Daily Archives: August 26, 2010

Implosions – another view

One of South Africa’s most popular (and simultaneously unpopular) cartoonists is Jonathan “Zapiro” Shapiro. This is his take on recent events.

Visit Zapiro’s website for more.

The end of the Athlone Cooling Towers in Cape Town

Last Sunday, huge crowds turned out to see the demolition of the Athlone Cooling Towers, something of a landmark on the Cape Flats. There are a lot of videos of the event on the web, but this one, from Silver Bullet Productions, is by far the best I’ve seen.  (And thanks to @GusSilber for the Twitter link.)