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The Online Guide to Visiting Cape Town and other holiday season silliness

I was in equal parts amused and annoyed by a letter to News24 in which a Capetonian, in rather typical Capetonian fashion, provided a handy guide to what he believes is proper tourist behaviour. Submitted, of course, under a pseudonym. Up on this end...

Published 22 Dec 2009 9:21 by Shine2010

Filed under: Cape Town, Tourism, Gauteng, Letter
FIFA Draw coincides with Silly Season

Around rolls 1 December and it seems all of South Africa is ready for at least two things: the holidays and the FIFA World Cup draw taking place in Cape Town this coming Friday. It's really happening, the rich and the famous from the soccer playing...

Published 1 Dec 2009 9:16 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, 2010 World Cup, Cape Town, Draw
2010 Stadium names: To the bard, to the bard

By Donovan Jackson Sometime in the very late 16th century while writing perhaps his most famous romantic tragedy, noted playwright William Shakespeare produced a line which perhaps had more in common with the predictions of the French seer Nostradamus...

Published 9 Sep 2009 14:37 by Shine2010

Filed under: Cape Town, Green Point Stadium, Cape Town stadium, 2010 stadia, Moses Mabhida, 2010 stadium, 2010 stadium names, William Shakespeare
Cape Town…Ibiza it ain’t, not even in 2010

By Donovan Jackson Couple of interesting things to comment upon this morning. One of which is what I think is a rather sage observation from my favourite radio station, 702. It was David O’Sullivan this time; he was pondering the necessity to have...

Published 25 Aug 2009 9:34 by Shine2010

Filed under: South Africa, 2010 World Cup, Cape Town, 702 Talk Radio, 2010, South Africans, Spanish Island, Ibiza, David O’Sullivan
Back to work

By Donovan Jackson If ever the indomitability of the South African spirit was needed, it is probably in the construction industry…and probably from the perspectives of those in charge as well as organised labour. The overwhelmingly good news for...

Published 16 Jul 2009 10:09 by Shine2010

Filed under: Confederations cup, Cape Town, good news, Alberto Contador, South African spirit, Lance Armstrong, World Cup schedule, construction strike, Tour de France
Bye bye IPL hello Confed Cup

Remember that cool song, ‘Smoke on the Water’ by Deep Purple? Seems last week Cape Town was being lit up rather spectacularly by some unusual (for that city) thunderstorm activity. Check out the pics, an awesome demonstration of the power...

Published 26 May 2009 13:43 by DonovanJackson

Filed under: Confederations cup, Eskom, IPL, Arrive Alive, electricity, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Stuart Hess, Deccan chargers, Cape Town
Hello Tourists, Welcome to South Africa!

The internet really is a wonderful place. Not only does it give us loads of information at the click of a mouse, but it is also a practically endless source of amusement – and I’m not talking about the reports of swine flu here (necessarily...

Published 21 May 2009 13:29 by Shine2010

Filed under: USA, Confederations cup, Cape Town, internet, Swine Flu, Tourists, World Health Organisation, jokes, amusement, Indian Premier League
Sing for your soccer!

Football and anthems go together like pap and wors. Or maybe that’s not quite true. Sure, they go together like fish and chips, because in England, the anthem is a rallying cry for the football fan. In fact we could go through a number examples...

Published 2 Apr 2009 10:49 by Shine2010

Filed under: FIFA, football, South Africa, World Cup, Cape Town, soccer, Bafana, Toni Braxton, football anthems, Goldfish, Soccer anthems, 2010 anthem, Soundtracks and Comebacks
Marketing for Confeds Cup kicks into a higher gear

Driving back from Cape Town yesterday – a dreadful drive if ever there was one – I once again heard Derek Carstens on the radio, this time SAfm. There has been quite a bit of hoo-haa over the lack of marketing/interest in the Confeds Cup which...

Published 31 Mar 2009 17:05 by Shine2010

Filed under: confed cup, Tickets, South Africa, Confederations cup, Cape Town, Derek Carstens, FIFA 2010 World Cup, South Africans, Jerome Valcke, Arthur Goldstuck, Royal Bofokeng stadium, SAfm
The last 500

Check your sundial! Today marks just 500 more sunrises until the 2010 World Cup gets started. Obama’s just been inaugurated and is making all the right sounds (and moves). The economy continues to go pear, but South African fortitude shines through...

Published 25 Jan 2009 15:14 by Shine2010

Filed under: South Africa, World Cup, 2010 World Cup, Cape Town, Interest rates, 2010, johannesburg, Kulula, kick off, news 24, Western Cape, Coert Coetzee, days to go, 500, Obama

I'm Donovan Jackson. A writer by trade and only an occasional soccer fan. I am nonetheless firmly behind South Africa and its preparations for the World cup in 2010.

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