It's hard to believe that it is 3 years since the last MEI Conference (Reagents '06) at the Mount Nelson Hotel, before we discovered the beautiful Vineyard Hotel at Claremont . Today we called in at the 'Nellie' for coffee, before walking through the City Bowl,via the Bo- Kaap , the colourful Muslim district and Cape Town's oldest residential area. At the vibrant Waterfront we had a very average lunch...
The City of Cape Town is ready to host the final draw for the 2010 soccer World Cup next month, mayor Dan Plato said on Friday. "The city will be pulling out all stops to demonstrate its professionalism, creativity and expertise through this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity," he said. The event was a "dream becoming a reality". The draw takes place on Dec. 4 and will determine the...
We arrived in Cape Town two days later than scheduled all because we were minus a clear page in Phil's passport. South Africa insist you to have two clear pages before they let you into their country. So we had two days in London instead. So obviously we've had to pack a lot into the two nights we had in Cape Town. We had a loft room in the Victoria & Alfred hotel overlooking the new wharf area...
This week, a combination of wanderlust and hotel lust led us to research the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, which a roving HotelChatter correspondent briefly had the chance to visit last year. We deemed Mount Nelson worth a second look from afar, because of the consistent buzz it garners for its exaggerated sense of luxury. Then again, if it weren't exaggerated it wouldn't be lust-worthy,...
November 19, 2009 — South African telecommunications provider Telkom, which is partly owned by the government, announced this week it has opened a new $47 million (350 Rand) data center in Cape Town suburb, Bellville, according to a report by Tech Central.
Cape Town – Leading South African-Israeli philanthropist Mendel Kaplan died Thursday in Cape Town after suffering a stroke on Tuesday. He was 73. Honorary president of Keren Hayesod and a former chairman of the Jewish Agency’s Board of Governors, Kaplan led numerous Jewish and Zionist projects to fruition over more than 50 years of community service [...]
Oh FFS! Hot on the heels of Invictus about Mandela and Francois Pienaar comes word that Hollywood liberals aren't done with messing in our history. Now we are going to have a movie about the criminal queen bitch of Africa Winnie. Let's hope they get the facts right and don't forget her tender "with our necklaces we shall liberate this country" speech or her kidnapping conviction of Stompie...
By Ofentse Mokae 21 November 2009 A Cape Town radio DJ has been killed in an accident on the N1 near Bellville in Cape Town this morning. Az Abrahams is best known as a DJ at Heart FM. Police say Abrahams was travelling in the direction of the city when his car crashed into a concrete barrier, causing it to overturn and roll. He was flung out of the car and declared dead on the scene. Police are investigating...
The Blue Train route runs between Pretoria and Cape Town and is a 27-hour journey of 994 miles (1,600km), through some of the most diverse and spectacular scenery offered by the African sub-continent. South Africa’s Blue Train is a luxurious service that takes travellers across the fascinating landscape that stretches between Pretoria and Cape Town [...]
Alabama men’s tennis coach Billy Pate has announced the signing of Jarryd Botha. Botha, of Cape Town, South Africa, has been ranked as high as No. 161 in the International Tennis Federation world rankings this year.
2010 World Cup South Africa: on 4 December 2009, in Cape Town is going to be carried out the final Draw for the 2010 World Cup, where the 32 teams will be splitted in the 8 groups of the final phase. Only 2 days ago we knew the complete list of the 32 teams who are [...] Post from: Calcio al Pallone 2010 World Cup Draw Related posts: 2010 World Cup mascot: Zakumi Friendly matches pre-World Cup 2010:...
The latest FIFA rannkings are out and, as predicted, France and Portugal replaced England and Argentina in the top seven, owing to their UEFA play-offs However, FIFA are actually being fair about this and it will be the October 2009 rankings that will be used for the seeds (although FIFA may use some other criteria as well) The detailed criteria to determine the seeded teams for the Final Draw for...
South African refugee rights group, PASSOP, has slammed local government officials for their handling of this week's outbreak of xenophobic violence near Cape Town, which saw more than 3000 foreigners, mainly Zimbabweans, flee their homes.
Pupils at Aladdin’s School in Cape Town were on an all time high after receiving a TP Kingswood Climbing Frame kindly donated by TP. The Aladdin School is run by an amazing lady called Luci and her helper Liz who's from Kenya. The children at the school are aged between 18 months and 5 years and are all from local area. We heard about the school’s plight from John Lewis who are one of TP’s major stockists,