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The Fugard Theatre has opened in Cape Town’s legendary District Six area, one of the main symbols of the apartheid area. The theatre is named after the leading South African playwright, novelist, actor and director Athol Fugard, who is an...
>moreSouth African National Gallery closes for repairs
Tuesday, February 16th 2010The Iziko South African National Gallery (ISANG) will be closed to the public from 1 March-14 April for maintenance and repairs. The works have been decided in view of the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa and the expected...
>moreCape Town tackles irresponsible pricing for World Cup
Friday, February 12th 2010 www.capetown.travelCape Town has moved to combat the perception that fans travelling to South Africa for the June-July 2010 FIFA World Cup will be overcharged for accommodation during their stay in the Mother City. Cape Town Tourism, the city’s official tourism...
>moreRobben Island overrun by rabbits
Sunday, February 7th 2010Robben Island in Table Bay 12 km north of Cape Town, where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years in prison during apartheid, is overrun by rabbits. The situation has become so serious that marksmen have now been brought in to eliminate...
>moreSouth Africans learn national anthem ahead of World Cup
Monday, February 1st 2010South Africans are being given lessons in the national anthem Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika (God bless Africa) ahead of the World Cup football tournament in June and July, the South African Broadcasting Corporation reports. Adopted in 1997, three years after the end...
>moreCape Town cemeteries get clean up
Tuesday, January 19th 2010The city of Cape Town has issued a warning to residents about “illegal” memorials being constructed in the city’s cemeteries and has said that, in future, it will remove any that have been erected without permission and the appropriate permit. According...
>moreAir traffic control plans for World Cup
Monday, January 18th 2010Plans are being drawn up for the movement of football fans around the country before, during and after this year’s FIFA World Cup. Up to 500,000 international supporters are expected to fly into South Africa for the 11 June-11 July tournament,...
>moreSABC Sea Point property to be repaired
Monday, January 18th 2010Cape Town city council has won a legal battle to oblige the owners of an abandoned property at Sea Point west of the city centre to take care of its maintenance. The property in question is Rocklands Villas, a row...
>moreFootball for Hope centre opens in Cape Town
Tuesday, December 15th 2009The international governing body of football FIFA has opened a community centre in Cape Town as part of a social development initiative that is intended to outlast the 2010 World Cup. The so-called Football for Hope centre is located in Khayelitsha,...
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