Andrew Boraine » Adderley Street

Come rain or come shine… we walk the city to discover our history

Andrew — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:06:59 +0000

I took a group of 25 international journalists on a walking tour of the Cape Town Central City this morning. The weather was awful, a typical wet Cape winter’s day, but true to our motto – we walk, come rain or shine – we set off in good spirits. The group is…

2010 World Cup: More of an afterglow than a hangover!

Andrew — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:20:44 +0000

What better place to say farewell to the 2010 World Cup than in Upper Long Street? I watched the gut-wrenching final between Holland and Spain with friends and family at Long Street Cafe.

Long Street has been the epicentre of the Cape Town late night World Cup party for the…

Ten reasons why the Cape Town 2010 Fan Walk worked so well

Andrew — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:46:34 +0000

The Cape Town Fan Walk has become one of the talking points of Cape Town’s World Cup experience. The editorial in today’s Cape Argus described it as a ‘masterstroke’. John Robbie of 702 Talk Radio asked me yesterday to what we as a city owed the success of the Fan…

Cape Town shows the world how to street party

Andrew — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 23:50:53 +0000

We were hoping to get 100 000 people on the Cape Town Fan Walk for the Germany vs Argentina 2010 World Cup Quarter Final match. At its peak, the Fan Walk hit an estimated 153 000! This means that when 65 000 people were in the stadium, over 90 000 continued

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I love it when a plan comes together

Andrew — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:46:40 +0000

“I love it when a plan comes together” was one of the catchphrases of John ‘Hannibal’ Smith, a character in the popular 1980s TV-series, The A-Team. I felt like repeating it on Friday evening when I saw 20 000 people (the City of Cape Town’s official figure) using the Cape Town…

Fan Walk will provide unique flavour to Cape Town’s World Cup

Andrew — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:07:27 +0000

The Fan Walk, which connects the Cape Town Central City to the Cape Town Stadium, is based on an adaptation of the route followed by the Cape Minstrels or Kaapse Klopse every year for the traditional Tweede Nuwe Jaar (2nd January) carnival procession. In other words, it is a route…

Cape Town gees (spirit)? – We’re getting there!

Andrew — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:39:45 +0000

There’s been quite a bit a talk about Cape Town not being in the mood for the World Cup. Sure, we sometimes take a bit longer than other parts of the country to get going. But don’t just count the number of flags on cars or lamp-posts. Rather, walk around…

Cape Town Station – on track for 2010, but a lot more still needs to be done

Andrew — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:58:06 +0000

The CT Station has been receiving its first major overhaul since it was built as an apartheid station in the early 1960s. I walked around the site a few days ago with colleagues from Intersite and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to look at the progress that

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Inclusive memorialisation?

Andrew — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:19:10 +0000

There’s been quite a bit of discussion recently on the issue of street renaming. My colleague, Ryland Fisher, writing in the Cape Argus on 22 February, asked what has happened to the working group leading a renaming process set up by the City of Cape Town a few years ago:…

Cape Town festive season begins

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