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Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson impressed with Moses Mabhida Stadium

18 June 2012 | News

Jeremy Clarkson sounded very impressed with Moses Mabhida during the Top Gear Festival which took place in Durban from the 16th to the 17th of June. “I saw the Cape Town stadium and the Johannesburg one (FNB Stadium/Soccer City) during the world cup. They were beautiful but this is the most beautiful stadium I’ve ever seen”, Clarkson said. A tweet from Jeremy Clarkson afterhe Top Gear show; “The Riva Aquarama. The Eagle Speedster. The Humber Bridge. The Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban....

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Why tourists are loving Durban

15 June 2012 | News

Durban is predicted to be the fastest-growing tourism city in Africa this year, and one of the fastest-growing tourism destinations in the world, according to research by global credit card payments and technology giant MasterCard. The MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index, which was published on Monday, forecast that Durban’s tourism market would grow fastest in terms of both visitor numbers and expenditure on the continent. It also predicted Durban would be the second-fastest growing...

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Scrabble Love, July I Heart Market

15 June 2012 | Events

Join us for more market fun in July and invite yourself and your friends to our Facebook event.

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Manchester United comes To South Africa

13 June 2012 | News

English Football giants Manchester United descend on South Africa for their 2012/13 pre-season tour. Johannesburg, South Africa – The 19-time English Premier League Champions will square off against two top South African sides in The MTN Football Invitational that will take place in the coastal cities of Durban and Cape Town in July. On the 18th of July, the English glamour club will play a match against AmaZulu at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. Preceding the match will be a soccer clinic, gi...

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The Deadly 720, the most astounding car stunt yet

13 June 2012 | News

The awe-inspiring Top Gear Live Stunt Team is taking another deep breath and is aiming for a further World Record when it attempts to become the first to successfully complete a spectacular double loop-the-loop feat. Called the "Deadly 720", the nail-biting stunt has never been performed before and will be staged in front of record 15,000 strong live audiences during four action-packed shows at this weekend‟s Top Gear Festival in the Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa (16-17 June)....

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Stadium Ready for Top Gear Festival

05 June 2012 | News

Durban is revved up and ready to go. So says MEC of Economic Development and Tourism, Michael Mabuya-khulu and mayor James Nxumalo who were at Moses Mabhida Stadium yesterday to hand over the stadium’s race track to the Top Gear Festival organisers.  “When eThekwini Municipality was awarded the right to host the Festival, as the leadership of this Municipality, we had no doubt about our capability to pull off a successful event and deliver the necessary infrastructure on time and within ...

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40 000 tickets sold already, Top Gear Festival powered by Shell V Power

04 June 2012 | Events

The Top Gear Festival powered by Shell V-Power is one of the most exciting happenings on Durban’s motoring calendar this year. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will join The Stig this June as they stage their biggest ever live show in the Moses Mabhida Stadium 16th & 17th June. In addition to the stadium show The Stig will be breaking out from the restraints of the stadium and taking to the streets of Durban in a Lamborghini Aventador and a McLaren MP4/12. View the Top Gea...

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The Stig starts Durban’s engines in anticipation of Top Gear Festival

30 May 2012 | News

Top Gear’s mystery racing driver The Stig was in Durban today fine tuning his driving skills on South African soil ahead of the Top Gear Festival coming to town in June. After checking out the Moses Mabhida Stadium, where the gargantuan stadium show will take place, he took a drive round the local roads where Top Gear Live’s first ever street circuit will be staged and even took in a few local sites. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will join The Stig next month as they stag...

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Sending a message to the world, 350.org

16 May 2012 | Events

Candles on the steps of Moses Mabhida stadium spelt out 350 as Climate Impacts Day [May 5] drew to a close, sending the message: We must cut CO2 in the air [from its current level of over 392ppm] to 350ppm. Started by students about five years ago, 350.org is a grassroots, non-profit movement that connects and builds awareness globally through social media to slow down and solve the climate crisis. Its name comes from what some call ‘The most important number in the world’: 350ppm which l...

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MTN Fact Durban Rocks at Durban’s premium events venue

16 May 2012 | Events

We had a little rest after NYE and have been working on this event for pretty much the whole year since then. We hope that all our hard work has paid off and you are ready for the best FDR yet! Both stages this year will be full of top SA and Durban acts Including local favourites, Big Nuz, who went platinum on their Pound for Pound album released last December. Lately they picked up the MTN SAMA for Best Kwaito to add to their 2 Metro FM awards and Song of the year on Ukhozi FM and Gagasi FM...

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