Dec 5th, 2009 at 4:30PM: As South Africa gears up for the 2010 World Cup, the country's sex workers are starting a campaign to have prostitution decriminalized. The drive is being spearheaded by the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), an organization that strives to protect the health and human rights of sex workers. SWEAT's website documents numerous cases of harassment by police and the public. SWEAT ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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South African sex workers call for decriminalization during World Cup
Dec 5th, 2009 at 4:30PM: As South Africa gears up for the 2010 World Cup, the country's sex workers are starting a campaign to have prostitution decriminalized. The drive is being spearheaded by the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), an organization that strives to protect the health and human rights of sex workers. SWEAT's website documents numerous cases of harassment by police and the public. SWEAT ...Coconuts banned on Rio de Janeiro beaches
Nov 27th, 2009 at 11:00AM: If it's your dream to go to Rio de Janeiro, and walk Copacabana Beach while drinking from a coconut, here's a reality check for you: you have to nix the coconut. Starting December 1st, coconuts will be banned from being sold by beach vendors in an effort to clean up Rio's beaches in time for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. Officials make a good argument. Who knew that 30 tons of ...World Cup snowboarding comes to Telluride
Nov 12th, 2009 at 1:00PM: World Cup snowboarding is coming to Telluride! Check out the Visa U.S. Snowboardcross Cup from December 17 to 20, 2009 at the Telluride Ski Resort: this is the only stop in the United States fro the International Ski Federation's (FIS's) Snowboard World Cup. Both snowboard cross (SBX) and parallel giant slalom (PGS) competitions will be held in what is the second in a series of five Olympic ...A Self Indulgent Interview with Helen Zille, Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa
Jan 9th, 2009 at 9:00AM:
I won't interview just anyone. I'm Mike Barish, after all. I like to speak with dynamic, interesting, foward-thinking people who fascinate me. In the past, I interviewed Mike Lee, head of one of the country's most exciting and up-and-coming underground eating clubs.
This time around, I scored a major coup. Well, maybe coup isn't the right word given the position of my subject. I had the great ...2010 World Cup will not be moved from South Africa
Dec 16th, 2008 at 12:30PM: It could have ended quite badly for South Africa. The first African nation to host the FIFA World Cup almost didn't get the chance. Earlier this year, FIFA prez Sepp Blatter, the most powerful man in soccer, told the media that his organization had an alternative plan should South Africa not be ready to host in 2010. He cited concerns about security, infrastructure, and construction projects as ...South Africa Gearing Up for World Cup...Maybe.
Oct 29th, 2008 at 12:30PM: In a little less than 2 years, South Africa will become the only country on its continent to ever host the FIFA World Cup. That is, unless FIFA decides that the country is unprepared and moves the world's most watched soccer tournament to one of the alternate locations it has already selected. There are concerns about stadiums and infrastructure projects being completed on time. South Africa has ...Rugby World Cup: No Girly-Man Helmets To Be Seen
Sep 7th, 2007 at 5:45PM: With its combination of grace and brute strength, (and a total lack of girly-man helmets and shoulder pads), purists reckon rugby is the "Game Played in Heaven". The once every four years Rugby World Cup has just kicked off with hosts France being beaten in an upset by the Pumas from Argentina.
The tournament's on for another seven weeks before the inevitable victory by New Zealand's All Blacks ...Photo of the Day (9/1/07)
Sep 1st, 2007 at 2:00PM:
This shot was uploaded to the Gadling Flickr pool by Luminous Lens over a year ago, but I stumbled across it randomly while browsing through the collection of impressive photos our readers have submitted over time. This one was taken in Berlin, Germany during the Brazil vs. Croatia 2006 World Cup game. Down 1-0 and only a minute left, the Croatian fans lit flares and stormed the field in ...Word for the Travel Wise (06/09/06)
Jun 9th, 2006 at 8:00PM: Alas, the World Cup games have arrived and it was a sad day for both Polish fans and Costa Rica's Ticos that stormed over to Munich to support their teams. I was fortunate enough to stay inside and watch a good portion of each game, but the one I'm really hoping to see is Trinidad & Tobago vs. Sweden tomorrow. With Trinidad & Tobago being one of the smallest nations in history to qualify ...World Cup Cuisine
May 22nd, 2006 at 10:48AM: Oh, hey, and while I'm posting about the World Cup, let me draw your attention to a nice entry over at Slashfood about food and eating at the World Cup. The post calls out a piece in The Guardian wherein you will find a food guide to the 12 cities that will play host to the tournament. German cuisine is pretty good. Why, just this weekend I was in Brooklyn and had myself a very tasty schnitzel. ...Word for the Travel Wise (04/27/06)
Apr 27th, 2006 at 8:00PM: It's coming... The World Cup that is and it's time to start prepping for the big journey over to root for your country's team. Now in my mind there is no better way to cheer the team on than in your native tongue, but it'd also be pretty nice to know some of the local vernacular. To stay in the theme of things you can skip right over all the unimportant jargon like "Where's the bathroom?" for ...Going to the World Cup
Feb 28th, 2006 at 11:12AM: I got an email recently asking about trips to the World Cup
in Germany. As you might imagine, the place...umm, that is certain cities in Germany like Frankfurt and Munich...will be
a madhouse, and even though most of us know and care very little about soccer, there are hard-core multitudes who DO
care and many are making or have already made travel plans to Germany. Personally, I'd LOVE to see the ...
