2010 World Cup Fever Grips South Africa!

The world was introduced to South Africa's football side formally last week Friday in true African fashion.

African maidens (including our Golden Girl, Charlize Theron) charmed their way into the hearts of millions around the world with a bit of song and dance from the former and gracious hosting (spiced with lots of flirting) from the latter.

It was interesting to note the confusion on Twitter as some American fans of Miss Theron wondered what on earth did she have to do with South Africa! :)
Just to set the record straight, despite her crisp American accent Charlize remains ours chaps!

Anyway, moving on swiftly, Mr Beckham looked smashing as usual and the Mohawk he was sporting didn't look at all out of place with suit he was wearing. You can bet many bottom lips belonging to our South African ladies were plastered to the floor as they salivated over the dude! :D

Meanwhile, outside on the streets of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg the carnival atmosphere was infectious, dulled only for a few moments as Bafana Bafana was drwan against tough opposition like France, Mexico and Uruguay in Group A.



All this points to one thing: whether the hosts, South Africa, make it or not into the knockout stages, the first World Cup staged on African soil will certainly blow your socks off!

And people ... stop complaining about the Vuvuzela, get into the African spirit of the beautiful game! :)

Coming soon ... Sandton-On-Sea!

Half way through March this year I found myself in Durban, my home city, on an unplanned trip along with 2 of my siblings.

Felt so great being back, we found ourselves reminiscing about "way back then" in almost every second sentence. Most of the skyline in Durbs is changing starting with the interchange into the city being upgraded, the new stadium being built as well as the development popping up all over the Point area! In another six months to a year the area there might as well be called "Sandton-on Sea"!



There are various other changes going on but its refreshing to see how public transport remained affordable! :)

I mean, back in Gauteng one spends half a fortune on public transport its a miracle if one has a two tiger (R20) for bread and milk! But in Durbs, R20 goes along way ... ask the locals!

Am sure the not so well off tourists coming through for the 2009 Fifa Confederations Cup, the 2009 Comrades Marathon and Cricket's IPL will enjoy Durbs too. Especially at the current Rand / Dollar exchange rate!


P.S. Got a friend to take some pics of the new Stadium, good progress has been made! I took the liberty of including pictures of what it should look like once complete. If you know who deserves credit for these pics, please let me know and I will do so. :)