Category Archives: world cup 2010

Bafana v Brazil

By 6000 | 6000 | June 25, 2009

The Local Boys take on the Samba Boys in the second Confederations Cup semi-final this evening, buoyed by growing local support and the somewhat surprising result from the first semi last night when the USA beat Spain 2-0. That said, there are only 12 places between those two on the FIFA rankings. Brazil are 67 [...]

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Using my video?

By 6000 | 6000 | June 24, 2009

Then it’s polite to ask first. And illegal not to. Yet that’s exactly what the pisspoor banvuvuzela.com has done. Illustrating their site with my video. Without asking. And what’s more, it’s promoting a cause which I wholeheartedly disagree with – namely a pathetic and pointless campaign to ban vuvuzelas from the FIFA World Cup Finals in South Africa [...]

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Cape Town Aerial Panorama

By 6000 | 6000 | June 18, 2009

I love this photograph, taken by Bruce Sutherland who has taken many of the pictures for the Cape Town City World Cup 2010 site. And, although it’s lovely at the size you see above, you really must click here for the full 2576 x 1323 version. Now – why would you want to live anywhere else on earth? Really.

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Vuvuzela update

By 6000 | 6000 | June 18, 2009

Sense has finally prevailed and FIFA has made its judgement on the ‘noisy’ vuvuzela issue which has been upsetting people who don’t want their South African football served with a side order of atmosphere. FIFA have no plans to ban or stop fans from blowing noisy vuvuzelas at the Confederations Cup or next June when [...]

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Shhh!

By 6000 | 6000 | June 15, 2009

The world has ended. Or so it would seem if you were to tune into Cape Talk today. Whities from all races – anxious not to miss the ‘soccer’ bandwagon – have tuned into the Confederations Cup and are upset by several issues: 1. The rules of the game, 2. The way the black people [...]

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