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Rob Vember is a radio DJ and proud Capetonian. He grew up in Cape Town and studied in Grahamstown, where, working at the campus station, he was bitten by the radio bug. Returning to the Mother City to join the DJ line-up on Heart FM, he then made the move to Johannesburg to become part of the 5FM team, where he has been for the last few years. He recently made the move back home to continue presenting his weekday show from 5FM’s Cape Town studios. We asked him what he loves about the city. -
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Eat, shoot, share and win at the V&A Waterfront
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Facebook Feedback Friday: your plans for Father’s Day in the Mother City
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She’s celebrating 1 000 days in the Mother City on Tuesday 18 June, 2013 and from her numerous photos, social media posts and on-air shout-outs, it’s clear for all to see that media personality Liezel van der Westhuizen loves Cape Town.
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Very Important Ego tickets still available
The Camps Bay strip will be a hot-spot for Loeries festivities. Photo courtesy bittlelit
The Loerie Awards are standing up to the economic downturn by keeping their ticket prices the same as last year, so hurry up and book the remaining tickets.
Even if you’re Very Important, you need a ticket. So get your Very Important Ego (VIE) ticket and use it not only to attend all the after-parties and award ceremonies throughout the weekend, but to give the mayor a chance to meet you on September 24, 2009.
Request for Proposals – strategic business development services
Cape Town Tourism (CTT) is ready to welcome the world for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and committed to use the event to establish a positive lasting legacy for Cape Town.
An opportunity exists for one or more strategic business or tourism consultants to assist the CEO with the development and implementation where appropriate of one or several key commercial and legacy programmes and concepts for CTT.
Give our vuvuzela a fair hearing at the 2010 World Cup
A display of beaded vuvuzelas at the Cape Town International Convention Centre during the 2009 Confederations Cup
Love it or hate it, the noisy vuvuzela is synonymous with football in South Africa. For the uninitiated, the vuvuzela is a plastic horn usually blown by football fans at matches.
During the 2009 Confederations Cup recently, FIFA received complaints from some commentators and international players who want the horns banned during the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Cape Town winter Flickr competition entries
Here are a few of the latest entries for our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Winter Competition.
Enter your own photographs of Cape Town in winter and stand a chance to win an iPod Nano! All you have to do is join our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Winter Competition group and add your photo to the group pool.
Victoria Basin at night – Flickr pic of the day
This beautiful photograph of the V&A Waterfront at night was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Mervyn Hector.
Mervyn says, “Amazing Cape Town. Out of the cold and wet winter, days like this appear – four seasons in one!”
Spring’s in sight, but Aquarium winter special’s still on
Photo courtesy Marti McFly
There is no denying it – the shift has happened. Nature is getting ready for the big bang of spring. I’ve heard from a reliable source that the magnificent flowers on the west coast and in Namaqualand are already rearing their orange, white, pink, purple and yellow heads.
The winter rains have started to turn the burned vegetation against Table Mountain into a green patchwork quilt.
House in dappled light – Flickr pic of the day
This beautiful landscape was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Brett Stone.
Brett says, “I really enjoy living in Cape Town because it can take you five minutes from being in a busy street to running in a forest on a huge mountain.”
Fish Hoek beach huts – Flickr pic of the day
This colourful photo of beach huts at Fish Hoek was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Flowcomm aka Tara Turkington.
Into the green at Kirstenbosch – Flickr pic of the day
This beautiful photo of the lush Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Pieter de Vos aka Night is Coming.
Pieter says, “The thing I love most about Cape Town is its natural beauty.”
Cloudy Cape Point – Flickr pic of the day
This photo of Cape Point was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Bertalan Danko.
Bertalan says, “This was taken from the old lighthouse – I wasn’t allowed inside the lighthouse itself.”
Loeries finalists can pack for Cape Town
Loeries awards trophies
The entries are in, the judges have taken stock, but the final results will be a closely guarded secret until the awards festival begins in Cape Town from September 25-27.
With less than two months to go, it’s time to plan your party schedule in South Africa’s most beautiful city.
Cape Town surfing – A Cape Town Tourism photo essay
Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, Cape Town has waves to suit all types of surfers.
According to www.capetownactivities.co.uk, the more experienced riders will find the waves they’re looking for on the Atlantic Ocean, Fish Hoek or the infamous Long Beach.
St George’s Square – Flickr pic of the day
This interesting photograph of a man setting up his paintings in St George’s Square was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Siobhan Baxter.
Siobhan says, “St George’s Square is a place that always seems to be buzzing with activity. There are a lot of different things to see there, from the colourful jewellery to the interesting wooden African figures and other sorts of interesting items.”
The Rat Pack swings in to Long Street
A wax statue of Frank Sinatra at Madame Tussauds, Las Vegas. Photo courtesy Honey Bunny
The originals took Hollywood and Las Vegas by storm in the mid-1960s; now the Rat Pack is bringing swagger and class to Cape Town this winter on August 3-22, 2009 at the Newspace One Theatre.
You can expect to see Sammy, played by Dantanio Goodman, Dean, played by Matthew Stewardson, and Ol’ Blue Eyes, performed by American impersonator Patrick Tobin. Audiences can look forward to hearing songs such as I Only Have Eyes for You and Fly Me to the Moon performed by a live band.
Last light in Durbanville – Flickr pic of the day
This beautiful sunset shot was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Stiaan Schoeman aka Quantum Theory.
Stiaan says, “It is the best time of the year for all people who enjoy landscape photography.”
Cape Town tops in international tourism survey
The V&A Waterfront, photo courtesy slack12
In a recent survey conducted by SA Tourism Update magazine, Cape Town emerged at the top of the list of attractions in Southern Africa.
One hundred overseas tour operators participated in the survey, which was completed last week, including 33 from North America, 25 from the UK, 16 from Germany and 44 from the rest of Europe.
Keen cyclist wins Cape Town A-Z competition
Shaheed Peters is the winner of the A-Z competition
Cape Town Tourism is happy to announce that the lucky winner of the A-Z competition is Shaheed Peters. Shaheed has won three nights’ accommodation at the Grand Daddy Hotel in Long Street.
We asked you to tell us what makes Cape Town special for you and why it’s the place to be in 2010. You had to choose a letter of the alphabet and a word starting with that letter (eg A is for Aquarium, B is for Beaches), and tell us in 50 characters or less why you love that particular feature of the Mother City.
Have you entered our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. winter flickr competition?
Here are a few of the latest entries for our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Winter Competition.
Enter your own photographs of Cape Town in winter and stand a chance to win an iPod Nano! All you have to do is join our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. Winter Competition group and add your photo to the group pool.
Khayelitsha kid – Flickr pic of the day
This lovely photo of a child in Khayelitsha township was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Lesley Goodman aka leschick.
Lesley says, “I have been working with Boost Africa and their ‘Keep a Child in School’ initiative.”
South African homeless street soccer: video
Check out the latest talent in Cape Town: South African homeless street soccer.
After the surf – Flickr pic of the day
This beautiful sunset shot of surfers was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Gaby Gang aka cosmopolitan photography at Milnerton Beach.
Gaby says, “The beaches around Cape Town are a surfer’s paradise. Milnerton Beach is a famous surf spot.”
Now and then
Cape Town is constantly evolving – particularly in the lead-up to 2010 as new infrastructure is being built at a rapid pace.
If you look at old images of Cape Town, you’ll see just how much the Mother City has changed over the past few decades.
Olive Green Cat ‒ an ode to creative Cape Town
I am often stopped mid-sentence, mid-meeting, mid-shopping, mid-flight and mid-just-about-anything by someone wanting to know where I got my unique wedding ring from. To say that it has become a bit of a talking point is putting it mildly.
I am always only too happy to rave about my favourite Cape Town creatives – Olive Green Cat. Weird name, I know, but it says something about this brilliant design trio: unique, tongue-in-cheek, contemporary, individualist and, above all, passionately Capetonian.
Bontebok on the beach – Flickr pic of the day
This unusual picture of bontebok on the beach at Cape Point was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Andy Roberts aka bokafrica.
Andy says, “On my first trip to Cape Town several years ago I was captivated by its magnificence within minutes of leaving the airport. The first glimpse of the mountain, blasts of floral colour and the endless stretch of mountains that steer you down to the southern suburbs and beyond… I was hooked.”
Kirstenbosch reflections – Flickr pic of the day
This beautiful photo of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Jacques de Vos aka Day Is Coming.
Jacques says, “I took this photo in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens on the first sunny day after a really bad storm we had in Cape Town.”
Bloubergstrand beauty – Flickr pic of the day
This beautiful photo of a sunset at Bloubergstrand was taken by our Cape Town. Live it. Love it. group member Ryan Hasselbach.
Ryan says, “On the day that this photograph was taken I was acting as a tour guide for two Australian friends who had come out to South Africa for my wedding.”
Cape Town weighs up economic impact of visiting cruise liner
The QE2 motoring out of the Cromarty Firth in Scotland. Photo courtesy Calum Davidson
Cape Town Tourism has reacted with caution to the news that Dubai World Constituency’s cruise ship, the QE2, is destined for Cape Town Harbour as a floating hotel with an 18-month residency over the 2010 FIFA World Cup period.
The national Department of Tourism has decided not to oppose the application for the berthing and the Transnet Board and the National Ports Authority will now make a final determination.
The 31st Annual Loerie Awards – everything you need to know
The Camps Bay strip will become the Loeries-by-day. Photo courtesy Ian Junor
The long-awaited Loeries Festival Weekend in Cape Town is set to take place from Thursday September 24 to Sunday September 27, 2009.
The aim of the awards is to honour and celebrate the year’s best brand communication work in a creative and inspirational environment – and, of course, to party in the process!
