World Cup 2010 in Cape Town

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CAPE TOWN FIFA FAN FEST

Official Cape Town park-and-ride facilities throughout the City

In order to alleviate congestion that is likely to be caused by increased traffic and road closures, the City of Cape Town has appealed to Capetonians to make use of the park-and-ride facilities arranged throughout the City.

For anyone wanting to make a full day of their trip to the Stadium, they can park their cars in the morning and travel through to the Grand Parade to join in the fun at the official Cape Town FIFA Fan Fest, open daily between 11h00 and 23h00.

From there visitors to the Fan Fest can either follow the pedestrian Fan Walk through the CBD to Green Point, or they can catch the  new inner-city bus service at the corner of Darling and Buitenkant street and change at Civic Centre Station onto the Stadium Shuttle.

Soccer fans not wanting to linger in the CBD after the final whistle blows can ensure they park their cars at those park-and-ride facilities which offer entertainment as well.

GrandWest has made 1000 additional parking bays available at the complex and anyone wishing to park there can catch the special trains leaving from the Goodwood station at the back of the complex.  As the largest entertainment destination of its kind in South Africa, GrandWest offers a 24-hour secure entertainment destination offering casinos, restaurants, fast food court, bars, night-club, theatre, cinema complex, children’s entertainment centre, ice-rink, bowling alley and the multi-purpose Grand Arena all under one roof.  Anyone in possession of an official stadium ticket will be granted free travel on the trains.

Canal Walk is Cape Town’s biggest shopping mecca with a number of restaurants, coffee shops and fast food outlets in addition to cinemas, go-karting and an entertainment area for children.  1500 Parking bays have been made available at Ratanga Junction and visitors can catch the special buses leaving from there.

The following areas will operate as park-and-ride facilities every day for the duration of the World Cup.

All days:

• Goodwood – parking at GrandWest Casino & Entertainment World
• Brackenfell – station parking
• Fish Hoek – beach parking area
• Claremont – parking on Palmyra Road, east of the station
• Kuils River – station parking
• Century City – parking at Ratanga Junction with a shuttle service to the station
• Ottery – parking at the Youth Care Centre [opposite the Church]
• Retreat – station parking
• Oosterzee – parking at Settlers High School
• Strand – parking at the municipal building opposite the station

On match days only, the following facilities will operate from four hours before kick-off and until four hours after the final whistle:

• Kronendal Primary School sports field off Andrews Road in Hout Bay
• Camps Bay High School sports field in Maiden’s Cove off Victoria Road
• University of Cape Town’s Upper Campus in Rondebosch
• Additional security will also be available at Eersterivier, Heideveld, Khayelitsha, Kraaifontein, Langa, Lansdowne, Monte Vista, Muizenberg, Nyanga, Philippi and Plumstead.

For all transport arrangements during the World Cup go to http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/FIFA2010/Pages/Gettingaround.aspx.  For specific service    details contact the 24-hour Transport Information Centre on 0800 65 64 63, toll free from a landline or public pay phone.

Cape Town is Africa’s creative and lifestyle capital and proud Host City for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Situated on the southwestern tip of Africa, Cape Town is recognised as one of the most beautiful places on earth. Cradled by majestic mountains and fringed by oceans, this iconic cityboasts breathtaking natural beauty, a melting pot of cultures and a fascinating history reflected in its characters, architecture and stories.
With unique accommodation offers like an Airstream Trailer Park atop a luxury boutique hotel, alluring private villas with sea views and hundreds of guesthouses and B&B’s, visitors to Cape Town are spoilt for choice. The city’s award-winning wines paired with a delectable cosmopolitan mix of cuisine are guaranteed to satisfy even the most discerning palate. Offering a range of attractions, spectacular sights and endless activities, it is a year-round
holiday destination with friendly people, a mild climate and rich cultural heritage. Whether you are in search of nature reserves and scenic drives, the adrenalin rush of cage diving with Great White Sharks or a pampering spa treatment on a white sandy beach, Cape Town has something for you to enjoy.

TOP 10 THINGS TO DO
Take in the view of Cape Town from Table Mountain.
Follow our steps to freedom on Robben Island.
Dine, shop, be entertained and even stay at the V&A Waterfront.
Stroll through the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
Picnic alongside a family of African Penguins at Boulder’s Beach.
Visit our picturesque Winelands and enjoy some award-winning Cape wine.
Meet the people on a guided tour of our vibrant, colourful township communities.
Enjoy a traditional Cape Malay meal in the colourful Bo-Kaap.
Take a meandering drive along the coast to Cape Point.
Get into the groove on a Cape Town jazz safari.

USEFUL INFO
Visit Cape Town Tourism (the City of Cape Town’s official destination marketing and visitor
services agency) online at www.capetown.travel or pop into one of their 18 Visitor Information
Centres. They offer a wide range of helpful resources and assist with reservations for
accommodation, tours, South African National Parks bookings and more at no charge.
Transport
· Buses and trains operate within the city. Call +27 (0)0800 65 64 63 for timetables.
· Rikkis taxis are mid-priced taxis operating in and around the city. They also offer airport
transfers. Tel +27 (0)861 745 547.
· Minibus taxis offer convenient but sometimes hair-raisingly fast transport along major
routes. They are frequently available and inexpensive.
· Private taxis can be booked through Cape Town Tourism. Tel +27 (0)21 487 6800.
· All major car-hire companies operate from the airport and have city depots.
· Visit www.capetown.travel for detailed listings of recommended transport operators and
car hire companies.
· Flight Information – Live Flight information is available by calling ACSA’s automated flightinformation
service. Tel: +27 (0)86 727 7888

Visitor Safety
To report any safety incident, call the following numbers:
· All emergencies from a mobile: 112
· All emergencies from a landline: 107
· SA Police Services (SAPS): 10111
· Table Mountain National Park Emergencies: +27 (0)861 106 417

Money Matters
· Currency: South African Rand (ZAR, or R0.00). 100 cents = R1.00
· Value Added Tax (VAT): South Africa has a Value Added Tax system of 14% on purchases and
services. Foreign visitors can reclaim their VAT on collective purchases of more than
R250.00.
· VAT Refund Offices: Cape Town International Airport, Tel +21 (0)21 934 8675; Clock Tower
Precinct, V&A Waterfront, Tel +27 (0)21 421 1612.
· Banking Hours: 09h00 – 15h30 weekdays and 08h30 – 11h00 on weekends.
· Credit cards: South Africa has a modern and sophisticated banking and commercial system,
and most shops, restaurants and hotels accept major credit cards.
· Tipping: A 10% tip is standard in restaurants.
Average Monthly Temperature (°C)

MONTH AVERAGE DAILY MAX
January 26
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March 25
April 23
May 20
June 18
July 18
August 18
September 19
October 21
November 24
December 25

CAPE TOWN STADIUM
Construction of the breathtaking new Cape Town Stadium, located on the Green Point Common
between the twin icons of Table Mountain and Robben Island, began in March 2007.

In just 33 months, joint contractors Murray and Roberts and WBHO completed the massive
project at a cost of R4.4-billion or approximately US$600-million. The project architects were an
association between GMP Architects of Germany and two local firms, Louis Karol and Associates
and Point Architects.
All systems of the 68 000-seater have been tested and the brand new stadium is now ready to welcome the world to “the greatest show on earth”.

About the stadium
The design: The sweeping silhouette of the Cape Town stadium has forever changed the face of
the surrounding Green Point Common.
Enwrapped by a façade of woven fiberglass, coated with Teflon, it will resemble a rose-coloured
bowl floating on a base, when lit up at night. The architects have dubbed the stadium “the Diva
of Cape Town”, reflecting the constantly changing moods of the city in varying weather
conditions.
The roof: The design and construction of the roof is unique throughout the world. Its basic
structure resembled a bicycle wheel, open in the middle. Some 72 cables linking the outer and
inner rings of the circle were slowly tightened to raise the roof from ground level to its present
height.

Another first for the roof is the use of 16mm thick panels of glass to cover and protect
the spectators from strong winds and rain. This will let in the light while the ceiling panels
underneath – made of woven PVC fabric – will soften the noise from within.
The stadium bowl: For the eight World Cup™ matches to be played at the venue, the stadium
will have a seating capacity of 68,000, including 13,000 temporary seats which will be removed
afterwards. Features of the stadium are that it can be evacuated in 15 minutes and that all the
spectators are close to the game.
Safety: Spectators will be protected by a state-of-the-art camera surveillance system which is
monitored by police in the Venue Operations Centre inside the stadium, while pitch invasions
are discouraged by a wide moat around the circumference. There is also a police station inside
the building to deal with hooligans and other criminals.
How green is the stadium?
A review team appointed by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has found
that the new Cape Town Stadium meets high standards of environmental protection.

Water and energy efficiency measures are part of the design and, when the old Green Point
stadium was demolished to make way for the new, 95% of the components were recycled and
reused. Water from the stadium roof and drainage of the pitch is pumped into ponds on the
Green Point Common, thus reducing dependency on potable water.
The inward pitch of the roof and the use of the roof’s inner ring to house the 360 lights (instead
of high exterior masts) are both features that reduce the negative visual impact from outside.

Quick facts:
96,000 cubic metres of concrete were used
The roof has a total weight of 4,700 tons
Some 9,000 glass panels were used to cover 37,000 square metres of roof
500 toilets and 360 urinals
115 entry turnstiles
16 lifts
More than 2,500 workers were employed on site during construction, and almost 1,200 artisans
received training from the contractors
(SOURCE: http://www.capetown.gov.za/en/FIFA2010/Pages/CapeTownStadium.aspx)

FIFA FAN FEST
Fan Fest is FIFA’s official Public Viewing Area (PVA). Cape Town’s official FIFA Fan Fest will be
held on the Grand Parade in the City Centre. The Grand Parade can accommodate up to 25 000
fans and will remain open throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup from 10am to midnight.
Matches will be shown on a giant screen. Entry to the Fan Fest is free and will include top
entertainment.

THE GREEN GOAL
The Green Goal is a project committed to making the 2010 FIFA World Cup as environmentally
friendly as possible. It promotes sustainable environmental projects and a reduction in our
carbon footprint. There are more than 40 projects being implemented by Green Goal in Cape
Town and the Western Cape.

HISTORY OF FOOTBALL IN CAPE TOWN
The history of football in Cape Town begins with the first ‘football’ game (a combination of
football and rugby) played on Green Point Common by the British military in 1862. The Common
became a crucible where the rules of the game and the social structures that underpinned
them, were forged. The Fields of Play exhibition at the District Six Museum, Cape Town, builds
on the centrality of the Common to clubs and associations from all over the greater Cape Town,
areas which housed diverse communities – some of which had their roots in slavery – and which
reflected Cape Town’s growth as a port city.
The social engineering of apartheid that separated people into ‘racial groups’ is an important

element of Cape Town’s footballing history. Before large scale urban forced removals took place
in the 1960s, Capetonians classified as ‘African’ were removed from the city to Ndabeni in 1901,
where the Cape Peninsula Bantu Football Association was established in 1927. When the City of
Cape Town removed people from Ndabeni to Langa, the association also moved to Langa, later
forming the Western Province African Football Association in the 1930s.
“I played for Zulu Royals. In the past children born in Cape Town would play for Black Swallows,
Bafana or Spes Bona. Teams like T.K. Spears – they were actually people from the rural areas -
the parents were working as migrant labourers. They emanated from the Transkei. Zulu Royals
were from Natal. They were staying here in Cape Town, so they formed a team of their own and
took a name from their old Zulu Royals team in Natal. We had four players from Norway Parks
in our team.”
Ike Morape [Zulu Royals]
Interview, 8 March 2008

While clubs were organised along racial categories, some footballers were able to defy these
barriers, including that of class and religion, by exhibiting their skills on different fields of play
and even by te

mporarily changing their names. When racial segregation reached its legislative
apex with the Group Areas Act of 1950, the segregation that characterised the different
associations and clubs became much more entrenched and defiance thereof led to heavier
social penalties.
The clubs and associations forced to relocate because of the Group Areas Act in the 1960s met
the challenge in different ways whilst battling to retain members and maintain administrative
structures. Metropolitan Football Association, which was based at Green Point Common since
1931, relocated to Bonteheuwel and was able to thrive and increase their membership on the
Cape Flats. Other clubs and associations such as Alliance Football Association and East End AFC
were forced to disband because of dwindling membership and the difficulty of travelling to club
meetings. Family-based clubs such as Stephanians, which started as a football club in1924

in
Loader Street, introduced new sporting codes after their removal from Green Point, and they
were able to maintain a growing and loyal membership.
The role of football in the lives of young players in the 1960s and earlier goes beyond that of
being just a game. Football games, association and club meetings as well as league competitions
became spheres through which ideas about identity, class, religion and gender were challenged
and oftentimes accepted. Administrators in particular, shaped the discipline and rules of the
game off the field of play. With increasing organised resistance to the apartheid state from the
1970s onwards, football associations and leagues, together with a range of sporting codes,
harnessed their organisational capacity under the South African Council of Sports (SACOS)
banner, “No normal sport in an abnormal society.”
(SOURCE: District Six Museum, Chris Julius)

 

CAPE TOWN FIFA FAN FEST

Cape Town semi-final – Tuesday 6 July

 

13h00                    Fan Fest opens

18h00                    Capsolys

19h15                    Guguletu Tenors

20h30                    Holland vs Uruguay

Till 23h00              DJ Afrobeat

 

The Cape Town FIFA Fan Fest is expected to attract a record attendance on Tuesday, 6 July when soccer fans gather for the semi-final game between Holland and Uruguay at 20h30 in Cape Town.

 

A line-up of entertainers will keep visitors to the Grand Parade entertained throughout the day from 13h00.  At 18h00 hip hop artist Capsolys will take to the stage, followed by the Guguletu Tenors at 19h15.  After the match, DJ Afrobeat will bring the evening to a close at 23h00.

Capsolys

Hip Hop artist Capsolys is one of the fresh new faces of music in Africa and the singer, songwriter and producer hopes to spread “love, light and awareness” through his music.

 

He likens his music to a photo album in which each track captures a moment in time of his thoughts and emotions, expressed in rhyme.  For Capsolys his music freezes his life experiences in a positive art form.

 

Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Capsolys moved to South Africa with his family at the age of seven. As a youngster, his interest in music was sparked by watching the Gospel band his older siblings sang and played in. Eventually he added song writing and music production to his vocal ability.

 

As a teenager, Capsolys persuaded a professional studio to produce a demo of his music which was sent to Gresham Records who signed the youngster up immediately.

 

After a stint of living and performing in London, he returned to Africa, signing up with independent record label Bouge Records.

 

Guguletu Tenors

 

From humble beginnings on dusty township streets, the Guguletu Tenors quartet now perform in top concert halls and for the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Chris Rock and Mariah Carey.

 

Collectively, Mpendulo Yawa, Siyabulela Gqola, Xolani November and Loyiso Dlova aim to be role models for South Africa’s youth and, through their singing, to showcase the richness and diversity of South Africa’s cultural heritage.

 

The self-taught quartet was first discovered while studying at Fezeka High school in Guguletu.  While there they entered, and won their first competition and have not looked back since.  Since then they have gone on to win many more competitions and the accolades keep pouring in.