The expo, now in its 15^th year, is being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The Department worked with the Environmental Resource Management Department to create an educational stand in the ‘Green Living’ section.

“Our stand is made up of recycled materials and we’ve even re-used the famous 2010 FIFA World Cup™ soccer ball. The Homemakers Expo is the ideal forum to promote home recycling and encourage residents to live a generally friendlier lifestyle. We want to spread the message that recycling and waste avoidance greatly reduces the amount of waste which is sent to disposal sites, and places re-usable materials back into the manufacturing stream. This is extremely important, because it serves to reduce our carbon footprint,” said the Solid Waste Department’s Head for Public Awareness and Education, Leander van Oordt.

Other organisations with the same ‘green’ vision will join the City in exhibiting at the expo, including Mondi SA, Collect-a-Can, Consol, the Plastic Federation, the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa, the Glass Recycling Company and the Recovery Action Group.

“Thousands of visitors are expected to visit this home and lifestyle expo and we hope that they’ll leave with a greater understanding of the urgent need to recycle waste products generated in the home.

“We would like to commend the Homemakers Expo for their socially responsible attitude and thank them for providing the Solid Waste Management Department with the opportunity to showcase waste minimisation strategies and engage with the public,” said van Oordt.

The expo, now in its 15^th year, is being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The Department worked with the Environmental Resource Management Department to create an educational stand in the ‘Green Living’ section.

“Our stand is made up of recycled materials and we’ve even re-used the famous 2010 FIFA World Cup™ soccer ball. The Homemakers Expo is the ideal forum to promote home recycling and encourage residents to live a generally friendlier lifestyle. We want to spread the message that recycling and waste avoidance greatly reduces the amount of waste which is sent to disposal sites, and places re-usable materials back into the manufacturing stream. This is extremely important, because it serves to reduce our carbon footprint,” said the Solid Waste Department’s Head for Public Awareness and Education, Leander van Oordt.

Other organisations with the same ‘green’ vision will join the City in exhibiting at the expo, including Mondi SA, Collect-a-Can, Consol, the Plastic Federation, the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa, the Glass Recycling Company and the Recovery Action Group.

“Thousands of visitors are expected to visit this home and lifestyle expo and we hope that they’ll leave with a greater understanding of the urgent need to recycle waste products generated in the home.

“We would like to commend the Homemakers Expo for their socially responsible attitude and thank them for providing the Solid Waste Management Department with the opportunity to showcase waste minimisation strategies and engage with the public,” said van Oordt.

The expo, now in its 15^th year, is being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The Department worked with the Environmental Resource Management Department to create an educational stand in the ‘Green Living’ section.

 ”Our stand is made up of recycled materials and we’ve even re-used the famous 2010 FIFA World Cup™ soccer ball. The Homemakers Expo is the ideal forum to promote home recycling and encourage residents to live a generally friendlier lifestyle. We want to spread the message that recycling and waste avoidance greatly reduces the amount of waste which is sent to disposal sites, and places re-usable materials back into the manufacturing stream. This is extremely important, because it serves to reduce our carbon footprint,” said the Solid Waste Department’s Head for Public Awareness and Education, Leander van Oordt.

Other organisations with the same ‘green’ vision will join the City in exhibiting at the expo, including Mondi SA, Collect-a-Can, Consol, the Plastic Federation, the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa, the Glass Recycling Company and the Recovery Action Group.

“Thousands of visitors are expected to visit this home and lifestyle expo and we hope that they’ll leave with a greater understanding of the urgent need to recycle waste products generated in the home.

“We would like to commend the Homemakers Expo for their socially responsible attitude and thank them for providing the Solid Waste Management Department with the opportunity to showcase waste minimisation strategies and engage with the public,” said van Oordt.

The expo, now in its 15^th year, is being held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. The Department worked with the Environmental Resource Management Department to create an educational stand in the ‘Green Living’ section.

“Our stand is made up of recycled materials and we’ve even re-used the famous 2010 FIFA World Cup™ soccer ball. The Homemakers Expo is the ideal forum to promote home recycling and encourage residents to live a generally friendlier lifestyle. We want to spread the message that recycling and waste avoidance greatly reduces the amount of waste which is sent to disposal sites, and places re-usable materials back into the manufacturing stream. This is extremely important, because it serves to reduce our carbon footprint,” said the Solid Waste Department’s Head for Public Awareness and Education, Leander van Oordt.

Other organisations with the same ‘green’ vision will join the City in exhibiting at the expo, including Mondi SA, Collect-a-Can, Consol, the Plastic Federation, the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa, the Glass Recycling Company and the Recovery Action Group.

“Thousands of visitors are expected to visit this home and lifestyle expo and we hope that they’ll leave with a greater understanding of the urgent need to recycle waste products generated in the home.

“We would like to commend the Homemakers Expo for their socially responsible attitude and thank them for providing the Solid Waste Management Department with the opportunity to showcase waste minimisation strategies and engage with the public,” said van Oordt.

This symposium follows on from last year’s successful commemorative event which aimed to explore the impact that the Khoi-Dutch confrontation of 1659 had on South Africa’s contemporary society. History yet again reminds us that it was here, in the sand dunes of Table Bay, that a fierce confrontation took place between the Khoikhoi and Francisco de Almeida of Portugal.

“The Portuguese looked down on the ‘savages’ of the African continent, but they paid dearly for their arrogance when Francisco de Almeida, Viceroy of Portuguese India, was returning to Portugal in 1510.  When his crew kidnapped some Khoi children at Table Bay to force the people to bring cattle for barter, the Khoikhoi launched a full-scale attack on the cream of the Portuguese nobility, killing fifty of the crew, including Almeida himself” (Smith & Pheiffer 1993:11).   

Five hundred years later we probe what the unearthing of this almost forgotten history means in South Africa today. In our quest to discover who we are; where we come from and perhaps also where it is that we are going; we also explore how we can ensure that our past is not a wasteland, but a space that must be re-engaged in an inclusive manner.

The symposium, chaired by Dr. Basil Kivedo, will feature academics, cultural activists and community leaders such as Desmond Sampson; Dr Yvette Abrahams; Priscilla de Wet; Zenzile Khoisan and Ron Martin.

Be sure to engage in this momentous event as we seek to address these pertinent questions, while also elucidating the continuum of our past, present and future. For more information please do not hesitate to contact Wandile Goozen Kasibe on 021 481 3804/13 or email. 

Free access during Heritage Week, 20–26 September, presents the perfect opportunity to engage in Iziko’s exciting offerings. Please note that the Planetarium and the Castle of Good Hope will only offer free entry on Heritage Day, 24^th September.  From insightful museum tours to groundbreaking exhibitions; musical performances to film screenings, and even taxidermy workshops – this interactive programme offers something for everyone.  Visit Iziko for more information and a complete Heritage Week programme.

‘My Cape Town’ will run throughout the month of September, incorporating half a million Rands worth of free vouchers, plus special offers, great competitions and an exciting array of events at some of Cape Town’s iconic attractions. The ‘My Cape Town’ programme of events for World Tourism Month includes ‘My Cape Town Weekend’, in partnership with Table Mountain Aerial Cableway and other key attractions, on the long weekend of Friday 24 September (Heritage Day) to Monday 27 September (UNWTO World Tourism Day); ‘Celebrating Tourism and Diversity’ on World Tourism Day; and ‘Capture My Cape Town’, a photographic and video competition which runs throughout the month.

Thousands of free and discounted vouchers for the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway, City Sightseeing red bus, Two Oceans Aquarium, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, and more, will be distributed during the course of the month. The vouchers are valid from 24 September, the start of ‘My Cape Town Weekend’, until 31 October 2010. The campaign is also supported by SANPARKS, Robben Island, the V&A Waterfront, Cape Point, Ratanga Junction and Metrorail.

 My Cape Town Weekend

The culmination of the month-long ‘My Cape Town’ campaign is ‘My Cape Town Weekend’, when locals will be encouraged to redeem their free vouchers (vouchers are valid from 24 September to 31 October 2010 to allow for flexibility) and to attend an abundance of free events in the city. The ‘My Cape Town’ Free Concert takes place at the V&A Waterfront on Friday, 24 September (featuring up-and-coming Cape Town band iScream and the Chocolate Stix, whose hit ‘My Cape Town’ song and music video is an online sensation) and there will be plenty of family-friendly activities on offer during the 24^th and 25^th of September in the Company Gardens under the umbrella of ‘My Cape Town in the Company Gardens’.

Details of special offers, giveaways and competitions will be promoted in select community newspapers and on Cape Town radio stations, and will be posted on Cape Town Tourism’s website .

 ‘Capture My Cape Town’ Competition

As an added incentive to being a tourist in your own town, Cape Town Tourism is running a photographic and video competition called ‘Capture My Cape Town’. With entry channels spanning MMS, Flickr and Facebook, the competition is open to amateurs and professionals. Prizes for unique images and videos of Cape Town include cash prizes totalling R 30 000 and Hoerikwaggo Luxury Trail experiences. Entries can be posted online via Cape Town Tourism

 “September is the month to get out there and be a tourist in your own city” says CEO of Cape Town Tourism, Mariette du-Toit Helmbold, “We’re making it very appealing for locals to experience Cape Town’s most iconic and diverse attractions as we celebrate what Cape Town means to each of us. My Cape Town is the opportunity for Capetonians to renew their appreciation for Cape Town; one of the Places of a Lifetime and a world-favourite destination we can be proud of.”

World Tourism Day – Celebrating Tourism and Biodiversity

The global theme of UNWTO World Tourism Day 2010 is ‘tourism and biodiversity*’, and Cape Town Tourism’s ‘My Cape Town’ campaign will be promoting environmental awareness throughout the month of September. Cape Town relies on its biodiversity to provide an exceptional natural environment and healthy leisure activities for both locals and tourists, and so conservation is key – of both our natural and cultural assets. To find out more about what Capetonians can do to preserve our biodiversity, visit Cape Town Tourism

* Biodiversity can be defined as the variety of life around us – from the largest animal and the smallest plant to the whole of humankind. In Cape Town, this definition applies to the city’s rich fauna and floristic variety, as well as to our many cultures.

“People often assume that tourism is only about visitors,” says Cape Town Tourism CEO Mariette Du Toit-Helmbold, “Yet we know that for a city to be a great place to visit, it must also be a great place to live. For this reason, encouraging a sense of shared enjoyment and ownership of Cape Town’s tourist attractions among locals is essential. Capetonians are our most powerful destination ambassadors, and they are also the people who can help to protect and preserve our city’s unique tourism assets.”

For more information on ‘Capture My Cape Town’, a calendar of ‘My Cape Town’ events in World Tourism Month and how to access ‘My Cape Town Weekend’ freebies, giveaways and special offers this September, please go to Cape Town Tourism or visit your nearest Cape Town Tourism Visitor Information Centre, 021 487 6800.

Newly-promoted Vasco da Gama played PSL giants Orlando Pirates at 6pm, followed by a match between Ajax Cape Town and Bloemfontein Celtic at 8:45pm.

The City of Cape Town is striving to harness the spirit of the World Cup into the Premier Soccer League season – and hopes the public will return to Cape Town’s World Cup Stadium to support local soccer.

Pirates had a 2-1 victory over Vasco da Gama, while Ajax gave Cape Town something to cheer about when they beat Bloemfontein Celtic 2-0.

Watch out for the next event at the Stadium and remember local soccer is lekker.

One hundred learners from Prince George Primary School in Retreat will travel in on the Edutrain to join in the celebrations and plant indigenous trees at the Cape Town Station. In so doing, they will show their commitment to a more sustainable transport system. They will also participate in lessons and activities on the train.

The aim of this programme is to create greater environmental awareness and appreciation for trees across our Cape Town schools, bringing home important greening messages such as:

• Save trees, recycle paper
• Plant trees, save our environment
• One house, one tree
• More trees more life
• Plant them today – save the future.

The national theme for Arbor Week this year is ‘Plant for the planet – grow green’. Each year during Arbor Week, specific trees are highlighted. The trees for this year are Acacia xanthophloea (fever tree), Cladostemon kirkii (three-finger bush or butterfly tree), Rothmannia capensis (wild gardenia) and Rothmannia globosa (september bells or bell gardenia).

The City’s Youth Environmental School(YES) is an extensive, integrated ongoing youth capacity building, education and awareness programme providing a variety of projects, activities and resources to all schools.

The exhibition will launch at the iconic Design Indaba Expo in February 2011. Thereafter it will show at conferences, exhibitions and creative venues, in agreement with the CCDI, for a year. The exhibition is professionally styled and complemented by a glossy full colour catalogue.

This 2011 showcase will be the third such exhibition – the Handmade Collection was first launched in 2009 in response to numerous requests for outstanding Western Cape craft and designer items to display in prominent settings.

Craft producers work in a variety of media such as ceramics, beads, metal, leather, wood, wax and more. Last year’s collection, for example, included consistently beautiful and interesting items ranging from a copper wire lamp incorporating negative film strips, to a wire truck modelled on international long-haul vehicles, and a tiered floral chandelier made from recycled milk bottles.

“High quality, creativity and Innovation will be high on our selection agenda,” said the CCDI’s communications and sector promotion programme manager Marjorie Naidoo. “This is a hugely prestigious collection to be part of, and many leading designer makers and craft artists have cited their inclusion in earlier CCDI Handmade Collections as milestones in their careers that have led to commissions and raised their profiles considerably.

“The Collections have also proved to be a powerful promotional tool in creating awareness and appreciation of the extremely high standard and variety of Western Cape handmade items,” added Naidoo. “They have shifted perceptions of craft as being mass-produced curios, to exquisitely handmade art and design objects that reflect contemporary influences and are treasured by discerning collectors.”

Artists whose work has been selected for previous Collections include ceramicists Lisa Firer, Andile Dyalvane and Hennie Meyer, wood turners Thys Carstens and Bert Parker, sculptor Godfrey Chimhanzi, wood carver Daan Samuels and metalsmiths and metal workers Nic Bladen, Yolanda Brand and David Clark-Brown.

The current CCDI Handmade Collection, for 2010, features the work of 82 leading craft producers. It has attracted local and international attention at venues such as the 2010 Design Indaba Expo, and the Cape Creative Exhibition, a showcase of Western Cape creative industries held in Green Point during the World Cup.

Entry forms for the 2011 Handmade Collection may be collected from the CCDI or downloaded from its website. An object may not exceed 1×1x1m and the final choice will be made by a selection panel representing various arts, culture and media institutions. The products will remain with the CCDI throughout the year. The deadline for entry of display items by photograph is Friday 3 December 2010 at 15:30.

The CCDI held its first craft exhibition in 2003 with World [piece] that acknowledged the wealth of craft production in the Western Cape. FREEDOM [ten years] in 2004 reflected many craft artists’ experiences of the first ten years of democracy.  Afro [Deco] 2005 explored Art Deco influences, while wire+plus [this is my Cape Town] 2007 gave 11 wire artists the space to explore monumental city art. Iconic [craft] 2007 celebrated the artistry of Western Cape craft icons. CCDI Handmade Collections were shown in 2009 and 2010.

The current Handmade Collection can be viewed on the CCDI website. For further CCDI information: T: +27 (021) 460 1488 |F: +27 (021) 460 1228 CCDI |75 Harrington Street, East City, Cape Town, South Africa. For more Information See Cape Cradt & Design

These fares, some of which include discounts, seek to make the services accessible to as many people as possible.

On the airport shuttle, tickets for children aged four to 11 will cost R25.00 each – half the standard R50.00 adult fare. Children under the age of four can travel for free. A ticket aimed at airport workers will offer an unlimited number of trips per month, at a cost of R400.00 (these tickets are non-transferable).

The airport shuttle runs between Civic Centre Station on Hertzog Boulevard and the airport, and departs every 20 minutes. The new airport tickets will be available from 20 September 2010.

The new inner city service will run between the Civic Centre Station and the V & A Waterfront, Cape Town railway station, the Loop and Long Street areas, and up to the Gardens Centre. This service is expected to commence in the last week of September. A standard ticket will cost just R5.00

A ticket for one week of unlimited travel on the inner city service will cost R40.00. A one-month clip card, which is valid for 10 trips in the month is also available for R40.00. Visitors to the city can purchase a ticket which provides one day of unlimited travel at R15.00.

Tickets for hotels, event organisers, and other larger users (including interested retail outlets) will be discounted by 20% when bought in bulk, subject to certain conditions.