Apr 30, 2009: African countries pledge 2010 power
VARIOUS southern African countries have pledged to help ensure an adequate power supply for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) made the pledge yesterday in Maputo, Mozambique.
Countries that make up the SAPP include A...
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Apr 30, 2009: Soweto Derby is test run for 2010 World Cup
THE City of Johannesburg is taking advantage of one of South Africa’s biggest soccer clashes this weekend to test its readiness for the 2010 soccer World Cup.
The premier league match between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs, at Ellis Park in Jo...
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Apr 30, 2009: SA on track for more Rugby World Cup bids
The bids are for both the 2015 and 2019 tournaments after the IRB asked for applications for the events last year.
With the bid book set to be finalised by the end of this week, the only formality that remains to be added is a signed letter from the go...
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Apr 30, 2009: Soccer Cup Boosts Guesthouse Deals
Cape Town - and the Western Cape - remains a location of choice for both local and overseas investors in hospitality establishments, particularly among those with the 2010 Soccer World Cup in mind, says Leonard Brewer, a director of Pam Golding Lodges and...
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Apr 30, 2009: Marketing of World Cup to hit high gear
“Fifa’s focus is really on marketing operations, which is really the branding of the stadiums and the event itself. We know the event will be sold out so there is no real need to market the event.”
It is therefore not surprising that ...
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Apr 30, 2009: History of the Oyster Festival
The Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival is essentially a celebration of sport and the good life and has established itself as one of the most popular annual events in the Western Cape.
The first Oyster Festival took place in 1983 and was the brainchild o...
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Apr 30, 2009: Pick 'n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival
The annual Pick 'n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival is a celebration of sport and the good life and has established itself as one of the most popular annual events in the Western Cape. Oysters are of course a huge component of the festival, but other traditiona...
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Apr 30, 2009: Knysna Oyster Festival team gears up for 2009 event
The Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival team is ready to begin promoting the 2009 festival. So says Nicci Rousseau, festival manager, who has been working since September last year to finalise the events programme. Says Rousseau: “We’re no...
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Apr 30, 2009: Last chance to see the Lions close up
Today, April 30, is the last chance for you to get up close and personal with the 2009 Lions at their UK training base.
Being a member of the Lions Supporters Club gets you closer to all the Lions action before and during the 10-match tour of South Afric...
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Apr 30, 2009: 'Sleepy' Hermanus comes to life
Hermanus isn't the sleepy little town I remember from my childhood.
In the past two decades Hermanus has enjoyed massive growth and it is difficult reconciling my memories with the present.
But the good news is although there's been loads of develop...
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Apr 30, 2009: Good news for SA fans
Johannesburg - South Africans have been granted the bulk of tickets issued after the first phase draw for the 2010 World Cup, international soccer body FIFA said on Thursday.
"Out of the total of 1,862,319 tickets requested from 205 countries, 555...
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Apr 30, 2009: Over 1.6m tickets requested
Johannesburg - The first phase of ticket sales for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa ended at midnight on 31 March with applications for a total of 1 635 136 tickets since tickets first went on sale on 20 February 2009.
Approximately 30 percent o...
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Apr 30, 2009: Minister pipes up about 2010 accommodation
After an announcement by Moeketsi Mosola, ceo South African Tourism (SAT) on Monday that SAT had resigned from the MATCH advisory board, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, has stepped in saying ...
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Apr 30, 2009: Cape Town’s rail station is to be revitalised.
R418 million allocated to the project in an effort to upgrade the transport facility in time for the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
According to project manager, Pierre Cronje, Cape Town Station has become functionally obsolete. “...
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Apr 30, 2009: Good Food and Wine Show
Southern Africa’s premier food, wine and lifestyle show, The Good Food & Wine Show® will open in Cape Town at the CTICC from 28-31 May with a spectacular line up of international BBC celebrity chefs, global trends and gourmet tastes, the bes...
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Apr 30, 2009: FIFA 2010 fever bolsters Indaba in Durban despite downturn
DESPITE the global economic downturn, Africa’s biggest annual travel trade show, Indaba, is expecting nothing less than “achieving at least last year’s record figures of more than 12 000 participating delegates” at this year’...
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Apr 30, 2009: World Travel Awards head for Durban
From the travel transit hotspot of Dubai, the 2009 World Travel Awards Grand Tour kicks off next week and the dubbed ‘Oscars of the global travel industry’ then jets into to South Africa’s events hotspot of Durban for the African leg of ...
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Apr 28, 2009: Planning for 2009 Knysna Oyster Festival in full swing!
With more than 70 events already confirmed for this year’s Pick n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival (3-12 July), planning is in full swing and everything points to a great event this year. Says festival manager Nicci Rousseau: “All the favourit...
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Apr 28, 2009: Tourism Business Council welcomes smooth SA elections
As the IEC continues with the gruelling process of vote counting, the Tourism Business Council of South Africa (TBCSA) commends the organisation and South Africans who came out in large numbers to cast their votes in the 2009 national and provincial elect...
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Apr 28, 2009: Southern Africa prepares for 2010
SOUTHERN Africa – which includes South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Botswana, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe according to IATA (from a BSP perspective) – are all are gearing up to receive visitors for the FIFA World Cu...
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Apr 28, 2009: Karoo fever will infect your soul
A simple change in mindset, and there we were, turning off the N1 into Hanover even though we'd only just left Colesberg and been on the road less than an hour. We were about to discover what people living in these minuscule dorpies do.
Like many small K...
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Apr 28, 2009: Budget invests R45m on airport facility upgrades for 2010
Budget Rent a Car, a subsidiary of McCarthy Limited, will need to spend R45 million over the next 14 months upgrading and refurbishing its kiosks, depot infrastructure and check-out facilities at six South African international airports, managing director...
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Apr 28, 2009: Casino Trust R500 000 to football in Mossel Bay
The Garden Route Casino Trust has donated R500,000 for the development of locker rooms at Mossel Bay’s Extension 23 Soccer Fields. Speaking after accepting the funds from Trustee and Casino Manager, Robin Seabrook, the Municipality’s 2010 Coor...
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Apr 28, 2009: SA restaurants among top 40
FIVE South African restaurants are among the top 100 in the world.
Two of them, Le Quartier Francais, in Franschhoek, and La Colombe, in Constantia, made it into the top 40 of the annual SPellegrino list of the world’s best restaurants, at 36th a...
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Apr 28, 2009: World Cup will be electric
South Africa’s neighbours pledged to help ensure that the country has enough electricity during the football World Cup next year, the state power company Eskom said.
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The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) met in Maputo to d...
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Apr 28, 2009: Cape Town and Johannesburg top destinations for 2009
BRITISH Airways revealed last year that Cape Town and Johannesburg were predicted to be the top long haul destinations for them for 2009. This was likely due to the impact of the British Lions Tour as well as the strength of the pound against the rand.
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Apr 28, 2009: One&Only opens ahead of schedule
One&Only Cape Town will open on April 3 – six months earlier than expected.
With a prime location on the city’s waterfront, it has views of two World Heritage sites – Robben Island and Table Mountain. Described by One&On...
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Apr 21, 2009: Cape Town wins at International Luxury Travel Exhibition in Switzerland
Cape Town, a finalist in the International Luxury Awards, has been awarded top honours in the Best Entertainment Category at the International Luxury Travel Exhibition held in Lugano, Switzerland. Cape Town’s award for Best Entertainment Destina...
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Apr 21, 2009: SA Tourism and CNN International find a ‘My South Africa’ winner
SOUTH AFRICAN Tourism and CNN International have announced the winner of the ‘My South Africa’ online user generated content competition that ran last year as part of a global campaign profiling South Africa’s desirability as a leisu...
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Apr 21, 2009: 2010 – Africa’s greatest brand building opportunity
With thousands of television cameras and 3 million pairs of eyes focused on Africa, the 2010 FIFA World Cup will offer a unique opportunity to change the image and perception of the continent internationally.
South African President Kgalema Motlanthe hig...
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Apr 21, 2009: IPL travel plan to South Africa not a hit
NEW DELHI: India may be a cricket crazy country but IPL mania is yet to set in. And with tour packages for IPL II — which started on April 18 — costing upwards of Rs 1 lakh, watching a match live could well be a pipedream.
Tour packages for...
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Apr 16, 2009: Fiela's child lives on in Knysna Forest
A small memorial in the Knysna Forest, just off South Africa's famed Garden Route, pays tribute to Dalene Matthee, the award-winning author whose books have done so much to place the region firmly on the international tourist route.
The sub-tropical fore...
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Apr 16, 2009: A gem on the Wild Coast
Morgan Bay, a little seaside resort east of East London, is sec-luded, tranquil and surrounded by amazing natural beauty.
It lies between East London and Kei Mouth - about 85km from East London and 8km from Kei Mouth. At the start of the Wild Coast, i...
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Apr 13, 2009: Southern Africa prepares for 2010
SOUTHERN Africa – which includes South Africa, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Botswana, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe according to IATA (from a BSP perspective) – are all are gearing up to receive visitors for the FIFA World Cu...
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