cape town south africa

different experience with Lion's in South Africa

Nelson Chisale was alive he was thrown into a lions' enclosure near Hoedspruit last year, the Phalaborwa Circuit Court heard on Monday. A non tourism story today..
more info: Man was alive when delivered to lions
Lion accused were 'playing' with victim

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eating out game in cape town

or is it the game of eating: Zebra, impala, warthog ribs, crocodile tails, eland, gemsbok and shark can all be found on menus of restaurants in and around Cape Town.

Shark lovers can lick their fingers at Khaya Nyama Restaurant in Long Street, where they serve "Mozambique brown shark", strangely enough caught in the waters around the Peninsula.

Warthog, gemsbok and eland are also on Khaya Nyama's menu.

Like shark fins? as part of your eating sea food experience in Cape Town? The Sea Palace at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, but should order it in advance. Zebra steak should visit Arnolds Restaurant in Kloof Street, Gardens (but read the comment of the owner first)

Impala: Mama Africa in Long Street recently added impala as a special to its menu, which already offers game like crocodile and kudu. (read the whole article by Arjan van Oosterhout on iol)

After many of these, I still recommend the Springbok steak in any restaurant, or ostrich (rare, medium rare max. although not after visiting an ostrich farm), venison (kudu) at Moja Restaurant in Heritage Square. Warthog is (only) best -if on the menu- in pastry at Beluga Restaurant in The Foundry in Cape Town.

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180 Sport Events Cape Town

Tennis & Golf in Cape Town in February 'tennis legends head for cape town' in february Boris Becker, Michael Stich, Goran Ivanisovich and more will be playing Tennis and Golf in Cape Town. 180 events is organising it. The founder is used to be involved with West and F1 McLaren. It will promise something for the Formula 1 coming to South Africa, to Cape Town..

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events in Cape Town in March: Cape Town Festival

the creative melting pot of the Cape Town -you normally might not notice being a visitor - comes out to play with Cape Town Festival, one of the cultural events in Cape Town that truly shows creative Cape Town:

from 6-25 March creative cape town shows itself in quirky places and the top establishments: music, dance, film, cultural activities, comedy, visual arts, theatre, poetry, cuisine and crafts for your 'great things to do in cape town' list.
for the Cape Town Events Schedule capetownfestival.co.za
theme for the next three years is 'Ubuntu', easiest explaned by the Xhosa proverb: umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu, which means: I am because we are, I am through others.

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Cape Town Pass Champagne Cruise in Waterfront

After a weekend in Philippi Township & braai's on Malmsbury farms, an evening on the ambassador commission programme in Legendary Kennedy's Cigar Bar on Longstreet, tonight a champagne cruise on the Sea Princess organised by


Cape Town Pass and the Waterfront Boat Company, promoting the great attractions included in the Cape Town Pass.

In Europe a city pass mostly includes museums and transport, yet in Cape Town it includes guided tours, surfing, sandboarding, township jazz dinners and malay bo-kaap lunches... We are enjoying the unbelief of people afterwards that those tours and cruises in Cape Town can be part of a Cape Town City Pass...

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Investment trends in Cape Town

Released this morning in Cape Town on investments in 2004: Foreign Direct Investment in 2004 has increased to 1,536 Billion Rand, largely exceeding their targets, set for Ismail Dockrat, CEO of Wesgro.

Main investment growth sectors in Cape Town: manufacturing, resource based industries, services, expansion, facilitation and residential property investments. Target for Wesgro, the investerings promotion agency in Cape Town, for 2007: an impressive 5 Billion Rand.

It has been good to see the dynamics of development over the last five years in Cape Town, and it has been a pleasure to see that many of the anticipated developments in Cape Town and growth sectors have grown even faster than anticipated by me, who has been labelled 'optimistic' in the last years by some holiday residents. Let's say it has its advantages to have an interest in so many different industries, areas and social developments in Cape Town. It gives a little edge ;-)

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price winning South African wine from Cape Town

first of all a legendary quote about my favorite pinotage:
" The Clos Malverne Pinotage Reserve 1998 has to rank as my favourite South African since Nelson Mandela, ..." The Examiner - Tim Vaughaun


do you have a quote on Cape Town or South Africa: leave it in a comment underneath this article

The Cape Winelands produce top South African wines from the well known wine estates and vineyards of Stellenbosch, Paarl and Franschhoek. Closer to Cape Town of course Constantia Valley.
read more on the wine regions in the western cape such as Elim, Overberg, Olifants river, Piketberg en Darling.

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Cape Town Jazz Festival with Cesaria Evora

The Cape Town International Jazz festival presented Cesaria Evora as one of the top artists for the Jazz Festival in Cape Town which is the absolute Jazz Event of the year in Cape Town.

Frequent readers of this weblog on Cape Town will notice (frequent visitors in Cape Town will underwrite..)

The best events in Cape Town are numerous, and not easily comarable to other cities in the world; Cape Town Festival, MCQP (the mother city queer project cape town), the Cape Town Jazz festival, the Cape to Rio race, The Jazzathon, the tennis events, the vortex trance parties in and around Cape Town, usual suspects rave parties, kirstenbosch summer concerts, the spier art festival, the chilli siesta, the argus cycle race, there is little limit to the many Grand events in Cape Town
we keep you 'posted'

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North Sea Jazz Festival Cape Town

The date is set The North Sea Jazz Festival has been renamed to the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, I assume you know, but now the dates for the best and biggest 'Jazz Club' in Cape Town are set:

Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2005: Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 March 2005, with the Community (Free) Concert set for Thursday 24 March 2005.
check our other articles for performing artists for the event

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J&B MET horse racing event

on Kenilworth Race Track Cape Town: back to the '20 once a year over 50million Rand is spent on clothing for just one event: The J&B Met.

None of the event organisers in Cape Town are able to find not even one Marquis since Horse Racing in Cape Town is redefined bij the J&B Met and its thousands of exorbitantly well dressed 'experts'. This Year the biggest party 'on track' and set to be a '20's Charleston revival: www.jbmet.co.za

That means 30 degrees, Veuve Cliquot bubbly, ladies with astonishing designer dresses, men smoking cigars and betting on Sparkling Duck or Everglade Dummy' with afterwards a charleston and some stepping to the name of love. The best party in this week in Cape Town when you're here. Indulge. more on the event in Cape Townt: tickets for the J&B Met:

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weblog Cape Town South Africa

and RSS
This Weblog is now available in RSS, Really Simple Syndication, a fancy non fancy word, but if you're only a little web savvy, you know this is The perfect way to be on par with what's going on on your personal many different sites at the same time:

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game and game reserves cape town

South Africa wild life five years ago I thought: if Cape Town would have a game reserve, it is the absolute perfect destination in the world. Game reserves are within 90 minutes drive from Cape Town now. Still, there has always been plenty of different places to see south african wild life in the cape.

Kaapstad en je bent helemaal klaar, dan hoef je niet eens meer naar kruger national park. beetje kortzichtig maar klopt in essentie wel. de big 5 in zuid-afrika zijn nu ook in de kaap te vinden op enkele game reserves twee drie uur rijden buiten kaapstad, echter:
a large majority (/locals inc.) have no notion of nearby crocodiles, lion's, wildebees, ostriches that can be found in the nearbywinelands bonheur crocodile farm, the different ostrich farms around Cape Townlion's park near paarl and thecheetah outreach project of Spier are some of the examples within 35minutes from Strand street in Cape Town's Central Business District. Lunch?

leopard cubshave been spotted in the Cedarberg last week by planted infrared camera's by the way. They -fortunately- evaded me taking a shower outside deep in the Cedarberg when I was there for new year though.

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Shosholoza: Team South Africa America's Cup

Shosholoza Team South Africa America's Cup has T-Systems as R100m sponsor Team South Africa has a lion of a partner in the prestigous Sailing race the America's Cup: T-systems is the sponsor driving the South African Shoshaloza sailing team for the next three years with a R100m. The biggest sponsorship for a sports team in South Africa ever A great thing for Joe (Heywood), an friend, who -as a 23 year young sailing fanatic- has been chosen to be a pa\rt of Team South Africa. read article on sponsorship T-Systems want to stay updated on Team Shoshaloza? Subscribe to the only free -all aspects Cape Town- newsletter

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Shosholoza: Team South Africa America's Cup

Shosholoza Team South Africa America's Cup has T-Systems as R100m sponsor Team South Africa has a lion of a partner in the prestigous Sailing race the America's Cup: T-systems is the sponsor driving the South African Shoshaloza sailing team for the next three years with a R100m. The biggest sponsorship for a sports team in South Africa ever A great thing for Joe (Heywood), an friend, who -as a 23 year young sailing fanatic- has been chosen to be a part of Team South Africa. read article on sponsorship T-Systems want to stay updated on Team Shoshaloza? Subscribe to the only free -all aspects Cape Town- newsletter

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Clubs Cape Town: Sundowner spots

Clubs in Cape Town: going out in Cape Town for sunset is not your normal corner pub experience. The Monaco of Africa at a first sunset glance: best sundowner spots Cape Town part I

caprice: see and be seen for the trendy (including sun glasses extreme) for the surfer of the beach, stylish but party savvy and the -I am so casual but I just spent 2 hours in front of the mirror- gorgeously created females: on victoria street (the boulevard) on camps bay. Holiday picture needed.

rafiki's on kloofnek, rafiki means friend in swahili and it defines Rafiki's, long time favorite forno nonsense relaxedthe large, reed covered balcony caters for the rastafari, the jeans and t-shirt and the bare feet beach go-ers, 20-40 'no frills' audience. They started the already legendary 'pile of prawns', only last week followed by a foot high mojito sundowner.

hemispshere:sundowner from behind glass: on the 31st floor in Cape Town. In long time history grape vine remembered to be Raffles, but that is said to have been two floors up. Cape Town at least has the high up metropolitan vibe, just came out of a weeks work but still look refreshed club with an magnificent view over the harbour, mountain, cape flats and hottentot holland mountains. 25-35 upmarket 'johannesburg' type audience (South Africans will understand) Tuesday to Friday two dedicated elevators are there for you in the ABSA building (designed to 'swing' 8 meters because of the howling south easter..)

On the beach Clifton 4 is a full moon favorite (or still Lion's Head, or Signall hill?): candels in a paperbag filled with sand and a chilled crisp 2004 Thelema Sauvignon. The best beaches in Cape Town provide that cosy atmosphere a table can never beat

insider tip: clifton 2nd: on a Monday fire dancers and drummers gather for an informal display.. Sunset and a chilled cobra are essential.

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met een sunset cape town view: summerville cape town camps bay voor de wat rustiger publiek dat schitterend uitzicht wil hebben over Camps Bay en afkoelend water in moleculen over zich gesproeid wil krijgen... ober..?
boven summerville, het trendy eclipse cape town camps bay, gaat helemaal los op donderdag etc. zeer strak publiek met strakke credit card.

andere echte aanraders: radisson hotel mouille point cape town, blue peter & on the rocks in Blouberg, elba in de waterfront en de cape grace (5*) hotel bar op de vrijdag, ook met de rich & famous.
Vergeet trouwens table mountain niet: na 19h half price omhoog en de bar heeft 'prima' panorama uitzicht. oh, en Signall hill, voor een luie picknick.
En Lion's Head, voor een klim naar de top en dan na de zonsondergang over zee, draai je je om en je ziet de 'lichten aangaan' in Cape Town: tijd voor een goed restaurant of.. clubs. voor nu in ieder geval genoeg voor de eerste twee weken sundowners. waar kaapstad slaapstad wordt.. of niet.

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