Look east for innovation (that’s Cape Town’s East City!)

Andrew — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:16:27 +0000

Here is a great article on The Fringe – Cape Town’s Innovation District in Cape Town’s East City by Richard Holmes in the latest edition of Indwe Magazine, just in time for the announcement on Tuesday about the World Design Capital 2014 shortlist:

Mother City looks East

“The…

The final silence. RIP Zim Ngqawana, a great South African musician

Andrew — Wed, 11 May 2011 09:20:37 +0000

In a reflective interview at the time of his 50th birthday, Ngqawana told the M&G that he had started thinking about death as he got older. He said “death can be studied through the silent moment after every exhalation when you breathe”. He described it musically, as the “silence between…

U2360° in Cape Town 18 February 2011

Andrew — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:46:56 +0000

What better place to celebrate turning 52 than with U2, my family and 75 000 others at the Cape Town Stadium on a summer’s evening under a full moon?

We’re on the road to nowhere…

Andrew — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:45:32 +0000

Update: There was a good response to my original post on Cape Town’s unfinished freeways. Ella Smook wrote a follow up article in the Cape Argus on 01 September (see full story below), following which John Maytham picked up the debate on Cape Talk radio.

What do you think? Should the Foreshore Freeways be:…

Cheer up – there’s life after Bafana Bafana

Andrew — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:24:33 +0000

“Back to life, back to reality” sang Soul II Soul back in the 1990s and boy, does that apply after the football lesson we received from Uruguay last night. We are all in need of a little pick-me-up, and what better than a great new anthem about Cape Town just released by local…

Fela, Flatiron and Rising Currents – it’s just an Empire State of Mind

Andrew — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:43:28 +0000

Writing a blog about visiting a city like New York is a bit unnerving. I mean, how is it possible to describe even just a few of the overwhelming exeriences with a few words and pictures? Well, one thing that I have learned in New York is that anything goes if you put your mind…

Cape Jazz Tradition Continues

Andrew — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:54:47 +0000

The rich tradition of Cape Jazz continues at the Rainbow Room Jazz Club. Last night I had the pleasure of listening to the Denay Willie Band. What was even more impressive was the showcasing of new Cape Town talent, as impressive young musicians aged 14-19 joined the band…

Bright lights, dark alleys*

Andrew — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:27:36 +0000

*Title inspired by a Songs of the City concert held at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in January 2008

I’m kicking off 2010 with a list of my ten best songs that describe life in the city. Most lists of city songs contain songs with the name…

Cape Town festive season begins

Andrew — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:10:37 +0000

Inside the new Cape Town Stadium

Andrew — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:28:24 +0000

Nike and I attended the roofwetting ceremony at the new Cape Town Stadium last night. It was my first opportunity to see the stadium with the new pitch and seating in place. It is one of the most beautiful stadiums I have ever seen, and I have no doubt it will…

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