Category Archives: world cup 2010

Hooliganballs

By 6000 | 6000 | June 9, 2010

Great news as South Africa’s new Advanced Passenger Processing (APP) – which I complained about bitterly when I flew to the UK last year – nips the plans of 10 Argentinian hooligans in the bud. And while that’s just brilliant, this quote from Home Affairs Director General Mkuseli Apleni has got me confused and amused [...]

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Goosebumps

By 6000 | 6000 | June 7, 2010

I’ve watched the Cape Town stadium grow from nothing to the stunning landmark it is today. And with the excitement building in Cape Town, this amazing collection of timelapse videos from African Renaissance Productions gives me goosebumps. The rusty goalpost shot early in the video is from the Greek Club where The Firm AFC used [...]

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Five days

By 6000 | 6000 | June 6, 2010

The official countdowns all say four, but ask anyone how many days between Sunday and Friday and you’ll be told five. So the official countdowns aren’t fooling anyone. Mid-range forecasts suggest that Cape Town is going to have a pretty horrendous start to the week weather-wise, but that Thursday – and more importantly – Friday, [...]

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World Cup Issues

By 6000 | 6000 | June 4, 2010

A couple of World Cup images that caught my interest today. Firstly, The Onion reports on an error that I’m shocked no-one had spotted before: No wonder the Germans (and the Italians) (and the Spanish) (etc etc) are complaining about it. And then, a little more seriously (I hope) the SABC Building, patriotically illuminated: Look [...]

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Avoid costly mobile phone bills while in South Africa

By 6000 | 6000 | June 3, 2010

I can’t actually believe that I’m writing this. This sort of thing is so basic, it shouldn’t need to be written. And that’s going to open the floodgates to all sorts of other basic advice posts like how to wipe your bum after going to the toilet and how you should use a spoon instead [...]

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