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 Feb 10 2009, 04:50 AM
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 Senior Member  Group: Senior Posts: 135 Joined: 30-January 09 From: The Philippines Member No.: 14,759 Sex: Male  |
Now with only just over a year to go the World Soccer Cup will be here. In all honesty what is your opinion? Do you think that we are ready and able to really host this event? Have you seen any new transport around your city? Only thing i've seen here in Cape Town is one red tourist bus and one hell of a lot of noisy hooting taxis. Do we have enough accommodation? We still have the normal amount of available rooms here nothing more has been accommodated for the hundreds of thousands of soccer fans from all corners of the globe. I just hope that it goes off without any snags |
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Feb 10 2009, 07:18 AM
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 Gave my left testicles to research in stem cell tech :(  Group: V9 Mod Posts: 9,630 Joined: 5-August 03 From: Johannesburg Member No.: 1,474 Sex: Male |
I'm contemplating on renting out my place to these tourists
 but then again I don't want foreign people in my bed  -------------------- Jou ma se Balhara, I'm classified as a coloured!
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Feb 10 2009, 08:30 AM
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Senior Member Group: Senior Posts: 135 Joined: 30-January 09 From: The Philippines Member No.: 14,759 Sex: Male |
QUOTE(Fishfly @ Feb 10 2009, 04:18 PM)  I'm contemplating on renting out my place to these tourists but then again I don't want foreign people in my bed If you decide to do so make sure that the deposit is 12 times the rent because your place may get trashed 
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Feb 10 2009, 04:27 PM
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 Inspired by JC Group: V9 Mod Posts: 5,942 Joined: 22-April 02 From: The School Of Hard Knocks Member No.: 91 Sex: Male |
The accommodation shouldn't be a problem. The public transport is possibly gonna be a headache. We shall wait and see if the stadiums will be up to date.
I will tell tourists that I am the long-lost great-grandson on Nelson Mandela, and charge them R500 per picture to pose with me... 
-------------------- "Bigotry and hatred are enemies to us all. Grace, mercy and forgiveness will help a man walk tall." - John Mellencamp "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy." - Hamlet "I'd rather be a failure at something I love, than a success at something I hate." - George Burns |
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Feb 16 2009, 12:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Senior Posts: 135 Joined: 30-January 09 From: The Philippines Member No.: 14,759 Sex: Male |
QUOTE(Surge @ Feb 11 2009, 01:27 AM) The accommodation shouldn't be a problem. The public transport is possibly gonna be a headache. We shall wait and see if the stadiums will be up to date. I will tell tourists that I am the long-lost great-grandson on Nelson Mandela, and charge them R500 per picture to pose with me... Please do me a favour and keep me posted with the world cup as i won't be living in SA from the end of March |
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Feb 17 2009, 02:00 AM
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Gave my left testicles to research in stem cell tech :( Group: V9 Mod Posts: 9,630 Joined: 5-August 03 From: Johannesburg Member No.: 1,474 Sex: Male |
posted about the match or what's happening with SA?
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Feb 17 2009, 01:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Senior Posts: 135 Joined: 30-January 09 From: The Philippines Member No.: 14,759 Sex: Male |
QUOTE(Fishfly @ Feb 17 2009, 11:00 AM) posted about the match or what's happening with SA? Just about the world cup in general, the visitors, nothing really pertaining to the games. Just want to know whether SA could deliver. Thanks Fishfly. I'm leaving end March and will online within a few days again. 
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Feb 17 2009, 10:54 PM
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 ^ It's apple juice! ^ Group: V9 Mod Posts: 2,598 Joined: 21-April 02 From: JHB, South Africa Member No.: 59 Sex: Male |
Was in durbs for the weekend and i must say, if they get that Peter Machaba stadium finished in time it's going to look awesome.
Funniest bit? It's right next to the Shark tank and it makes that place look tiny
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Feb 17 2009, 11:46 PM
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Senior Member Group: Senior Posts: 135 Joined: 30-January 09 From: The Philippines Member No.: 14,759 Sex: Male |
QUOTE(millennia @ Feb 18 2009, 07:54 AM) Was in durbs for the weekend and i must say, if they get that Peter Machaba stadium finished in time it's going to look awesome. Funniest bit? It's right next to the Shark tank and it makes that place look tiny They have to complete it by the end of March in terms of their contract apparently the hold up was because of faulty roof panels made in Kuwait.It's only the roof panels that has held them up. Saw it on the news it's really awesome. The one they're building in Cape Town is awesome and very big and is nowhere near completion but when finished will really be something to look at. Don't know how they will utelise it when the world cup is finished because the previous stadium was a white elephant 
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Jun 2 2009, 08:14 AM
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Gave my left testicles to research in stem cell tech :( Group: V9 Mod Posts: 9,630 Joined: 5-August 03 From: Johannesburg Member No.: 1,474 Sex: Male |
I really dunno how those stadiums are going to be utilised after the world cup...
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Jun 2 2009, 11:20 PM
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 funky cow  Group: Administration Posts: 1,291 Joined: 27-April 02 From: In teh pastures Member No.: 162 Sex: Male |
If I were a soccer club in SA I would be trying to secure one of the new stadiums as my home ground. Orlando stadium was recently refurbished and if I remember correctly Kaizer Chiefs were building a massive stadium.
South Africa are bidding for a Rugby World Cup (correct me if I'm wrong), so I would imagine they are going to be using the new collection of stadias as a drawing point in their bid. But other than that, I also don't know what they plan on doing with them once the world goes home. -------------------- |
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Jun 2 2009, 11:40 PM
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 Genius/Spammer Group: V9 Mod Posts: 4,454 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Athens, GA Member No.: 832 Sex: Male |
I dunno guys, I think that world cup itself will pay for stadiums, so who gives a shit what happens to them afterward? They will be used for another 30 years for various things. The money is coming to the country, the exposure is coming to the country, and tourism and confidence in the country is going to skyrocket (if we pull it off of course...)
I might not be right, but that's just my opinion. -------------------- The trouble isn't that there is too many fools but that the lightning isn't distributed right.
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Jun 3 2009, 05:40 AM
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 Senior Member Group: Senior Posts: 105 Joined: 29-January 09 From: N.N. Member No.: 14,746 Sex: Female |
If you don't own any property in SA yet, now would be the time to get some!! Bookmark this thread, cause by 2011 property prices are going to go through the roof. In 2011, come back to this thread, and if I was right, send cheque.
 I'm toying with the idea of offering homestay to Japanese visitors. homestay is quite a big thing in Japanland, where visitors live with families, and learn more about different cultures etc. |
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Jun 3 2009, 04:04 PM
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funky cow Group: Administration Posts: 1,291 Joined: 27-April 02 From: In teh pastures Member No.: 162 Sex: Male |
I think that mindset is a problem the whole country has - "just wait for 2010".
It is literally like 1 month. Then everyone goes home and people are left with all the property they bought, their converted house bed and breakfasts and whatever ridiculous things people are doing for this one event. It's not a miracle cure for the core problems this country has. Crime will not go away. Corrupt politicians will not resign. Everything will still be there and nothing will change. |
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Jun 4 2009, 02:42 AM
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Senior Member Group: Senior Posts: 105 Joined: 29-January 09 From: N.N. Member No.: 14,746 Sex: Female |
I never said anything about crime, politicians or any problems with the country. I also didn't say "just wait for 2010".
 All I said was that the property market in South Africa will be in an upswing by 2011.
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Jun 4 2009, 03:43 AM
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 Chairman of the n00b's Group: Administration Posts: 9,934 Joined: 27-May 04 From: JHB Member No.: 3,019 Sex: Male |
I think we are ready to host it. We've hosted major tourneys before.
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