Tag Archives: WorldCup 2010
Cape Town Stadium 1st Rugby Game – Photo’s

Cape Town Stadium 1st Rugby Game – Photo’s

Posted 08 February 2010 | By aslam | Categories: 2010 World Cup, Cape Town, Cape town Tourism | No Comments

On Saturday I attended the first Rugby Game at the recently opened Cape Town Stadium.
I had a “All access” Arm Band on the day and was allowed to walk around the stadium Tiers while getting some great photo’s.
I even managed to get on the field during the Main match. Let me tell you, the Stadium [...]

World Cup 2010 Final Draw Seedings

World Cup 2010 Final Draw Seedings

Posted 02 December 2009 | By aslam | Categories: 2010 World Cup, Cape Town | 1 Comment

Looks like South Africa are clear of the Big Guns for the first round of games.
Groups are decided by selecting a team from each “Pot”
From http://www.businessghana.com:
Fifa’s Organising Committee today approved the procedure for Friday’s draw which will be held in Cape Town.
The seeding was based on the October 2009 FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking.
Ghana, ranked 38th during [...]

Official City Road Closures for FIFA Final Draw 4 -5 December

Official City Road Closures for FIFA Final Draw 4 -5 December

Posted 01 December 2009 | By aslam | Categories: 2010 World Cup, Cape Town, Cape town Tourism | 1 Comment

We received a copy of the official Road Closures during the Final Draw happening on Friday the 4th December.
If you work in Town please note the closures below and plan alternate routes.
For all Cape Town 2010 information vist http://www.capetown.travel/2010/
For a behind the scenes view of the Final Draw see my inside scoop here.
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Behind the Scenes – FIFA Final Draw 2010 Cape Town

Behind the Scenes – FIFA Final Draw 2010 Cape Town

Posted 26 November 2009 | By aslam | Categories: Cape town Tourism | 3 Comments

Earlier today I went on the Media Tour of the FIFA Final Draw Venue at the CTICC along with Cape Town Tourism. It was really impressive to see the co-ordination and effort that has gone into this event. As with our tagline “Ready to welcome the world”, so too is Final Draw, as they “are [...]

200 Days to 2010 soccer worldcup Kickoff

200 Days to 2010 soccer worldcup Kickoff

Posted 04 November 2009 | By aslam | Categories: 2010 World Cup, Cape Town, Cape town Tourism | No Comments

It’s been a crazy busy fews weeks. The lack of fresh content on this website is indicative of that.
But this one needed to be online
Please Diarise the Cape Town Tourism 200 Days to Kickoff details:
Venue:                                 V&A Waterfront, Ampitheatre
Date:                                     Sunday, 22 November 2009
Time:                                    14h00 – 16h00pm
In celebration of 200 days to kick-off, Cape Town Tourism will [...]

South African Homeless team wins the Milan Trophy at Soccer Worldcup

South African Homeless team wins the Milan Trophy at Soccer Worldcup

Posted 14 September 2009 | By aslam | Categories: 2010 World Cup, Cape Town | 1 Comment

Note: This article has been corrected as reports have come through confirming Ukraine as the World Cup winner.
The SA Team did very well in the first round and these successes put them into the group competing for the Milan Cup, and beating Romania in the quarter finals, then the USA in the semis, they took [...]

Greenpoint Stadium Visitor Centre

Greenpoint Stadium Visitor Centre

Posted 07 September 2009 | By aslam | Categories: 2010 World Cup, Cape Town | No Comments

As a follow up to the Greenpoint Fan walk Blog post, this photo essay shows the displays inside the Greenpoint Visitor Centre.
The history of soccer on the Greenpoint   common goes back decades and the visitor centre pays homage to the amazing teams to have won at Greenpoint. With the proposed renaming of Greenpoint Stadium to [...]

Thabo Mbeki – I am an African. SA Tourism Video

Thabo Mbeki – I am an African. SA Tourism Video

Posted 07 September 2009 | By aslam | Categories: 2010 World Cup, South Africa | No Comments

A beautiful video by SA Tourism with inspiring visuals of South Africa to the voiceover of Thabo Mbeki’s “I am an African” Parliament speech.
It WILL give you goosebumps.

Arabesque, Burg Street, Cape Town

Arabesque, Burg Street, Cape Town

Posted 03 September 2009 | By aslam | Categories: Cape Town | 1 Comment

Me and Sue went to arabesque a few weeks ago. At the time, I googled it and was dissapointed to find out that nothing about it exists online **edit: I found their site, its http://www.arabesque-revue.com/*
So today Iwalked across the road and took a pic for those who are curious as to what Cape Town’s newest [...]

Gay tourism is not like Hardo Gay

Gay tourism is not like Hardo Gay

Posted 03 September 2009 | By aslam | Categories: 2010 World Cup, Cape Town, Cape town Tourism | 2 Comments

We recently sent out a survey to members of Cape Town Tourism with one of the columns titled “Gay Friendly”. They had to indicate whether they were gay friendly or not. This opened a can of worms as we debated what gay friendly meant, and what was perhaps a better terminology. My suggestion is “Gay [...]