“Stories on Grand Daddy Long Legs preceded the legend in different shapes; tales and hoaxes of spiders, animated movies, facts and fictions in books. All now seem to have been signs, prophets and indications of what was going to come eventually. The Grand Daddy Hotel in Cape Town.”

The Metropole Hotel in Long Street, Cape Town has been bought over by the Maverick hotel group Daddy Long Legs and will be renamed the Grand Daddy Hotel after renovations.

Owners, Jody Aufrichtig and Nick Ferguson are renaming the hotel The Grand Daddy and plan to open the hotel before the end of 2008. The new Grand Daddy boutique hotel will consist of 25 rooms and restaurants and bars with new creative life.

Daddy Long Legs, already well known on Long Street jumped at the opportunity...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the small village of Mvezo in the district of Umtata, the capital of Transkei.

This day is celebrated by millions and we have a complete overview of the events lined up to celebrate the birth of this international icon. Overview Mandela Birthday Celebrations

Mandela’s middle name, Rolihlahla, means “to pull a branch off a tree” or more colloquially “troublemaker.” Mandela was born into royalty as his great grandfather was Ngubebgcuka (died in 1832) the Inkosi Enkhulu – King of the Thembu people.

Today he is know nationally and internationally as Madiba, an honorary title...