Last night The Station on Bree opened on Bree Street, in a heritage (previously notorious) building, which is said to have housed a business of ill-repute called The Nunnery. Continue reading →
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Kfm/Sentech Sweet Service and Sentech Sour Service Awards!
The Sweet Service Award goes to Kfm/Sentech, for (finally) doing something about the poor reception on the Atlantic Seaboard of Kfm (and with it GoodHopeFM and 5FM), the problems having commenced in May after a severe winter storm. Reception of these radio stations has been almost non-existent in one’s home, but never a problem in the car, until May. I Tweeted Kfm, and some of its presenters, and then called Primedia Broadcasting, and spoke to some of their technical staff, but was told that this is really in the hands of Sentech. I received a call from a very nice gentleman from Sentech, whose name I unfortunately did not record, who had been contacted by Kfm, and he explained that Kfm is broadcast via the Tygerberg tower, while the other two stations come via the Hout Bay one. A Hout Bay friend had however experienced similar radio reception problems in her area. All of a sudden, after two months, there Continue reading →
WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 21 July
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* In honour of Mandela Day last Friday, and the launch of the new DVD of the ‘Lego‘ movie, a collection of limited edition Lego figurines of local presenters, including Gareth Cliff, Bonang Matheba (ex Metro FM), Lee-Roy Wright (SABC3 presenter), DJ Fresh (5FM), and Casper Lee (actor Spud 3) has been created. A set of three Nelson Mandela mini Lego figurines has also been launched.
* The few women honoured in Cape Town by means of statues is soon to become something of the past, when steel cut-outs of such women luminaries and outspoken leaders as the late Albertina Sisulu, Miriam Makeba, Adelaide Tambo, and Nadine Gordimer are erected along the Fan Walk leading to the Cape Town Stadium in Green Point, a World Design Capital 2014 project called ‘Wonder Women’. Architect Mokena Makeka will make up the steel statues of the women, with a positive and negative image.
* This coming weekend the focus in Cape Town will be on Street Food, with talks at Sidestreet Studios on Saturday 27 July by Andy Continue reading →
WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 10 April
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* South Africa only has one visa official in India, in Mumbai, to process visa applications for travel to South Africa. The backlog is as large as 850 applications, taking about a month for a visa to be processed. The travel and tour operator industry is saying that the situations is causing a very damaging image for South Africa, and that business could be lost to other countries!
* Sean Penn was sighted in the pedestrian Dias Tavern in Cape Town yesterday. Making media mileage of the sighting was Cape Town Design NPC CEO Alayne Reesberg, managing World Design Capital 2014. Reesberg is reported to have said that Penn is charming, having waved back at her when she waved at him, when lunching at the same restaurant! Last week Penn and Charlize Theron were seen at the Augrabies Falls. Penn is said to be in Cape Town to look for locations for a new movie.
* Bo-Kaap featured in the New York Times yesterday, with the headline ‘In Cape Town, Local Color comes in Bright Shades’, mentioning Luvey ‘n Rose, Atlas Trading Company, Bo-Kaap Food and Craft Market, and Agua Dreamz. Continue reading →