During the two year run up to the world cup, international visitors quizzed me during tours about our preparations. Were we worried about crime or terrorism? Would the stadium be ready? Will our roadworks be completed in time? Do we have enough electricity? Their enquiries were fuelled by their home media and an international arrivals airport [...]
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16 Jul 10
29 Jun 10
At the Kelvin Grove, Newlands, Helen Zille welcomed the Cape Town press club and international journalists visiting Cape Town for the Fifa world cup. Sporting jeans and a Bafana Bafana soocer shirt with Zille on the back, she introduced herself briefly to allow the majority of time for questions from local media and international journalists. “The biggest impact [...]
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Tagged Cape Town press club, Fifa, Helen Zille, Table Mountain
Tagged Cape Town press club, Fifa, Helen Zille, Table Mountain
25 Jun 10
One could be forgiven for thinking the stadium had been painted orange yesterday as fans arrived last night covered in orange wigs, scarves, shirts and various array of national costumes. Looking closely, speckles of red, green and yellow were dotted around as Cameroon fans waved their flags and banners. I talked to some of the [...]
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23 Jun 10
While there was a noticable absence of Korean fans at the stadium, there was an abundance of excited well-behaved school children. Smartly dressed in their school uniforms they cheered when their Manchester United hero, Christiano Ronaldo ran onto the pitch. One of the teachers explained they had entered a recycling competition and won 90 tickets [...]
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Tagged Christiano Ronaldo, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Tagged Christiano Ronaldo, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
21 Jun 10
While the football was disappointing, the fans from both England and Algeria made the evening memorable. Along the fan walk we were greeted with the Cape Minstrels, fire dancers, musicians and shouts of “Eng-ger-land” as fans danced towards the stadium. Costumes ranged from St George’s knights, flags, wigs, and T-shirts with the red cross on a [...]
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Tagged Cape Town, David Beckham, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Tagged Cape Town, David Beckham, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
18 Jun 10
USA football fans, Richard and Rick Spies took a day away from soccer to sample delights in the wine region. Rick requested Backsberg wine estate as his friend in Denver is involved in importing Backberg wines. I was reminded how lucky I am to work in the wine region as we drove through the main [...]
15 Jun 10
Rain did not dampen the spirits of fans who made their way to the stadium along the fan walk for Italy v Paraguay. De Waterkant shopping mall hosted many fans in the restaurants and bars, where internationals sat side by side draped in assorted flags and costumes. At the main entrance, visitors lined up to [...]
12 Jun 10
It was an electric atmosphere last night as 64,100 fans made their way for the first match in Cape Town of the 2010 Fifa World Cup . While some arrived on the free shuttle buses, many took the 2.6km fan walk from the City bowl to the stadium. On route were fire dancers, musicians and [...]
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Tagged Cape Town, Coke, Fifa, Hyundai, Thiery Henri, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
Tagged Cape Town, Coke, Fifa, Hyundai, Thiery Henri, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront
9 Jun 10
David Bowden, Sky News reported in Johannesburg and Cape Town about the positive side of South Africa. Standing in front of Soccer City, Bowden explained the reality of crime situated in certain areas and how tourist sites are largely unaffected. In Cape Town, Bowden watched the Tenors rehearse in Gugulethu in preparation for the world cup [...]
7 Jun 10
Over the last few days, Johannesburg based correspondant, Emma Hurd has presented two reports portraying South African crime and poverty. I was raised in the UK and have lived for the last 15 years in South Africa (7 years in Johannesburg and the last 8 years in Cape Town) and offer the visitors another version. [...]
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6 Jun 10
There was a hype of activity on the Grand Parade with final preparations for the fan fest to be ready by June 11. With a capacity of 25,000, spectators will be able to view all 64 matches on the screen measuring 74 metres square. It will be open from 11am until 23.00pm throughout the world cup and [...]
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31 May 10
Fans which have booked online will be delighted to know that the collection of their tickets is a quick and efficient process. The office is based at 42 Hans Strydom (at the bottom of Bree st), and open seven days a week from 9am – 6pm. I took my ticket reference numbers, ID and the [...]
23 Mar 10
Angus Buchan, evangelist and guest speaker from Kwa Zulu Natal, lead the Cape Town for Jesus event to an audience just over 52,000. With a capacity of 68,000 this was the highest number of spectators attending the stadium and proved once again that South Africa is ready to host the world cup soccer. While some [...]
4 Mar 10
A list of forbidden items is displayed at the entrance to the Cape Point Stadium. On the list is the old South African flag which is followed by “banners or flags with content that can reasonably be considered to be sexist, racist, vulgar, discriminatory, infalmmatory or offensive”. In addition, predictably, firearms, knives, pointed umbrellas and [...]
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2 Mar 10
In 100 days the soccer world cup 2010 kicks off in Johannesburg and Cape Town on June 11. South Africans were asked to wear the yellow South African soccer shirts today to work to mark this occaison. Danny Jordaan, CEO of the Fifa comittee in South Africa was a on a roadshow of all [...]
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13 Feb 10
Stadefrance, the management company for Greenpoint stadium, started offering tours this week. The tour begins at the new visitors centre and lasts for around 45 minutes. They are worthwhile for anybody wanting to see areas of the stadium which you wouldn’t normally see during a match or concert. The stadium is divided into four zones which were well-signposted as blue, green, [...]
10 Feb 10
The second ‘soft’ opening of the Greenpoint stadium was a great success for the 40,000 spectators who attended the rugby festival, Cape Stormers Vs Boland Invitational XV. After warm welcomes from Executive Mayor, Alderman dan Plato and Premier, Helen Zille the crowd were treated to a warm up from South African and International rugby legends. Spectators applauded Schalk Burger (who [...]
24 Jan 10
January 23 – it was an important day for everybody in Cape Town, the first ‘soft’ opening of the new Green Point stadium. Two local rivals, Santos and Ajax Cape Town were the first to try out the new pitch. With a seating capacity of 68,000 spectators, ticket sales were limited to 20,000, opening the [...]
16 Dec 09
The Cape Times reported how balloons and champagne celebrated the completion of the Greenpoint stadium. A silver-plated “key of the door” was ceremoniously handed over to Mayor Plato while winemaker Achim von Arnim (Cabriere Estate), popped a bottle of method cap classique in style using a sabre. Hundreds of balloons from the colours in [...]
13 Dec 09
Cape Town Tourism got everybody fired up about soccer 2010, by teaching the soccer dance routine at the Winchester Mansions hotel in Seapoint.
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