Today's flyover in Cape Town wasn't the first time, South Africa has had a history of delivering some truly unforgettable low passes.
Here are some of the best from the past.
In 1996, during A Night in London, Mark Knopfler played “Sultans of Swing” and time stood still.
No showing off. Just pure storytelling through six strings. The greatest musicians never need to shout to be heard. And today, at 77 years old, the magic is still there. #DireStraits
#TheStoryOfBoswellTheBullElephant
This is for those interested in wildlife and may not have heard about Boswell, a legendary wild bull elephant in Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park, famed for his unique ability to balance on his hind legs to reach nutrient-rich seed pods and high canopy leaves on winterthorn trees.
Named after a South African circus, this massive five-ton giant has inspired a younger generation of bulls who mimic his remarkable acrobatic feeding technique.
Resultantly, it became a global social media sensation and a symbol of Bushlife Conservancy's wildlife conservation efforts in the Lower Zambezi Valley, north of the country.
The unwritten rule of cricket: NEVER bowl a bouncer to a fast bowler who can bowl 95mph back at you. 😭
After being struck flush on the helmet by a Fanie de Villiers bouncer, the South African slip cordon laughed.
Big Devon looked at them, made a promise, and turned the second innings into an absolute warzone. Allan Donald later called it "the most destructive piece of fast bowling I have ever seen."🤯
Devon Malcolm turned a bruised helmet into a career-defining 9 for 57 demolition. 🔥
′′ Le vélo est la mort lente de la planète ".
Un banquier a fait réfléchir les économistes quand il a déclaré : ′′
Un cycliste est une catastrophe pour l'économie du pays :
il n'achète pas de voitures et n'emprunte pas d'argent pour l'acheter.
Il ne paie pas les polices d'assurance.
N'achète pas de carburant, ne paie pas pour la révision et les réparations nécessaires de la voiture.
N 'utilise pas de parking payant.
Il ne provoque pas d'accidents majeurs.
Ne nécessite pas d'autoroutes multiples.
Il ne devient pas obèse.
Les gens en bonne santé ne sont pas nécessaires ou utiles à l'économie.
Ils n'achètent pas de médicaments, ils ne vont pas dans les hôpitaux ou chez les médecins, ils n'ajoutent rien au PIB du pays.
Tandis que chaque nouveau magasin McDonald' s crée au moins :
30 emplois,
dont 10 cardiologues,
10 dentistes,
10 experts en régime alimentaire et nutritionnistes,
ainsi que les personnes qui travaillent dans le magasin lui-même, évidemment ".
Choisissez donc avec attention : un vélo ou un Mc Donald ?
Ça vaut la peine d'y penser...
PS : marcher c'est encore pire car les piétons n'achètent même pas de vélo !
You wake up
Your husband looks young, the same mustache he used to have over twenty years ago
There are voices in the kitchen
You sit and listen, you can make out one, two… three, three little voices all the way in the kitchen
There is the smell of pancakes in the air, along with some bacon, you are hungry
You look down, your hands, so young
As soon as you walk into the kitchen little voices all cry out your name “mama, mama!!” Hugs filled the air along with sticky syrup hands, but you do not care
By the sink there he stands, your husband
Tall, full head of blonde hair, and you cannot help but hug him. His body feels so strong, filled with youth, you take his smell in, and you stand there taking in the warmth, listening to the children arguing over who gets the last piece of bacon, watching their little feet run across the kitchen floor, memorizing everything, because this ordinary so unimportant Saturday is what you wish you could go back to the most
And then you wake up, life has gone by, you are old, the house is empty, the children are grown, your body aches
And you finally know, you finally understand that at the end of life you will not wish to have had more promotions, to have gone back for one more day of work, to of had more time to clean the house, for one more day of school, for errands, for anything else besides a slow Saturday morning where the air smells like pancakes, and the house is filled with little voices, and you are woken up to the small bodies and the smell of the little heads you love most in the entire world.
An extraordinary life is made up of ordinary days. Of a summer breeze, and small hands, of cold cheeks you kiss in the autumn afternoons, of a steady hand that holds yours, of the wonderful miracle that is having everyone you love, all with you under the same roof.
People ask why England always hosts the final of the World Test Championship. This is not actually shameless bias on the part of the ICC. Rather, it is because they need a guaranteed neutral venue.
Michael Jackson’s drummer, Jonathan Moffett, performs “Smooth Criminal,” MJ once said: “My bass player makes a mistake, my guitar player makes a mistake, I make mistakes sometimes, but Sugarfoot never makes a mistake.”
📸🇸🇳 Senegal's official photographer, Sidy Talla, was denied a visa and couldn't travel to Canada for his country's final World Cup group game.
So instead, he stayed in his U.S. hotel room, switched on the TV, picked up his camera, and captured Senegal's victory... by photographing the match straight from the screen. ❤️📷
🗣️ He later said: "Inside or outside the field, my passion remains the same. No matter the stage, I will always have the same desire: to tell stories through images."
What a story. 👏