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40 000 South Africans, one journey around Africa
Jolandie Rust is about to bicycle 40,000 km around Africa. Sponsor one of those kilometres.
100 Day World Cup Countdown: Pick n Pay raise the stakes
“The World Cup is at Northgate Shopping Centre” is what you would have thought had you been there this past Tuesday.
Nice Kitty
Our newest contributor goes in search of big game — the kind you’re unlikely to find at Soccer City but for which South Africa is also justly famous — and finds some in Sterkfontein, a good deal closer to Johannesburg than Kruger Park.
Wired
IMC’s Nadine Khan meets a menagerie of wire and bead animals on her lunch break and talks to its creators.
The People’s Bus is off to a town near you
Roll up, roll up for Brand South Africa’s magical bus tour, bringing the excitement of 2010 to every corner of the country. Mongezi Mtati joins the inaugural run, to Tembisa.
20 Years On
A very personal reflection on how Nelson Mandela’s walk to freedom 20 years ago on February 11 transformed the life and prospects of a young Afrikaner.
Do you know the muffin man who lives on Canterbury Street?
It’s pink, it’s gorgeous and it draws a crowd. Why? Apart from the building being an historical monument, Charly’s bakery in Canterbury Street, Cape Town is a must visit for those with a sweet tooth and a love for scenery.
Put a SOCKZELA on it!
The ‘SOCKZELA’, as it’s called, brands the Vuvuzela with different country flags, colours and has a lanyard that allows you to hang this neat new novelty around your neck. A great example of how South African entrepreneurs are leveraging the FIFA World Cup.
Football Fever is Real!
I start to relax and look out the window at my fellow, and sister, motorists. For the first time I notice the beautiful colours of their various football shirts. Brazil, Spain and Portugal are among the favourites.
Think BRICSA
South Africa doesn’t have the population or the GDP of the so-called BRIC’s — Brazil, Russia, India and China — so it’s a bit cheeky of us to argue we’re in the same league, right? Well, don’t tell that to the Financial Times Johannesburg correspondent Richard Lapper.
Matt. Dancing Madly. Here.
Mondays are like any other day as long as I get to do what I love and that is flying. Today however, is different as great excitement looms in my airspace. I am about to meet Matt and see him in action.
SA at the World Economic Forum
Boarding passes on hand, innovative conversation and excitement were the order from last week as the teams of Brand South Africa and the International Marketing Council (IMC) left for Davos – Klosters, Switzerland.
The Blogosphere Strikes Back
Jeffrey Hoffman, a former play-by-play baseball announcer now working as a web developer, blogs about sports for the Huffington Post, to which, on or about January 14, he uploaded an item predicting chaos and mayhem at the forthcoming South Africa-hosted FIFA World Cup. He probably wishes he hadn’t.
Everybody’s Doing the Diski
From Maine to California, South African Tourism has America doing the diski, the official dance of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The troupers strutting their stuff in this video are from the San Diego Chapter of the APTA (Association for the Promotion of Tourism to Africa).
Skepticism breeds solutions in a paradoxical nation
Spend some time with a South African, simply engage in casual conversation and see the impossible become the possible.
You Make Joburg Great
When I first heard about You Make Joburg Great (YMJG) on Facebook, it struck me as an interesting and interactive concept. We took a moment to chat to Dean who is know as the brains behind it.
What inspired YMJG?
Several reasons really. While Cape Town and other international cities have several obvious assets that make them [...]
An Ode to Newlands, Cricket and the Mountain
Once a year Cape Town locals are treated to a great Test match at Newlands and 2010 kicked off with a bang as South Africa and England came out to play.
Rock solid neighbourhood
I look not too far down our road and make a mental calculation of the cumulative years of marriage of my seven immediate neighbours and come up with surprisingly huge number of 180 years!
Final Draw, Final Straw
Our intrepid correspondent sets out to party hearty at the FIFA World Cup draw in Cape Town on December 5, but ends up feeling like a Hobbit.
A Contributor’s Carrot is Grated
I am a huge fan of technology, writes Ms. Print. I Tweet, I Facebook, I blog, I work for a website, I Digg, I Twitpic and, occasionally, I even format my hard drive. But.
Coming to your living room carpet: Bafana vs. Mexico in 3D
The players won’t just be on your TV screens, they’ll be running around on your living room.
Diverse culture
How do we educate ourselves on the diverse cultures that surround us, asks contributor Mongezi Mtati.
Eight (grumpy) reasons to work over Xmas
There is always a bright side to everything so here are a few reasons to enjoy working over the Xmas period.
Flying with the dreamers
This is by far my favourite time of the year! Perfect summer days flying into Cape Town with Table Mountain visual miles before we commence our descend into the city.
