SWC stadiums concern SAFA

[Ou grote]

Let's look at how our World Cup Stadiums have done over the last week:

Soccer City: Tri Nations test, SA vs NZ
Moses Mabhida: PSL, Amazulu vs Maritzburg Utd (only on Sunday)
Cape Town Stadium: PSL opening day double header Vasco vs Pirates and Ajax vs Celtic
Ellis Park: Currie Cup, Golden Lions vs Leopards, and PSL Wits vs Supersport
Loftus Versveld: nothing
Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium: Currie Cup, EP Kings vs Border
Free State Stadium: nothing
Royal Ba***eng Sports Palace: nothing
Mbombela Stadium: Currie Cup, Pumas vs Blue Bulls
Peter Mokaba Stadium: nothing

So, 4 of the 10 stadiums are not used this week. Of the 4 that are not being used, 3 have permanent tenants. Only Peter Mokaba is short of events.

Had to google Peter Mokaba to see who he was.

Peter Mokaba
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Peter Mokaba (born 7 January 1959 near Pietersburg, died in Johannesburg on 9 June 2002) was a member of the South African parliament, deputy minister in the government of Nelson Mandela and president of the South African governing party's youth wing, the ANC Youth League. The Polokwane stadium for the 2010 FIFA World Cup was named after him.

Mokaba was active in the struggle against Apartheid but became known in the 1990s for his possible invention and frequent use of the slogan "Kill the boer, kill the farmer", a call to murder white people, in particular Afrikaners. [2] He was a confidant of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the former wife of Nelson Mandela. At the time of his death, he had been appointed to head the ANC electoral campaign in 2004 and his funeral was attended by former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Nelson Mandela as well as current South African president Jacob Zuma. Crowds are reported to have chanted "Kill the boer, kill the farmer!" as his coffin entered the stadium.

Up to his death, from apparent respiratory problems caused by pneumonia, a disease commonly linked to AIDS in the modern world, at the age of 43, Peter Mokaba was an AIDS denialist. The ANC has denied his death was caused by a HIV infection causing AIDS and his death from pneumonia.[1]

According to Jacob Dlamini, writing in Business Day newspaper Mokaba was a "a confessed apartheid agent and a man as corrupt as they came."[2]

Quite the fsking role model.

 

[cr@zydude]

Had to google Peter Mokaba to see who he was.


Quite the fsking role model.

So you take that from from my post?

 

[Ou grote]

So you take that from from my post?

At least I read it to the end.

 

[capetownguy]

More double headers for Cape Town

Posted: 2010-08-28 18:21

After the carnival atmosphere that prevailed at Cape Town Stadium on Friday night during the Absa Premiership double header, local football supporters could see more of ‘Super Fridays’.

The matches between Vasco da Gama and Orlando Pirates, and Ajax Cape Town and Bloemfontein Celtic drew a crowd of 45 000.

“To have the tickets sold out before 2pm on Friday was very encouraging and to see 45 000 people of different colours making their way to the stadium was very exciting,” Urban Warriors CEO George Comitis says.

“I’m happy that all the teams that played on Friday did not disappoint with the quality of football, even though I would have been more than happy to see Vasco da Gama collecting at least a point.

“This was good advert for football in Cape Town and there could is the possibility of staging more of these double-headers in the City this season.”

Despite losing 2-1 to Pirates, Vasco should take pride from their performance says coach Carlos das Neves.

“To play in front of such a big crowd was fantastic,” he says. “I think against Pirates we showed that we have the ability to do well this season.”

 

[cr@zydude]

More double headers for Cape Town

Posted: 2010-08-28 18:21

After the carnival atmosphere that prevailed at Cape Town Stadium on Friday night during the Absa Premiership double header, local football supporters could see more of ‘Super Fridays’.

The matches between Vasco da Gama and Orlando Pirates, and Ajax Cape Town and Bloemfontein Celtic drew a crowd of 45 000.

“To have the tickets sold out before 2pm on Friday was very encouraging and to see 45 000 people of different colours making their way to the stadium was very exciting,” Urban Warriors CEO George Comitis says.

“I’m happy that all the teams that played on Friday did not disappoint with the quality of football, even though I would have been more than happy to see Vasco da Gama collecting at least a point.

“This was good advert for football in Cape Town and there could is the possibility of staging more of these double-headers in the City this season.”

Despite losing 2-1 to Pirates, Vasco should take pride from their performance says coach Carlos das Neves.

“To play in front of such a big crowd was fantastic,” he says. “I think against Pirates we showed that we have the ability to do well this season.”

The idea seems to work, so I hope that they do it again. One question though, why did they not try to sell all 55 000 tickets? Also, Wits really needs to try to host a double header, they drew 700 people to Ellis Park today.

 

[capetownguy]

Cape Town Fan Walk lives on

28 August 10 1 Comment

It wasn’t as big as the World Cup Fan Walk. Or as glamorous. But last night’s PSL double header at the Cape Town Stadium showed that the Cape Town Fan Walk is here to stay.
The Fan Walk is turning out to be much more than a mobility corridor to get people to an event at the stadium. It is a new way of using public space, of discovering the central city, of promoting public transport. It is a new way for Capetonians from disparate communities to come together. It is a way for families to enjoy safe public space, at night. It is a way for traders and retailers to make money. And for local entertainers to make a living.

















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