We were even moved to make a video about the Cape Town landmark; the song in the clip was written and performed by a son of the Cape Town soil, Charl Pilwan.
In fact, the Campaign managers liked the video so much, they posted it on the Campaign website!
Voting is open until July 2011 and winners will be announced in November this year.
Cape Town could benefit to the tune of R1.4 billion a year if it is named one of the New7Wonders of Nature, a tourism hospitality and leisure research company has found. (Read the article here)
Just under a month ago, we alerted you that Table Mountain needed you vote.
The iconic Cape Town landmark was recently named on the shortlist of the 28 finalists in the New 7 Wonders of Nature competition.
Coordinators of the Vote for Table Mountain have been calling for South Africans to cast their vote to have the mountain declared one of the new 7 wonders of nature, and on our previous post, we showed you how you too can cast your vote.
We were pleasantly surprised to see that a video that we made after listening to Campaign Manager Fiona Furey speaking on The Taxi, was posted on the homepage of the Vote For Table Mountain campaign!
If you visit the site (here), our video is the one just above that of Arch Bishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, a patron of the campaign.
Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu on Friday called on South Africans to throw some meat – or vegetables – on the coals to celebrate the country’s heritage and “braai“.
“We experienced an incredible spirit in the month of the World Cup when all that mattered was that we were members of this extraordinary Rainbow Nation,” Tutu told journalists. “So I call on all of us to braai for Heritage Day, September 24. Let’s get together and enjoy ourselves, friends, families and even those who are not friends.”
Tutu is the patron of the “Braai for Heritage” campaign which is celebrated on September 24, an official public holiday to mark the nation’s multi-cultural heritage after the fall of apartheid in 1994.
The archbishop emeritus said the fireplace was a traditional gathering place in Africa and that anything from meat to vegetables could be put on a braai, a pastime enjoyed by South Africans of all races.
“We want to continue that tradition of all of us gathering on September 24, braaing for our heritage,” he said. “The important thing is all of us on that one day again getting together and just enjoying the fact of being South Africans.”
The 78-year-old, affectionately known as “the Arch” will retire from public life on his birthday next month after years of speaking out against apartheid’s white minority rule and injustices around the world. He will remain the patron of the braai campaign, which he joined in 2007.
“You can resign from an office job but you can never resign from being a braaier,” the campaign’s Jan Scannell told him in front of a banner featuring a large t-bone steak in the shape of Africa.
The South African Consulate-General’s Office sent out the following message to South Africa passport holders planning to visit the UK (or transit via the UK):
Dear South Africans,
As you are aware, the Government of the United Kingdom introduced a Visa Regime for South African nationals earlier this year. At the time of the announcement, a grace period was provided for those visitors with previous arrival stamps in their current passport to be temporarily exempt from the requirement. The grace period has now expired.
All South African nationals are required to hold a valid visa to enter the UK (this includes Official and Diplomatic Passports). A visa is required even when using the UK as a transit point for connecting flights.
The UK Consulate has indicated that from 1 July 2009 they are hoping to move to a slightly revised applications process – with all applications being completed online and appointments offered for applicants to go in to one of their application centres to provide their biometrics.
The current system provides a waiver for provision of biometrics for official and diplomatic passport holders (These visa applications are required to be supported by a Note Verbale)
Please note that the UK Consulate requires five working days to process applications.
Thank you for your attention.
Nomatemba Tambo (Consul-General)
South African Consulate-General, Hong Kong SAR/Macao SAR
Tel: (852) 25773279 Fax: (852) 28901975
From howzit-HongKong.com:
For further information from the UK Border Agency about the new regulations, you can download the pdf-file from our server here
