Siyajikeleza, Laat Wiel, Going Places
At the invitation of the City of Cape Town, I went for a ride on one of the new Integrated Rapid Transit (IRT) buses today to view three of the stations that have recently been completed: Civic Centre,...
View ArticleFan Walk will provide unique flavour to Cape Town’s World Cup
The Fan Walk, which connects the Cape Town Central City to the Cape Town Stadium, is based on an adaptation of the route followed by the Cape Minstrels or Kaapse Klopse every year for the traditional...
View ArticleI love it when a plan comes together
“I love it when a plan comes together” was one of the catchphrases of John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, a character in the popular 1980s TV-series, The A-Team. I felt like repeating it on Friday evening when I...
View ArticlePerfect day, perfect walk
On one of the most beautiful winter days in Cape Town that I can remember, it was wonderful to take a break from football action to explore Signal Hill for a few hours. Even though I’ve been walking...
View ArticleNavigating the Cape Town Central City
As part of our efforts to make the Cape Town Central City more navigable for tourists (and local suburbanites!) during the 2010 World Cup, the Cape Town Partnership and CCID asked Chip Snaddon, well...
View ArticleCape Town shows the world how to street party
We were hoping to get 100 000 people on the Cape Town Fan Walk for the Germany vs Argentina 2010 World Cup Quarter Final match. At its peak, the Fan Walk hit an estimated 153 000! This means that when...
View ArticleTen reasons why the Cape Town 2010 Fan Walk worked so well
The Cape Town Fan Walk has become one of the talking points of Cape Town’s World Cup experience. The editorial in today’s Cape Argus described it as a ‘masterstroke’. John Robbie of 702 Talk Radio...
View ArticlePost 2010 paradigm shifts create opportunities for new city development
In 2008, the City of Cape Town and the Cape Town Partnership published the Central City Development Strategy – a framework to guide change and manage growth over the next ten years. We are currently...
View ArticleCape Town Fan Walk lives on
It wasn’t as big as the World Cup Fan Walk. Or as glamorous. But last night’s PSL double header at the Cape Town Stadium showed that the Cape Town Fan Walk is here to stay. Of the 46 000 people that...
View ArticleU2360° in Cape Town 18 February 2011
What better place to celebrate turning 52 than with U2, my family and 75 000 others at the Cape Town Stadium on a summer’s evening under a full moon? …
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