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Can You Solve The Puzzle?

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?

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Making the most of your weekend

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!

  • Go snorkeling at Ushaka Marine World
  • Play a round of golf at Windsor Park Golf Course
  • Visit Victoria Market for some spices
  • Visit the Sharks Board
  • Have a picnic at the Botanical Gardens
  • Go check out the Natural Science Museum
  • Take a trip on the Umgeni Steam train (Ichanga Choo Choo)
  • Picnic on the beach
  • Arrange a deep sea fishing trip with your mates
  • Go for a sundowner harbour cruise
  • Go camping at Inanda or Shongweni Dam
  • Go fishing (fresh or sea water)
  • Do the midlands meander
  • Visit Butterflies for Africa, Pietermaritzburg
  • Take a scenic flight along the Dolphin Coast in a microlight
  • Scuba diving at Aliwal Shoal
  • Go for a mountain bike ride in the valley of the 1000 hills
  • Go for a hike/ fly fishing at the Ukhahlamba Drakensburg Mountains
  • Shakaland Zulu Village
  • Take the family for a bike ride at Giba Gorge
  • Oribi Gorge Swing
  • Karkloof Canopy Tours
  • The big swing at Moses Mabhida Stadium
  • Essenwood flea market
  • Catch dinner and a show at the Heritage Theatre in Hillcrest
  • Music in the Gardens
  • Mini Town – Yes it does still exist!
  • Shongweni Brewery
  • Lunch at the Bierfassl Restaurant in the midlands
  • Get active at Africa Adventure Centre (Rosetta): fishing, picnic, obstacle courses, pony rides etc.
  • Guided horse rides at Kleinbosch, Nottingham Rd
  • Visit the Comrades Museum, Pietermaritzburg
  • Skydiving, Pietermaritzburg 072 214-6040
  • Braai at the Midmar dam
  • Take the kids candle dipping
  • The African bird of prey sanctuary, off the N3 on the Lion Park Road 031 785 2981
  • The Nottingham Road Brewery (take a designated driver)
  • Drakensberg Horse Trails 082 337 8770
  • Hot air ballooning, Drakensberg 073 334 7911
  • Quad tour via Sani River to Black Mountain , Himeville (0)83 404-4422
  • Sundowner horse ride, Bergville 082 337 8770
  • Falcon Ridge Bird of Prey Centre , Drakensberg 082 774 6398

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

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Mandela’s 92nd Birthday!!!

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.

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Interesting facts about the Soccer World Cup

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.

  • South Africa is the first country in Africa to host the prestigious FIFA World Cup.

  • The World Cup trophy was stolen while on display in London in 1966. It was discovered wrapped in newspaper and lying in a bush seven days later by a dog named ‘Pickles’.
  • Made of solid 18-carat gold, the FIFA World Cup trophy measures 36.8 centimeters high and weighs 6.1 kilograms. It is the second official World Cup trophy ever made.

  • India’s team withdrew from the 1950 World Cup after learning they could not compete barefoot.

  • The Moses Mabhida Stadium takes its unique design from the South African flag, with the grand arch representing the unity of this sport-loving nation

  • As you well know our football team is known as Bafana Bafana – “the boys, the boys” in isiZulu – but I bet you didn’t know that the name comes from the fans’ cry that went up during the squad’s triumph at the 1996 African Cup of Nations, hosted in South AFrica

  • The red and yellow card system was not introduced until the 1970 World Cup. The first player to receive a red card was Chile’s Carlos Caszely in 1974 in a match against West Germany in the 67th minute.

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Tasty…Just like calamari!

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!

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What did YOU get out of the SWC?

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.