Posts Tagged ‘CAPE TOWN’

Cape Town’s New Dusk Silhouette: Table Mountain, Lions Head + 2010 stadium
If you click on the image you will see it more clearly
I’m shocked to see what a massive structure it is – visible from 15 kilometers away
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If you were to drive straight through the mountain you would be heading South for Cape point [peninsula] [...]



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Photography – Odette Herbert
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LINKS
For more images of the stadium
LINK – Cape Town’s coliseum [stadium]– Hail! To the builders, designers & artisans
LINK – Cape Town stadium – March 2008 – What it will look like + LINKS
LINK – Cape Town City Council – Stadium owners/gate keepers – excellent
LINK – Wikipedia – Cape Town Stadium
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As usual its up to the people to demand action! Take a look at the 350 campaign’s amazing photos from groups events showing their solidarity on the 350 [carbon level] environmental action day – 24th October – to wake up those dozy world leaders, meeting shortly in Copenhagen [Denmark] to discuss the climate crisis. (181 [...]


John Bauer, Cape Town based ceramasist

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Photography – Odette Herbert
Cape Town South Africa
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LINK – to another site dedicated to artists – featuring  John Bauer and his work
LINK – John Bauer facebook page
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The City will receive 30% of earnings before tax (inclusive of municipal rates) from the stadium on a fixed percentage basis, which will be to its benefit when the stadium is successful.
Cape Town is gaining a world-class, purpose-built stadium in arguably the most beautiful setting in the world.
“It is getting a team with an international [...]


Abdi Sirej from Ethiopia was murdered in Masiphumelele on Friday the 7th November. After the initial xenophobic attacks in May he sought refuge at Soetwater.
After overtures from the community he returned to Masiphumelele. He appeared in a documentary ” Baraka”. The words he spoke during his interview “No answer, no safety.no guarantee” have turned [...]


LATEST information on the South African xenophobia refugee status of affairs – articles and URLs to articles on the ongoing dreadful saga.
I am entering them as I receive them [via email] I wish there was a website I could give you where you can find all the following info if I find one i will [...]


UN Body To Probe [their] Staff In Sout Africa
The Geneva head office of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) has launched an inquiry into complaints made against its local staff.
A three-member panel will fly to South Africa to conduct the inquiry, the UNHCR’s Antonio Guterres said yesterday.
In the wake of the xenophobic attacks [...]


LINK – To article on Protest march in Queenstown by residents – walking side by side with Somalis yesterday to protesting against ongoing attacks against nationals from the east African state. A Somali mother, Sahra Omar Farah, 41 and her three children, Mohamed Isse Osman, 19 and Ibrahim Isse Osman, 14 and Asha Isse [...]



Bloody Marvellous! Read the response to UNHCR attack – endorsed by Mike Louw, Cosatu, ALP, TAC, UCT, MSF, PSAM, HST, ARASA, OUT, RHRU, SWEAT, CSPRI, ALN, SCAT, Sonke Gender Justice plus comments at the end of it
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Hi All
The press statement released on Friday 19 September by the UNHCR was [...]