I just came across this very interesting 45min documentary about South Africa after the 2010 World Cup. Al Jazeera's Rageh Omaar travels the country and talks to South Africans from various backgrounds and perspectives about their life during and particularly after the most succesfull FIFA World Cup to date.
In June 2010, the eyes of the world were on South Africa as it hosted the FIFA World Cup. For ordinary South Africans, it was also a month-long reprieve from the usual bad news about crime, corruption, and poverty that has plagued the nation in recent years. But it is only now, months after the World Cup has been over, that South Africa can finally assess how it moves forward and how it overcomes the huge number of challenges it faces.
13 October 2010
12 October 2010
Mandela's new book "Conversations With Myself" released today around the world
Nelson Mandela is one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after a lifetime of taking pen to paper to record thoughts and events, hardships and victories, he has opened his personal archive, which offers an unprecedented insight into his remarkable life.
Conversations With Myself, which is going to be released worldwide today, gives readers access to the private man behind the public figure: from letters written in the darkest hours of Mandela's twenty-seven years of imprisonment to the draft of an unfinished sequel to Long Walk to Freedom. Here he is making notes and even doodling during meetings, or recording troubled dreams on the desk calendar of his cell on Robben Island; writing journals while on the run during the anti-apartheid struggles in the early 1960s, or conversing with friends in almost seventy hours of recorded conversations. In these pages he is neither an icon nor a saint; here he is like you and me.
An intimate journey from the first stirrings of his political conscience to his galvanizing role on the world stage, Conversations With Myself is a rare chance to spend time with Nelson Mandela the man, in his own voice: direct, clear, private.
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Conversations With Myself, which is going to be released worldwide today, gives readers access to the private man behind the public figure: from letters written in the darkest hours of Mandela's twenty-seven years of imprisonment to the draft of an unfinished sequel to Long Walk to Freedom. Here he is making notes and even doodling during meetings, or recording troubled dreams on the desk calendar of his cell on Robben Island; writing journals while on the run during the anti-apartheid struggles in the early 1960s, or conversing with friends in almost seventy hours of recorded conversations. In these pages he is neither an icon nor a saint; here he is like you and me.
An intimate journey from the first stirrings of his political conscience to his galvanizing role on the world stage, Conversations With Myself is a rare chance to spend time with Nelson Mandela the man, in his own voice: direct, clear, private.
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11 October 2010
Recipes from Southern Africa: Butternut soup
Ingredients:
Method
- 1 butternut, peeled, seeded & cubed
- 2 onions
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1/2 tablespoon ginger, finely chopped
- ca. 1 litres of vegetable (chicken) stock
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- ca. 200ml orange juice
- salt & pepper to taste
- olive oil
- (cream or yoghurt)
Method
- heat the oil in a large pot
- add the onions (add the garlic and ginger a little later), fry untill soft
- add the curry
- add the butternut
- after some minutes add the orange juice, stock
- bring to the boil, turn down the heat and let it simmer untill the butternut is soft
- Puree or mash untill smooth
- serve with a swirl of cream or yoghurt on top
08 October 2010
Six-page supplement about South Africa in the Washington Post
South Africa was showcased in full colour in a six-page supplement in the prestigious US-American Washington Post newspaper, titled South Africa Now and produced on behalf of Brand South Africa. The supplement was included in the 6 October 2010 edition of the newspaper. It features contributions by Professor Anton Harber, Caxton chair of journalism at Wits University, veteran journalists Simon Barber and John Battersby, AngloGold Ashanti CEO Mark Cutifani, South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe, US ambassador to South Africa Donald Gips, Jann Turner, the director of hit South African movie White Wedding, and Miller Matola, CEO of the International Marketing Council of South Africa.
Basejump off Chapman's Peak
Wow! I've watched a lot of "adrenaline" videos on youtube and vimeo recently, but I haven't seen something like this - a basejump of Chapman's Peak in Cape Town. It's a perfect mix of the natural beauty of the place, the thrill, the madness and the live footage from the jumper's perspective of jumping down that mountain. Wow!
Alright, don't try this unless you are a pro! Cape Town is offering other really mindblowing and safe adrenaline kicks, such as abseiling off Table Mountain, tandem skydiving or paragliding, sandboarding and much more!
Alright, don't try this unless you are a pro! Cape Town is offering other really mindblowing and safe adrenaline kicks, such as abseiling off Table Mountain, tandem skydiving or paragliding, sandboarding and much more!
07 October 2010
Mountain Zebra National Park: short hiking trails now fenced and re-opened
The two short hiking trails in the Mountain Zebra National Park (MZNP) have re-opened to visitors following their closure in mid July 2010 after a fatal incident between a hiker and a buffalo bull. The 1-kilometre Imbila Hiking Trail and 2.5-kilometre Black Eagle Hiking Trail, which start and end at the rest camp area, have re-opened after fencing of the entire rest camp area and the short hiking trail area.
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The fence encloses the cottages, reception area, swimming pool, camping ground and the two short hiking trails. The electrified fence was constructed at a low level in front of the cottages so that it will not interfere with the scenic view from the accommodation units. [src.]
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The fence encloses the cottages, reception area, swimming pool, camping ground and the two short hiking trails. The electrified fence was constructed at a low level in front of the cottages so that it will not interfere with the scenic view from the accommodation units. [src.]
Don't miss the Victoria Falls Beerfest on 23 October 2010 in VicFalls Town
It is getting very hot at the mighty Victoria Falls in October and so the famous Backpackers Bazaar, Shoestrings Backpackers, Fact Vic Falls Rocks, Blu Zoolu, Mama Africa, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, Hotel Serve have teamed up to organise something to keep you refreshed & cool - the 2010 Victoria Falls Beerfest.
They have got the best local Djs and bands playing including Dj Spevar, Dj Easy T and Dj Francis with live drumming shows, fire poi displays, stilt walkers, cage dancers and just about anything else they probably could think of. There'll be a general public area available to all ticket holders and a VIP lounge area for VIP ticket holders and great food will be available all party long to keep your energy up.
The event is going to take place at "The Zoolu Warehouse" in Victoria Falls on 23 October at 16:00 - 24 October at 00:00. Normal Tickets are US$10 and VIP Tickets US$20. For more info visit victoriafallsbeerfest.blogspot.com.
They have got the best local Djs and bands playing including Dj Spevar, Dj Easy T and Dj Francis with live drumming shows, fire poi displays, stilt walkers, cage dancers and just about anything else they probably could think of. There'll be a general public area available to all ticket holders and a VIP lounge area for VIP ticket holders and great food will be available all party long to keep your energy up.
The event is going to take place at "The Zoolu Warehouse" in Victoria Falls on 23 October at 16:00 - 24 October at 00:00. Normal Tickets are US$10 and VIP Tickets US$20. For more info visit victoriafallsbeerfest.blogspot.com.
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