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About Cape Town
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Cape Town (Afrikaans: Kaapstad /ˈkɑːpstɑt/; Xhosa: iKapa) is the third most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the metropolitan municipality of the City of Cape Town. Full Article
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Electricity pylons carry power from Cape Town's Koeberg nuclear power plant July 17, 2009.
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Cape Town residents walk past billboards highlighting the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, August 29, 2009. Despite mounting enthusiasm for the tournament, some difficulties remain.
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Early morning fog enshrouds Cape Town's harbour, August 25, 2009. The city is one of eight South African cities hosting the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, which kicks off on June 11, 2010.
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Early morning fog enshrouds Cape Town's Green Point 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup Stadium, August 25, 2009. South Africa is hosting soccer's showpiece event, which kicks off on June 11, 2010.
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Early morning fog enshrouds Cape Town's Green Point 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup Stadium, August 25, 2009. South Africa is hosting soccer's showpiece event, which kicks off on June 11, 2010.
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Early morning fog enshrouds Cape Town's Green Point 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup Stadium, August 25, 2009. South Africa is hosting soccer's showpiece event, which kicks off on June 11, 2010.
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Early morning fog enshrouds Cape Town's Green Point 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup Stadium, August 25, 2009. South Africa is hosting soccer's showpiece event, which kicks off on June 11, 2010.
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Cape Town residents stand beneath a poster of former President Nelson Mandela as they join in celebrations of Mandela's 91st birthday, July 18, 2009. Mandela, an international icon and former South African president, led the country out of apartheid in 1994.
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A Cape Town resident stands beside a poster of former President Nelson Mandela as he takes part in Mandela's 91st birthday celebrations July 18, 2009. Mandela, an international icon and former South African president, led the country out of apartheid in 1994.
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A Cape Town resident joins in former President Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday celebrations on the city's streets, July 18, 2009. Mandela, 90, an international icon and former South African president, led the country out of apartheid in 1994. Madiba is Mandela's clan name.
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A Cape Town child watches performers during former President Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday celebration on the city's streets, July 18, 2009. Mandela, an international icon and former South African president, led the country out of apartheid in 1994.
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A Cape Town resident joins in former President Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday celebrations on the city's streets, July 18, 2009. Mandela, 90, an international icon and former South African president, led the country out of apartheid in 1994. Madiba is Mandela's clan name.
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Cape Town residents stand beneath a poster of former President Nelson Mandela as they join in celebrations of Mandela's 91st birthday, July 18, 2009. Mandela, 90, an international icon and former South African president, led the country out of apartheid in 1994.
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Striking construction workers march through the streets of Cape Town, July 14, 2009. The workers are near a deal with employers to end a strike that is holding up work on stadiums for the 2010 World Cup, the main union involved in the dispute said on Tuesday.
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Striking construction workers march through the streets of Cape Town July 14, 2009. The workers are near a deal with employers to end a strike that is holding up work on stadiums for the 2010 World Cup, the main union involved in the dispute said on Tuesday.
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Striking construction workers march through the streets of Cape Town, July 14, 2009. The workers are near a deal with employers to end a strike that is holding up work on stadiums for the 2010 World Cup, the main union involved in the dispute said on Tuesday.
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Striking construction workers march through the streets of Cape Town July 14, 2009. The workers are near a deal with employers to end a strike that is holding up work on stadiums for the 2010 World Cup, the main union involved in the dispute said on Tuesday.
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Striking workers demonstrate outside Cape Town's Green Point 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup stadium July 9, 2009. The trade union leading the national construction strike that entered its second day on Thursday has warned other employers to avoid confrontation in wage negotiations.
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Police stand guard as striking workers demonstrate outside Cape Town's Green Point 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup stadium July 9, 2009.
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Police stand guard as striking workers demonstrate outside Cape Town's Green Point 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup stadium, July 9, 2009.
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Striking workers demonstrate outside Cape Town's Green Point 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup stadium July 9, 2009. The trade union leading the national construction strike that entered its second day on Thursday has warned other employers to avoid confrontation in wage negotiations.
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Striking workers demonstrate outside Cape Town's Green Point 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup stadium July 9, 2009. The trade union leading the national construction strike that entered its second day on Thursday has warned other employers to avoid confrontation in wage negotiations.
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Cape Town residents walk past billboards highlighting the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, August 29, 2009. Despite mounting enthusiasm for the tournament, some difficulties remain.
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In Ireland recently, Schalk was playing of a 16/12 handicap and he shot 77 in the wind and rain, so I’m not sure what’s going on with the Cape Town players. We’ve played with Jean de Villiers a few times and he’s also a ringer
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If you have a Johannesburg-based business, with suppliers or clients in Cape Town, you can pay less than the cost of a local call every time you phone those numbers
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Our new Metro rate means that you can call a Johannesburg number from Cape Town for less than the cost of a local Telkom land line call.
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We promised the country a spectacular and world-class event and we delivered on that promise. It was a great celebration of Africa which triggered a wave of passion and support on the streets of Cape Town, across South Africa and around the world
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a semi-final against Brazil in Cape Town on July 6. How does that sound? Arrogant, for one thing, dangerous for another, but that will suddenly be the least that England expects… If there is one thing that England have struggled with in recent World Cups, it is the burden of expectation.
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The sectors will be operated by SAA aircraft on the Golden triangle, which include flights between Johannesburg to Cape Town, and to Durban as well as between Durban and Cape Town.
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Fabio Capello will be sat in his seat in Cape Town, and inside he will be absolutely delighted with that draw. I can see England doing well in all of their group games. I don’t think anyone can be anything other than delighted with that – if you’d offered that group to Fabio this morning, he would have ...
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We’re originally from Indonesia but we’ve been living In Cape Town for three years now. My mom told me that there’ll be a festival in connection with the World Cup happening here today. Apparently Charlize Theron and David Beckham will be here – I just want to see them
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If England play France in Cape Town, then there is no question that all of the England fans will find accommodation in Cape Town. But if England play France in Nelspruit then we will not have enough accommodation in the city itself and we will have to bring in fans by bus, train and air. For big games s...
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Absolutely (South Africa is ready), you see the stadiums, you see the infrastructure in the city, I think Cape Town, together with Sydney, are two of the most beautiful cities in the world
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This is a very important event for football and Africa as the Final Draw comes to Cape Town where an unprecedented six teams from the host continent will be represented. We expect a record global audience which I hope will be glued to their screens for the duration of the show.
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You are ready, I am ready, Africa is ready, South Africa is ready, Cape Town is ready
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Finally I think the reality of me winning this amazing prize from MTN is going to sink in, when I attend the 2010 FIFA World Cup Draw in Cape Town on Friday. This is where my journey, as the luckiest football fan is going to begin, and I can’t wait
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I haven't thought about it and I'm not going to think about it also. I'm just going there and enjoy the draw and enjoy my time in Cape Town
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If you travel on the train from Johannesburg to Cape Town and you have a case to report you go to the police station, you go to the charge office. If you can point out the individual, they will go to arrest him and put him in jail.
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While the main event is taking place in Cape Town, the World Cup is universal. London is a home to people from all over the world. This event celebrates this and welcomes everyone to come and join in the festivities and excitement as they discover who their favourite teams will be playing against in nex...
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We were in South Africa for the Cape Town conference [on AIDS] last summer ... Every day, the newspaper had a story about 30 per cent of doctors being infected with HIV, 30 per cent of nurses, 30 per cent of teachers. It means their whole infrastructure is crumbling. It means society as a whole becomes ...
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It comes down to both money and vision - the vision to imagine a world where people in Philadelphia and Cape Town are lining up at clinics not for their monthly allotment of AIDS medication, but for the last AIDS drug they will ever need
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112 Miss World contestants are among a crowd of around 3000 who will attend the draw at the Cape Town International Convention Centre where the 32 qualified teams will be split into eight groups of four for next year's tournament
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This is an important time in the bid with a year to go before the vote. We have a very clear road map. We believe we are making significant progress. There will be some significant activity with David Beckham in Cape Town later this week.
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The villa has been rented to an undisclosed international celebrity to use as a base during their month long visit while in South Africa during the World Cup in June, and is situated in sought after Clifton - Cape Town's millionaires' playground
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Next week I will meet David Beckham in Cape Town. These are not for my ego, but they are the assets that the bid should be using and I am happy to see that they are being used
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The World Cup in South Africa will be amazing because South Africa is one of the most beautiful countries in the world and it is Cape Town that makes it beautiful because of its unique culture and colourful people
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I have won a number of trophies in my motor racing career, including winning the Van Riebeek trophy in Cape Town in the 1960s and coming second in the Mercury 100 race in KwaZulu Natal. East London has a number of great memories as I raced with champs from all over the globe.
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If your association does not take the necessary steps as we have indicated, the matter may be submitted to the FIFA Executive Committee at its meeting on 3 December 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa, so that this body consider imposing suspension against the Football Federation of Chile.
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