this forever

:rock::righton::cheer::pepper::cheers1::banana2::carrot::cucumber: Yeah another straight! whooo hooo!:rock::righton::cheer::pepper::cheers1::banana2::carrot::cucumber:
no offense gay's

Cigar, hope to see many posts from you, esp in the hotties of the month thread, me, rib, SABOY, brad & hsark are getting out numbered :D

Have you actually met girls who are that interested in buildings?? :) They tend to love pretty houses, but when it comes to tall buildings, they just shut off in my experience...

:runaway:

There's actually a whole stack of straight guys here - probably more than gay. Well maybe it's about even. I just wanna know why there's no girls!!
What ever happen to Geogirl?

anyway, most of the chicks I know, give a shit about construction, "Its a man thing" the only thing they care if theres a cool shop opening in the place.

I studied with 2 chicks who became QS's and worked with a few chick architects but nothing on site

Oooh yeh, I also work with some chick QS's man are they HOT! :eek2: jaw droppers! & I work with plenty chick Architects, so yeh I need to change my statement above, but apart from those chicks the others do find construction boring

ahh...u all so happy cos u got some more "guys"...

:rock::righton::cheer::pepper::cheers1::banana2::carrot::cucumber: Yeah another straight! whooo hooo!:rock::righton::cheer::pepper::cheers1::banana2::carrot::cucumber:
no offense gay's

Welcome brad, hope to see many posts from you, esp in the hotties of the month thread, me & hsark are getting out numbered :D

Are you comfortable with your sexuality Durbsboi? Cos it really seems like you're constantly trying to prove something...

Anyway, I'll just introduce myself... my name's Anton and I'm typing from Spain... I've been checking your forum for a really long time but I haven't really posted over here... some of you guys may know me already, like joburg.
Well, you guys have a great forum, so keep up the good work :)

Are you comfortable with your sexuality Durbsboi?
Yes I am

Cos it really seems like you're constantly trying to prove something...
No I'm not

Happy? :)

BTW I hope you have inclueded me in the straight count!!!!

Sure Durbsboi, it's good to be comfy with one's sexuality :)

me too, I was the origional straight one here

Sure Durbsboi, it's good to be comfy with one's sexuality :)
Whats up with you? you starting to scare me :runaway:

jeez antonameneiro this is not a gay chat forum!!!!!! Why are you so obsessed with durbsboi's sexuality?

^^ I think he likes me :gaah:

aaawwwhhh....he trying to steel db away from me......LOL

Hi all,

I wanted to properly introduce myself to the forum, even though I've been posting messages for several weeks.

Unsurprisingly, I'm a procrastinator! I'm also an American. I have been fortunate to visit SA, and Durban in particular, several times over the past 18 years. My family currently have property in Umhlanga (hence the name), but we also stayed on South Beach in 1989-90.

Currently, I am finishing my legal education, and hope to become a full-fledged lawyer later this year.

Also, I will be making another visit to Durban (and the rest of SA) in a month. This will be my wife's first visit, and I can't wait to show her as much as I can of the country that I love so much.

Best regards,
Umhlanga

Welcome boet,

Glad to have you aboard