Archive for May, 2010

The Cape Town International Convention Centre will play host to a massive, non-stop, 31-day party throughout the 2010 Fifa World Cup. The “best afterparty in town” will feature top local and international musicians, special country day celebrations – and enough giant screens to keep any football fan pleased. Here’s a glimpse of what’s in store.

Diski Dancing “flash mobs” have been popping up all over the country on their crusade of teaching the nation the South African football jive ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Recently, they stunned a crowd of Capetonians when they started their incredible routine in front of all and sundry. Here’s how it went down.

There will be aircraft in the skies around the clock to monitor traffic movements during the 2010 Fifa World Cup, with co-ordination provided by a national command centre and information available via a 24-hour call centre and route-plotting website www.findyourway.co.za.

Vuvuzelas blared and Soweto celebrated an all-South African Super 14 final on Saturday night as the Bulls beat the Stormers 25-17 to claim their third title in four years.

The Denmark and Argentina football squads arrived in South Africa on the weekend, less than two weeks ahead of the 2010 Fifa World Cup kick-off. The USA World Cup squad was due to arrive later on Monday.

South Africa has handed over a new library and archives building to house the ancient Mali manuscripts at the Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Learning and Islamic Research in the historic city of Timbuktu.

The Shine Centre, a volunteer-driven non-governmental organisation dedicated to improving literacy levels among young learners, has opened its fifth centre at the St Agnes Convent Primary School in Woodstock, Cape Town.

The Shine Centre, a volunteer-driven organisation dedicated to improving literacy levels among learners in Grades Two and Three who are experiencing difficulty in language and reading, has opened its fifth centre at the St Agnes Convent Primary School in Woodstock, outside Cape Town.

President Jacob Zuma is in Nice for the 25th Africa-France Summit, which starts on Monday. South Africa views the summit as being of strategic importance, given the strong relations it has and is seeking to expand with France.

Zimbabwe’s Stephen Muzhingi won the Comrades Marathon for the second time running as a huge field contested the 85th edition of South Africa’s well-known ultra-marathon on Sunday. Victory in the women’s race went to Elena Nurgalieva for a fifth time.