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
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
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
18 May 10
Now in it’s fourth year, the Franschhoek Literary Festival is becoming internationally recognised as the event to attend for authors, publishers, publicists and just about anybody interested in reading. The picturesque village was the ideal setting for the arrary of literary offerings, as we moved between the church hall, school hall and hospice in search [...]
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Tagged Book SA, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Kalk Bay Books, The Book Lounge, The Sunday Times, Zapiro
Tagged Book SA, Franschhoek Literary Festival, Kalk Bay Books, The Book Lounge, The Sunday Times, Zapiro
17 May 10
The Good Food and Wine Show 2010 was well attended, mainly due to the appearance of Gordon Ramsay, whose cooking events and dinner were sold out in advance. Now in it’s eleventh year, the The Good Food and Wine Show is becoming an internationally recognised event, when you look at the line up of other internationally [...]
25 Mar 10
The Queen Mary 2 arrived in Cape Town this morning from Durban and berged at the Eastern Mole, Duncan Docks. With a capacity of 1,500 crew looking after 3,000 passengers, the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront was a hype of activity with new visitors either disembarking or preparing to board her for the onward trip to Rio de Janerio. [...]
12 Mar 10
Lance Armstrong has been very busy in Cape Town raising awareness of a healthy lifestyle during the days up to the start of the Cape Argus Pick N’ Pay cycle race this Sunday March 14. Departing Lourensford Wine Estate (Somerset West)with 40 cyclists they cycled 100km to the Westin Grand Hotel, Cape Town. Some of [...]
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10 Mar 10
Intermittent rain is not spoiling the fun of the 5,000 audience enjoying Cliff Richard live at Kirstenbosch gardens. “We are near the front in the rain, but having a great time” says Rene Ovadia who sent me this photo of Cliff Richard from her Blackberry while enjoying the show. It is rather ironic that we [...]
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9 Mar 10
Lance Armstrong arrived for his first visit to Cape Town last night and immediately tweeted about his challenges at passport control because he didn’t have two full clear pages in his passport! Armstrong will be partaking in the Cape Town Argus Pick N’ Pay cycle race this Sunday. This morning he was in good spririts as he [...]
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2 Mar 10
Bill Harrop, owner of Bill Harrop’s Original Balloon Safari turned 70 yesterday and celebrated with his wife Mary at Tintswalo Atlantic. Tintswalo Atlantic is the latest addition to the Tintswalo collection and provided the perfect setting to celebrate a special occasion. From Hout Bay we travelled through the toll on Chapmans peak drive and turned [...]
28 Feb 10
Woolworths sponsored Martha Stewart‘s first ever visit to Cape Town, and CEO Simon Sussman introduced her to the stage at the breakfast presentation at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Martha spoke for an hour about the success of her company and described the portfolio of magazines, books, TV shows and product ranges she has [...]
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