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‘Taste of Durban’ is back – bigger and better!

22 July 2013 | News

The Pick n Pay Taste of Durban in association with Orbit Sugarfree Chewing Gum is back from Friday 26 to Sunday 28 July at Suncoast. For the occasion, chefs from nine of Durban’s best restaurants will create special menus of starter-sized dishes, including their signature dishes, designed to reflect their individual philosophies, whilst showcasing seasonal and premium ingredients. Following its enormous success in 2012, Taste of Durban promises to be the most exciting ‘foodie’ event of the...

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Top Gear’s Clarkson on Durban – It’s a love affair

03 July 2013 | News, Top Gear Festival

Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson clearly has a thing for Durban. “God, I love being in Durban,” he tweeted to his 1.9 million followers on the weekend during the Top Gear Festival. This tweet wasn’t a once off either, after arriving at the Moses Mabhida Stadium on Thursday night, Clarkson tweeted again, “The greatest stadium in the world, and our home for the next five days.” By 4pm on Monday, his tweet had been re-tweeted 924 times. Ethekwini speaker Logie Naidoo was very del...

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Man City tickets on sale

25 June 2013 | News

Tickets for the eagerly-awaited Football Invitational in support of Mandela Day, featuring Manchester City’s pre-season tour of South Africa, are now on sale. The former English champions will face SuperSport United on July 14 at Loftus Versfeld, before tackling AmaZulu at the Moses Mabhida Stadium four days later.Tickets for the two matches will include three categories for each match: Category 1 @ R350, Category 2 @ R250, and Category 3 @ R150. Tickets are available through Computicket...

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Introducing: the Red Bull athletes

04 June 2013 | News, Top Gear Festival

This year Top Gear and Red Bull really have a treat for you! The Red Bull team are coming to Top Gear Festival and they're bringing the crème-del-crème of their Red Bull athletes! But it gets better: they're bringing not one, not two but FOUR of their most craziest athletes to join the already incredible line-up, all for your viewing pleasure. Introducing: Brian Capper This TEN time Supermoto champion is ranked as a legend in the motocross world, and death defying stunts are part of hi...

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Meeting Durban creative couple, the Esterhuysens

30 May 2013 | My Durban, News

It’s not that often that you have the pleasure of coming across a creative team as talented as Kathy and Roy Esterhuysen-who just happen to be married! Sharing a love of photography, we caught up with the duo to find out more about the man behind FirstHouse Photography and the lady brains behind the blog, Cherish. MMS: Tell us a bit about who you are as photographers and the style of photography you’d say epitomises what you’re about? RE: I would say my style of photography is fairly st...

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Manchester City come to Durban to celebrate Mandela Day

13 May 2013 | Events, News

Manchester City Fans, we have some amazing news headed your way! English Premier League Football Club, Manchester City, will be visiting South Africa in their upcoming pre-season programme, ‘City on Tour’! Two games will be played against top PSL Clubs, the second taking place on Mandela Day, 18th July at the Moses Mabhida Stadium.  To recognise Mandela Day,the organisers, Matchworld, have collaborated with Africa Rising and Manchester City to get the world to understand the ...

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StepUp 500 Challenge success

13 May 2013 | Events, News

Despite the threatening weather on Saturday, the 'Steppers' who all partook in the StepUp 500 Challenge managed to raise R275 000 for the Jumping Kids Prosthetic Fund at the Moses Mabhida Stadium. 'Steppers' Natalie Jay, Dick Muir, Tyrone Pillay, Troy Prinsloo, Carl Stow, Ross Veenstra and Natasja Barnard woke up to pouring rain but were fortunate enough when the rain subsided for a few hours and they were able to get the job done in time. A special thank you goes out to Mr Vivian Reddy...

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Park Fit Fun at People’s Park

10 April 2013 | News

Situated in the beautiful People’s Park, Park Fit offers a free workout session every Saturday morning, each week varying in exercise and caters for every fitness level. With People’s Park Café within the same vicinity, one can enjoy a delicious and healthy breakfast after your refreshing workout, creating the perfect start to your weekend. We chatted to Zani Cawood who came up with the idea for the weekly exercise classes to learn a bit more about what Park Fit has to offer. MMS: We s...

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Step Up 500 Challenge – are you game?

10 April 2013 | News

StepUp500 is an exciting event taking place at 11am on the 20th April at the South East Arch of Moses Mabhida Stadium. This will be a fun, family focused morning with some of SA’s greatest Sporting Legends who will be climbing the 500 steps to raise money. Local para-athlete Tyrone Pillay, who was born with an abnormality of the left foot and has been using a prosthetic foot for the past 30 year, is climbing the 500 steps of Moses Mabhida Stadium to raise funds for two worthy causes. Pillay ...

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Park Fit @ People’s Park Café, every Saturday 7am to 8am

21 February 2013 | News

Come along and enjoy a free workout session with outside People's Park Cafe. Every weekend you will enjoy all sorts of exercises - yoga, body weight programmes, circuits, ropes, ladders and so much more. Kickstart your weekend with a great workout and enjoy breakfast with the family afterwards at the cafe. There is an amazing playground for children while you enjoy your session. Lots of spot prizes and giveaways throughout the month. https://www.mmstadium.com/wp-admin/edit-comments.php Park Fi...

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