The third ticketing sales phase for South Africa’s 2010 Fifa World Cup has seen the number of tickets applied for hit the 500 000 mark in the first 10 days. South Africans made 77% of the requests, or 386 300 ticket applications, and the rest of the world 114 237 applications.
Farafina Trust will be holding a three day editors’ workshop in Lagos, Nigeria, from March 15th till 17th 2010. Funded by TrustAfrica, Dakar, Senegal.
Nigerian Police Force issues warrant of arrest Nasir El-Rufai and Nuhu Ribadu
Cobhams, MI, Banky W, Rooftop MCs, Modele and Omawumi in a MISSPIN song collaboration against cyber crimes
The Guardian newspaper will be integrating Facebook’s Connect across their site in the near future.
Fahrenheit 2010, a feature documentary that asks crucial questions about the impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, will be shown at the Labia on Orange cinema in Cape Town on Sunday 13 December at 8:15pm, on Monday 14 December at 6:15pm and on Tuesday 15 December at 6:15pm.
While media commentary abounds that the worst of the recession seems to be over, this festive season is unlikely to be a bumper one for local shops.