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England v Algeria – The Fans!

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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France v Uruguay at Cape Town stadium

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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Taste of Cape Town

The Taste of Cape Town kicked off yesterday evening with an array wine farms and restaurants offering tastings and dishes to visitors eager to feast on all the offerings.  Rhodes high school, Mowbray, was an excellent venue to host such an event as traffic congestion was minimal and the playing fields provided ample parking for R20 [...]

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