Fifa concert ready to rock May 4, 2010 11:01 AM | By Staff Reporter for TIMES LIVE The final line-up for the Fifa World Cup Kick-Off concert has been announced, and includes local favourites Freshlyground, Hugh Masekela, the Soweto Gospel Choir, the BLK JKS and The Parlotones. Acclaimed African hip-jop artist K’NAAN, who recently recorded […]
Read More »MOST MATCHES WILL BE IN OR NEAR JOBURG Joburg is definitely the place for soccer fans and TV crews to base themselves for the 2010 World Cup. Of the 63 matches: 15 are in Joburg – either are Ellis Park or Soccer City. In addition to these, 6 matches are in Pretoria (58 km/36 miles) and […]
Read More »Soccer City at Nasrec There are thousands of photos of Soccer City … but none of them has been mine .. until yesterday when I had the privilege of actually experiencing that space. Stefania, the project manager of Soccer City, has been a guest at Amanzi Guesthouse around the corner. So it’s thanks to Pam that she, […]
Read More »2010 Match Schedule GROUP A 1. South Africa 2. Mexico 3. Uruguay 4. France 11 June – Jhb Soccer City South Africa – Mexico @ 16:00 11 June – CT Green Point Uruguay – France @ 20:30 16 June – PTA Loftus Versfeld Soutth Africa – Uruguay @ 20:30 17 June – Polokwane Peter Mokaba […]
Read More »2010 WORLD CUP DRAW The 90-minute ceremony for the long-awaited draw for the 2010 World Cup starts at 7 pm tonight. The ceremony will be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre and it seems the live broadcast will start at 6.30 pm? Amidst all the politics, hype , glitz and spin, there will be appearances […]
Read More »Cape Argus Cycle Race: 14 March Human Rights Day: 21 March Public Holiday: 22 March School Holidays: 27 Mar – 11 Apr Good Friday: 02 April Two Oceans Marathon: 03 Apr Family Day: 05 April Freedom Day: 27 Apr Workers Day: 01 May Comrades Marathon: 30 May Youth Day: 16 June Grahamstown Festival: 20 Jun […]
Read More »Rugby test matches Had several Lions supporters stay over the week-end. What great guys and what sportsmanship – not a whinge about the last minute victory for the South Africans. Appropriately also had a visit from Paul Smith who wrote ‘Great Moments of Sportmanship’ and will be interviewed by John Robbie on Talk Radio 702 on Wednesday. Paul’s website […]
Read More »VUVUZELAS ALLOWED AT WORLD CUP Much of the talk on Radio 702 yesterday focused on the vuvuzelas at the Confederation Cup soccer games and it seems there are polarized opinions of them – people either love `em or hate `em. FIFA’s initial concerns about the vuvuzela (probably influenced as much by their potential for competitive advertising, […]
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