WRONG TURN

Klopse's jol is vol, but new route is not a hit

- BY MURRAY SWART

CAPE Town's streets once again filled with colour, music and emotion as thousands gathered to celebrate Tweede Nuwe Jaar.

For many spectators, the day is not just about the spectacle, but about family, memory and identity.

Over 20 000 performers took part in the new-look parade from Chiappini Street in the Bo Kaap, down Somerset Road and to the Cape Town Stadium for the first day of a month-long competition to be crowned Carnival Kings.

They were joined by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, who told the SABC that an estimated 100 000 mense had lined the route to see voorlopers and their troupes kriewel lekker.