Zed as Zapiro
Author: admin10 Mar
If you say “zed” in Italy, talking about Southafrica, your first thought is about Mr. President. But now italians are beginning to know other characters who remind to Zorro’s sign. Think about Zapiro, the Cape town satire cartoonist, whose story was recently explained by CNN, and by writer Nadine Gordimer during an interview with the italian paper Sole 24 Ore. “Since Zuma’s Hiv affaire, Zapiro started to draw him with a shower above his head, no matter what the topic of the cartoon was. Zuma denounced him, and for a while Zapiro stopped drawing in this way. But recently he restarted, still with a shower over President’s head, now alluding to corruption instead of sex”. That’s what Gordimer said, and moreover: “Zapiro hasn’t been stopped, SA press still publish him: that’s what I mean ‘free press’. And you should also know that in our country press can follow the law-court hearings, and Zuma doesn’t own television channels or newspapers”. A clear message to Italy.
Z come Zorro, Zuma, Zapiro
Author: admin10 Mar
Se dici zeta e pensi al Sudafrica il primo pensiero non può che correre all’attuale presidente. Ma da qualche tempo gli italiani stanno imparando a conoscere altri originali firme che rievocano il segno di Zorro. E’ il caso di Zapiro, un vignettista di Città del Capo, la cui storia è stata recentemente raccontata dalla CNN nel programma African Voices, e per l’Italia dalla scrittrice Nadine Gordimer in una intervista al Sole 24 Ore. Read the rest of this entry »
Discovering the World cup teams: group H
Author: admin7 Mar
Six cities (Nelspruit, Durban, Pretoria, Port Elizabeth, Joburg and Bloemfontein) will host teams of group H. Spain arrives in SA as one of the most expected teams for final victory: now they are on top of Fifa world ranking, after dominating the qualifying matches. Since 1978 they’ve always played, but they got their best result in 1950 (fourth place). Chile comes back for its 8th world cup after a 12-years vacation: in 1962 they got the tihrd place. Switzerland has been playing 8 times before, mainly in 60’s years. Honduras took part in the past only in 1982.
Verso i Mondiali: chi c’è nel Gruppo H
Author: admin7 Mar
Sono inserite in questo gruppo Spagna, Cile, Svizzera e Honduras, che gareggeranno a Nelspruit, Durban, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Pretoria e Bloemfontein.
Discovering the World cup teams: group G
Author: admin4 Mar
Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Cape town, Durban and Nelspruit will be host cities of Group G. Brazil is the team to beat: the “selecao” is the most decorated team, thanks to 5 world cup, 2 second places, two third and a fourth, in 18 editions. They also got 8 Copa Americas. Ivory Coast, now leaded by Drogba, qualified for the first time in 2006: the ‘elephants’ got one African cup too. Portugal takes place for third consecutive time: in 2006 they got the fourth place, thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo and other players. North Corea just took part one time in the past: it was the 1966, when they defeated Italy.
Verso i Mondiali: chi c’è nel Gruppo G
Author: admin4 Mar
Brasile, Costa d’Avorio, Portogallo e Corea del Nord si contenderanno l’accesso agli ottavi di finale, nelle sedi di Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Nelspruit.
A piece of tuscany near Cape Town
Author: admin18 Feb
Talking about Southafrica and Tuscany.. in Camps bay, Cape town, there’s a well known beach: it’s the “Tuscany beach”, recently sold for 20 million rands, according to “life is savage” blog. Their barmen accessed last spring the “Amarula cocktails finals” in Cape town, preparing a cocktail appreciated by the “Cape town sundowner lifestylers”.
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