• We kick off the show with a track from Sugardrive - Ten Feet High
• Do you want to learn Xhosa?  Go to http://www.studentsforhumanity.com for more info.  Check out the website and listen to the 2010 Vocab Podcast.  Also read the blog as well.
• Wacky Wine Weekend next weekend from the 4th to the 7th of June in the Robertson Vally.  Mimosa Lodge / Montague video still coming.
• 55 whales beached in Kommetjie yesterday.  See the photos for more.
• Politics creeps into Robben Island Museum. Mass council resignations.
• Confed Cup in 2-3 weeks time and 68% of tickets sold. Ticket sales for 2010 WC are coming mostly from the USA.  2010 WC final sold out.
• The Indian Premiere League was a huge success.
• The Bulls beat The Chiefs in the Super 14 final yesterday.
• British-Irish Lions Tour to SA - get your fixtures and results here.
• A brief update on our new government and provincial government.
• Last, but not least, we have our 2010 tickets for one of the matches in Cape Town.

 

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• Bridgitte joins us on the show and we kick off with feedback on the South African elections.
• This past weekend we visited the town of Montagu.  We were treated to the hospitality of Mimosa Lodge for the weekend.  Highly recommended from us here at The ZA Show.  An episode of ZATV of our weekend is to follow soon, so keep an eye open on the site.
• On Saturday, we went on a farm tour and wine tasting at Weltevrede Wine Farm near Bonnievale.
• On our way home, we stopped at Birds Paradise for Josh to experience the farm animals.

 

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• The SA elections are upon us on 22nd of April.
• If you voted abroad, let us know!
• First 2010 World Cup ticket phase draw has been done - we wait with baited breath whether we got tickets.
• Jamie Oliver was at Mzoli’s and loved it.
• IPL starts today and we are in for a treat with all the sporting events in SA over the coming months.
• Zuma charges have been dropped
• Lucky Dube killers found guilty
• National Skirt Extension Project.
• Z News

National Skirt Extension Project aka Mrs Balls

South Africa. It’s Possible

Z News - Pilot

 

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• BIG NEWS:  Charges against Jacob Zuma are going to be dropped.
• The SA governemtn declines visa for Dalai Lama to attend 2010 peace conference, which has been called off.
• Please vote for Table Mountain so that it can become one of the 7 wonders of the world.
• The IPL (Indian Premere League) cricket tournament to be played in SA from the 18th of April due to security concerns in India.
• ICC Champions Trophy to be played in SA due to security concerns in Pakistan.
• Bafana bafana beat Norway.  Woot !!
• Free State Stadium ready for Confed Cup.
• We focus on Hennie Botes, who invented a way to build houses with much less cost.
• Please vote for The Verran Family Blog in the SA Blog Awards 2009?

 

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• SA Blog Awards in full swing.  Vote for us here
• Go check out Rooibos Radio podcast.  All about South Africa - in Dutch!
• Fire season brought fires to lower Table Mountain - Devils Peak.  See pics here from CapeTownAlive
• Awesome.  Map data finally in Google Maps for South Africa.
• 2010:  Soccer City 65% complete
• Durban’s stadium to get cable car and adventure walk to top of arch.
• Get your tickets now!  28 out of 64 matches already sold out.
• Nelson Mandela’s house opens as museum in Soweto.  Another reason to visit Soweto.
• Constitutional Court ruled that overseas South Africans can vote.  Please vote if you can?
• A dead man used to claim pension.
• Rumours of charges being dropped against Zuma.
• Sad story of how a toddler died on the back of his grandmother while trying to seek help from 3 clinics.

 

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• FIFA World Cup tickets on sale now.  Check out all the details at FIFA.com.  Over 300,000 ticket applications received so far.
• Stadia construction and renovation going well.  Stadia for Confed Cup virtually completed.
• Some interesting facts and figures about Green Point Stadium from CapeTownMagazine.com
• From 1 March, South Africans need to apply for visas to the UK.  Check here for details.
• South African Airways cabin crew caught again with drugs.  Many bad apples at SAA.
• South Africa goes to the polls on the 22nd of April
• Register at your local SA embassey if you wish to vote in the upcomming elections - lets hope the constitutaional court says yes.
• Political mud flinging - more Malemaisms.

 

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• See the partial eclipse of the Sun we had past Monday.
• Proteas kicked butt in the cricket in Aus. 5 day and ODI winners.  Now they’re number 1 in the world.
• Super 14 around the corner.
• The 9 host city posters revealed for 2010.
• Check out out! Gautrain couches seen testing on main track.
• Barack Obama enjoying some of SA’s finest bubbly after winning election.
• We look at the new Western Cape Liquor Act and see what it has in store for us - as well as the proposed bylaws for the City of Cape Town.
• We are going to be bombarded with politics and election campaigning over the next few months.

 

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• Welcome to the first show of 2009.
• The ZA Show Facebook group
• Congratulations to our US listeners on the swearing in of your new president, Barack Obama
• Dagga and cocane found on SAA flight to the UK
• We pay a short tribute to Helen Suzman, apartheid activist.
• 2010 News.  Moses Mahbida Studium reached milestone with completion of arch.
• 500 days until the 2010 World Cup will mark the start of publicity for the event as well as the Confederations Cup later this year.
• Interview with Colin Naidoo from ACSA about the new King Shaka International Airport in Durban.  See some impressive renders and pictures here.
• Zim Cholera soars past 2700.
• New voicemail number:  +1-206-339-2893

 

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Check out this vid going down the deepest mine (3.8km) in the world.

• Nandos, a fast food chicken franchise in SA (and all around the world), new advert.  Check it out.
• During our feedback segment, we touch on some awesome adrenaline activities to do in Cape Town.
• Huge collora outbreak in Zimbabwe along the borders of SA near Masina.  Uncle Bob, the comedian, comes to the party again.
• A few tidbits on the 2010 World Cup.  Confederations Cup tickets on sale now.
• Boxing legend, Brian Mitchell to be inducted into boxing hall of fame.
• A new airline is set to start flying in SA skies on the 4th of January 2009. Airtime Airlines is the name.

 

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• We pay a tribute to Miriam Makeba who passed away at the age of 76 last week.  We play “Pata Pata” one of her most popular tracks.
• Barack Obama’s election to the White House.
• Your opinion:  Should ex-South Africans and South African living abroad be allowed to vote in next year’s election?   On this topic, please send in your comments.   Sign the petition here
• The DA is re-launched and the COPE (Congress of the People) party is launched.
• Robben Island is due to open on Monday, 17th November after being closed due to culling of rabbits that have gone ramped on the island.
• Oh, before we forget, the Boks won both their matches in the UK tour, but not convincingly.

 

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