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Entering its fourth edition Makhelwane runs from December 14 to 16 at Poka Street Orlando (an open street interspersed with loads of jamborees). This is the only time residents or abo-makhe open their houses to be used as venues to buy anything from kasie food cuisine, cultural wares, clothes and of course, the forbidden waters. […]
The plan kick-starts the process of expanding Kruger Park’s conservation footprint across international borders, incorporating a wide spectrum of landowners, to create the 10 million-hectare Great Limpopo Transfrontier Conservation Area (GLTFCA) as a world-leading conservation initiative. A wide-ranging array of stakeholders was consulted through 54 public and focus group meetings in the development of the […]
As grey clouds gathered, whispering chill engulfing on your face and mountains rejoicing in thunder, animals went berserk. Well folks, welcome to the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State Province. The occasion: top celebrate the second edition of the Golden Gate Classics last weekend. Yes, it was a case of Jazz meeting […]
EK762 (JNB-DXB) and EK761 (DXB-JNB) is now served by the flagship A380 aircraft. This change in aircraft supports growing demand in South Africa, a 14% increase in seat capacity will be as a direct result of deployment of the second A380 to Johannesburg. The Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft serving the Dubai-Johannesburg route will offer a […]
He made this part cynical remark whilst surrounded by numerous padlocks of varying sizes and hues with hundreds of messages inscribed on them – suspended on the narrow 1919 Parys Suspension Bridge, and whilst below, gaiety-pumped urchins swam, together with a pet dog, in the rather green water of the provinces- straddling and Life-sustaining river. […]
Managed and owned by the soft-speaking Khimbini Hlongwane, the ecstatic winner in his own words remarked “if feels good to be honoured by peers”. Once a cattle herder from a little village in Mpumalanga and now the managing director of a tour company Hlongwane, bears evidence to what can be achieved through determination and passion. […]
It is aimed at encouraging domestic tourists to visit Mpumalanga during the festive period in December and January. “The campaign aims to showcase the affordability of travelling to the province and further targets domestic tourists through the use of various e-marketing and media platforms”, explained Xolani Mthethwa, Executive Manager of Tourism at MTPA. The campaign […]
In December this year, the group will be launching a luxurious five-star tented lodge Safari Plains in the Waterberg region, Limpopo Province. Safari Plains will offer guests a safari experience on 12 000 hectares, an extension of the Greater Mabula Game Reserve. Celebrated as one of the country’s well visited province in terms of local […]
The effervescent Mntungwa (Khumalo clan name) says as a result of 2016 report, the general decline pattern in domestic tourism over the past two years’ is associated with economic stagnation and re-prioritisation of consumer spending that has taken place in the country. She was speaking exclusively to this reporter during the 2018 Durban Tourism –Discover […]
September 27th is World Tourism Day and this year’s theme was digital transformation and innovation that advanced technologies can bring to the tourism sector to make it an even more crucial contributor for all round sustainable development of the world economies. The minister of Tourism Derek Hanekom (better known as Oom) celebrated World Tourism Day […]