Prawn Festival - Cape Town and Jo'burg

Over the Air wrote: I remember how Phumelela were slated last year for a terrible experience by many people who were disappointed. Judging from what I saw on TV this year was a huge flop. Did anyone attend?

We’ve noticed a number of concerns, based on the comments here, surrounding the Joburg Prawn Festival and would just like to reassure you that any issues that arose during last year’s event have been resolved.
There was a lot of feedback and constructive criticism and all of this has been taken on board and the necessary improvements have been made to ensure that everyone who arrives at Turffontein Racecourse on 4 March.
The first massive improvement has been the implementation of pre-sale tickets for the event from Webtickets which will ensure that we won’t be caught off guard. Your online ticket ensures you a priority pass to your order so that you don’t miss any of the action.
As an added incentive, the first 100 people to redeem their Prawn Festival tickets will receive a drink on us.

chicken n chips wrote: In the world that we now live in surely deterring young people from gambling should be the proper thing to do. I have seen far too many families break apart, suicides, kids going without any food for days on end, house repossessions , broken men all because of gambling.

My own experience was my father. He gambled every day needless to say he lost it all. I gamble but have always only spent disposable income and when it's up it's up.

So if young people get into gambling they have to be made aware of the downfalls of gambling, It's not all sweets and roses

Muhtiman wrote: ....just from the few brief TV shots on TT....it looks like the event was over catered for.....too many prawns.....not enough people.....asking a simple R30 entrance fee put paid to a possible success.........hope they learn from this poor showing..... :huh:

Bob Brogan wrote:

Muhtiman wrote: ....just from the few brief TV shots on TT....it looks like the event was over catered for.....too many prawns.....not enough people.....asking a simple R30 entrance fee put paid to a possible success.........hope they learn from this poor showing..... :huh:

I think the adverse weather reports made people think twice ?

Bob Brogan wrote:

Muhtiman wrote: ....just from the few brief TV shots on TT....it looks like the event was over catered for.....too many prawns.....not enough people.....asking a simple R30 entrance fee put paid to a possible success.........hope they learn from this poor showing..... :huh:

I think the adverse weather reports made people think twice ?

Bob Brogan wrote: The amount of problem gamblers as a percentage of gamblers is tiny

It's only us made few that have a problem