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By 6000 | 6000 | March 15, 2010

Uh-oh. The BBC reports: David Beckham’s dream of playing in a fourth World Cup looks over after he tore an Achilles tendon in AC Milan’s 1-0 win over Chievo on Sunday. Beckham was unchallenged when he suffered the injury and hobbled off in pain before being stretchered away. The 34-year-old was hoping to be part [...]

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Ashanti in World Cup u-turn

By 6000 | 6000 | March 8, 2010

It seems that Ashanti Lodge, whose exorbitant 309% World Cup price increase we noted in January and who still hadn’t sold their rooms for the tournament just a couple of weeks ago, have had to rethink their pricing strategy for June and July. Their rates page now has a little note for the dates over the [...]

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Fly the flag – could do better

By 6000 | 6000 | March 1, 2010

The Fly the Flag campaign is another event to mark an important day in the countdown towards the World Cup. There are just 100 days to go before the tournament starts on June 11th and South African Tourism is asking people to get excited about it. And why not? Although, I do have a problem [...]

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After months of negativity

By 6000 | 6000 | February 28, 2010

As I sit here by the braai, with a locally-brewed wife and beer by my side, I am filled with hope, positivity and optimism about the future here in SA. And, for once, it seems I’m not the only one. After a wholly-unsolicited ‘I’m going out of my way to tell your viewers this’ quote [...]

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Helen talks mainly sense

By 6000 | 6000 | February 26, 2010

Grand Emperor of the Western Cape, Helen Zille has been talking up a storm after a police briefing on World Cup security. She warned of the dangers of sensationalist media and their attempts to stoke up negative sentiment about the country and the tournament. Well said, Helen. We warned you about that over 3 months ago. “There [...]

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