Can you identify the incredibly talented man behind this distorted photo. I’ll give you a clue, his icy stare and powerful vocals will make any woman or man for that matter, melt into a puddle of goo.
A bit of blast from the past, very similar to the man above in many ways, but oh so different! Can you guess who they are?
The question on everyone’s mind come weekend:
What can we do?
Whether you’re flying solo or you’re a social butterfly, dating, married or doing the family-thing, like me you need a life. Not for the show or because Mrs. Jones is having one, but because you’ve been wired to have adventure. South Africa has so much to offer; best we take advantage of it.
This is the first part of the ‘Making the most of your weekend series’ and it’s on Durban, Midlands and the Drakensberg.
Feel free to add your 5c’s worth!
I’ve done all the hard work, all you need to do is make it happen!
Next Monday: Making the most of your weekend – Durban South and Durban North
Nelson Mandela celebrates his 92nd birthday on Sunday. Because traveling is not really an option for him now, he will be spending his birthday at home with his family. But it looks like the party will be coming to him for a change, as 95 children from his birth village of Mvezo and the nearby town of Qunu would be flown to Johannesburg to celebrate with him.
The Mandela Foundation is asking people around the world to give 67 minutes of their time to volunteer work – one minute for every year that he spent in the struggle for equality. To publicise the call, celebrities are currently journeying on motorcycles from Johannesburg to Cape Town in honour of Mandela’s Birthday. They will be welcomed on arrival on Sunday by Morgan Freeman, who played Mandela in the film Invictus.
The world will also be celebrating with him this year, Sunday has been named “Nelson Mandela International Day”, which the United Nations decided should be observed every year on his birthday to recognise his struggle for peace and freedom.
Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela. May you have a relaxed, peaceful and fulfilling day on Sunday. If it’s not, then tell everyone to go away and leave you alone and celebrate however you want, you deserve it.
Yes I know, more on the Soccer World Cup. But hosting this spectacular event only comes round once in a life time, so I’m making the most if it…. OK.
Here are some interesting facts that I bet you did not know about the Soccer World Cup.
There were two grose things about the Soccer World Cup:
1. The commentator who sounded like he was sniffing on a Vicks nasal inhaler every half minute..
2. And then this…this takes the cake though in my opinion….Eeeeeeeeeeew!
Question: What did YOU get out of the 2010 Soccer World Cup?
Louise
What did I get from this World Cup – An appreciation for soccer in general and the realisation of the enormity of the event. I don’t think I’ve ever watched a soccer world cup game in all my life up until now. And to be honest – and don’t shout at me now – I don’t think I had ever watched Bafana Bafana play up until a few weeks ago. But now I have! …And I will be a complete supporter of the Soccer World Cup forever and ever. I loved every minute of it.
Throughout the tournament I felt that sense of patriotism, especially when everyone got their cars kitted out with flags and window socks. At one point you could almost feel the panic in the air, the frenzy to get a flag perched on one’s window.
And contrary to many a critic, we, South Africa, pulled it off and it only can mean bigger and better things for the future…Olympics South Africa 2020? Hell yes, we can do it!!!
Elzet
If I have to be brutally honest, the only soccer matches I watched were the ones at gym while riding my bike on the road to nowhere. And to my surprise I actually enjoyed it. So it’s quite obvious that the soccer itself wasn’t the highlight for me. I’m just not that into soccer. But I am very proud that we pulled it off successfully. What I loved most though was the fact that South Africans could come together, temporarily forget about all their issues and be one. Being the optimist I am, I really hope that we can continue in this mindset. We’ve burn them bra’s, now please burn those struggle songs, mkay. It brings division. We can be such an incredibly strong country if we stand together.
Kerry
I was very impressed with the opening and closing ceremonies, we managed to show the world that we can put on quite a performance, yet still keep it uniquely South African. Seeing those big mama’s shaking their booty and having the best time of their lives, brought a patriotic tear to my eye. The camera work was amazing, picking up emotion rather than spectacle. Overall I thought that this was the highlight of the world cup for me.
What did I get from the world cup experience, well pride of course, South Africans were happy, they were proud of what the country had accomplished and just for a short time we forgot about everything else, all the negativity and problems that we faced from day to day. We finally achieved what this country had been striving for all along, which can best be described in this famous extract from a very famous song “Sounds the call to come together and united we shall stand, let us live and strive for freedom, oh South Africa our land”. All we can hope for now is that we can continue in this light and not scuttle back into the dark.
Ayoba South Africa, you did well.
Let us know what YOU got from this amazing event and whether you are still waving your flag.