Tag Archives: world cup 2010

There’s good and bad

By 6000 | 6000 | June 10, 2010

Now and again, people accuse me of doing the whole ostrich thing. Not the having huge eggs that a grown man can stand on, but the burying one’s head in the sand thing. I know that it’s a popular misconception that ostriches actually do this, but I’m willing to go along with it, at least [...]

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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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How to get there

By 6000 | 6000 | June 7, 2010

Incoming from regular commenter, Reflex: You have probably heard this already, but saw it online and thought about you. Duran Duran have rushed out to record a new song for the World Cup. The lyrics go: “His name is Rio and he is watching from the stands”. Quick question, how are you getting to the [...]

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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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