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SFrom Kliptown-based Soweto Chefs Academy running courses sans electricity for extended periods to the unsatisfactory standards of graduates and interns from the country’s FET institutions, the extent to which a crucial demographic – said to number around some six million – finds itself up against whilst caught up in a transition between equipping itself for […]
Founded on 7 October 1919 in The Hague, the Netherlands, KLM is the world’s oldest operating airline still flying under its original name. Since its foundation, the KLM brand has been synonymous with its game-changing approach to innovation, sustainability, diversity, the environment, comfort and customer service making it an industry leader in the global aviation […]
We bring the #ShotLeft team- We explore it right. Eh, bare Mpuma-Koloni are you Ready? ARE YOU READY? read a twitter from one of guests obviously hosted by South African Tourism. Last month, in partnership with leading mobile giant Huawei they ordered a handful members of the fourth estate, influencers, bloggers to the Mpuma Koloni […]
This comes after the board resolved to investigate allegations received against Ntshona through its anonymous tip-offs reporting mechanism. Although the board is tight lipped on the actual allegations leveled against the former Absa executive, the industry is shaken by the move. Huge industry players who did not want to named, alluded the suspension would have […]
So, off we hit the rugged and untarred roads to Bela-Bela in the Limpopo Province, meandering in the latest SUV Haval H6, in the company of other three-self-imposed adults. The trip- to experience at first-hand what the fuss is all about the latest addition of Safari Plains exclusive Tented- suites by the world’s leading lodges […]
This week it released stats indicating a slender tourism growth arrivals from 1,535,361 to 1,576,507 (3% increase) recorded in 2017. These figures are attributed by the campaign the agency launched that focuses on tourism infrastructure and tourist attractions in the province. From December 1 2018 to January 15 2019, notable attractions such as Kruger National […]
Our customer remains at the heart of what we do, and we have always aspired to make travel ‘better’; these awards are an indication that we are on the right track to creating memorable travel experiences,” says Fouad Caunhye, Regional Manager, Emirates Southern Africa. The Dubai based Emirates Airlines celebrated a hat-trick win at the annual Business […]
Just recently it bagged three prestigious awards: Best South African Hotel Group and the Best Business Hotel Group in South Africa categories and Sandton Convention Centre winning the Best Large Conference Venue award. This was confirmed at the Business Traveller Awards Africa 2018. For the seventh consecutive year, the Palazzo hotel at Montecasino won a […]
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 […]