NEW YEAR IN CAPE TOWN IS CARNIVAL TIME!

By Erika Kruger

In Cape Town  New Year celebrations are associated with the Kaapse Klopse or Minstrels taking to the city streets in a high intensity burst of energy in their colourful outfits and variety of musical instruments. 

Later in the year the different troupes also participate in the annual Cape Town Carnival.

In 2010 Martin was assigned to documented the carnival in March and in June of the same year, he also photographed the Cape Town Street Festival held to welcome the 2010 Fifa World  Football event to the city.

Here are some of the images from those two memorable events.