Category: Dave’s Big Break
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The Pool House
This may look like I’m relaxing, I’m prepping my next story angle and relaxing in my pool house.
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Stepping out in style
A senior sports reporter has to make a statement when stepping out on the town, look out Brasilia I’m ready to party.
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Interviewing Claudio da Matta
Every successful senior sports reporter needs a professional studio setup. This is mine. Yes, that’s Sugarloaf mountain in the background. I still think Table mountain beats sugarloaf hands down, just like 2010 was the best World Cup ever.
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Dave’s Big Break Brazil – Episode 16
We’re halfway through Dave’s trip and he is starting to run out of cash. He decides to start an African foot massage service on the beach. Dave’s LNN colleague, Kagiso Lediga has a pretty serious pep talk with Dave saying that he’s an embarrassment for not only LNN, but also for Uganda. Dave just can’t…
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Dave interviews Claudio da Matta – Episode 15
Dave, thanks for the wonderful insight into Claudio da Matta and the Brazilian music scene. As a SENIOR sports reporter we know that you’ll be chasing the Suárez sports stories in your next reports *cough cough*. Let’s hope that Dave starts to rock his Big Break otherwise he may be singing for his supper. Follow Dave’s adventures…
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A letter from Dave
Hey there peeps, Two weeks down the line and I’m feeling like sports reporting royalty. It’s hard to move around in the streets of Rio without tourists and locals accosting me for pictures or autographs. When I tried to pitch my tent on the beach the other day, they even asked me to move to…
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Dave’s visits Sugar Loaf – Episode 14
Dave visits the iconic Sugar Loaf mountain, only to discover tourists are more amused by a monkey on the mountain than the view. After the visit to the mountain, he hits the streets of Rio, which turned into a Ghost Town during a Brazilian football match. He comes to the conclusion that the Brazilian economy…
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Today, Dave needs help with….
This is Dave’s Big Break – he’s a sports reporter for eNCA and he’s travelling in Brazil for the first time. There are times when Dave needs help, and now is one such time.
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Dave tests Brazilian hospitality – Episode 13
As Dave’s big break continues, as does his exploration of Rio. In today’s episode Dave feels the need to share some of his awesomeness with the locals so he selects a random Brazilian household to have the ‘David Kibuuka’ experience. He ends up in a french couple’s flat and tries everything out – from the…
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This couple is about to get the full Dave experience
This is a lovely French couple who live in Rio, I invited myself to their apartment and tried out all their stuff……this didn’t end terribly well for me.