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aKING - Against All Odds
Tuesday 31 August 2010
Here's the latest music video by production company The African Attachment. It's for Against All Odds, the latest single by top South African band aKING. The African Attachment is an independent creative house based in Cape Town and as well as work on feature films and music videos like this one below they also run our Film and Photography internship programme. This seven week internship includes theory on camera and video camera techniques, training in production and editing coupled with continuous practical hands-on work. This is all then put into practice as each student works on a final project which is created and produced from start to finish with the guidance of the guys at The African Attachment, see here for more detail on the Film and Photography internship.
The demolition of Cape Town's Athlone cooling towers
Wednesday 25 August 2010
Just before midday last Saturday two guys pressed a little red button and two 80 metre tall cooling towers that had been a landmark in Cape Town for 50 years came crashing down and were reduced to a big cloud of dust in less than ten seconds. But, don't panic, it was all planned and had taken a demolition team 3,500 man hours to get the explosion just right.
Despite seeming to be an eye-sore and a blip on Cape Town's beautiful skyline and surrounding mountains, many locals said they felt a sadness at seeing the "two old ladies" go. Whilst the "salt and pepper pots" as they also affectionately known are no longer there, talk is of regenerating the area and building an African Cultural Museum in its place. Councillor Brian Watkyns who has been campaigning for 30 years for the towers to be demolished must be stoked!
The detonator tried to catch latecomers out by pressing the big bad button four minutes ahead of time but some onlookers weren't to be caught out - check out the video below to see the moment of destruction...
A Cape Town band's tribute to The Mother City
Monday 23 August 2010
Check out this short music video for a colourful look at Cape Town's best spots being enjoyed by its beautiful locals! This capetonian band took their camera everywhere and shot some cool scenes on a budget of pretty much nothing but as you can see, there's no need for filters and photoshop in here - this place really is this amazing - enjoy!
A sneaky peek into Cape Town's underwater world
Friday 20 August 2010
Check out this video by clicking on the link below to see a mixture of diving experiences in the oceans near Cape Town including close encounters with Cape Fur seals, the captivating kelp forests and the massive Carcharodon carcharius, or great white shark for those of you not interested in the planet’s largest shark’s latin name!
An extreme golf hole in South Africa
Thursday 19 August 2010
Welcome to the world's most extreme golf hole! It's the longest par 3 in the world and from the tee (only accessible by helicopter) it takes the ball 20 seconds to come to rest on the Africa-shaped green 430 metres below.
This picture gives you some idea of the view that awaits you at the 19th tee but have a watch of this short video below to see how the 2008 Open Champion Padraig Harrington got on...
As if each of the 18 holes being designed by a different pro golfer wasn't enough, the Legend Golf & Safari resort in Limpopo topped it off with the creation of a 400 yard par 3 which involves a helicopter ride just to get to the tee. From the top of the Hanglip Mountain you'll need a pretty good set of eyes to see your ball land but make the green and you'll stand a good chance of making it onto the leaderboard alongside names like Lewis Hamilton, Morgan Freeman and Sergio Garcia!
Former West Indies cricketer Franklyn Stephenson has somehow managed a birdie on this beast but we reckon that even finding your ball once you get off the chopper and onto the fairway would be an achievement.
Whether you know your albatrosses from your anti-shanks or you're of Mark Twain's opinion that "golf is a good walk spoiled", you've got to agree that this is a golf hole to shake things up a bit.