Browsing the archives for the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront tag

16 Aug 10

Comrade Golderberg – Encounters documentary film festival

Comrade Goldberg was the documentary shown as part of the Encounters documentary film festival which runs for two weeks at the Victoria & Alfred waterfront and Labia. Denis Goldberg sat in the audience with moist eyes as this 55 minute documentary showed his life story, a white, jewish, activist for the ANC trying to over throw the [...]

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21 Jul 10

The Wheel of Excellence at the V&A Waterfront

The 50 metre high Wheel of Excellence is located on the canal site of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront (opposite the Caltex petrol station), offering panoramic views of Cape Town.  The current price of R70 for adults and R40 for children between 3-12 years, I found a little expensive for 20 minute ride. There are [...]

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23 Jun 10

Portugal V North Korea

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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21 Jun 10

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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12 Jun 10

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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