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The project, with a cable length of about 3km, first mooted in 1994, was met with criticism from the political front when it was announced. During a media briefing at Alpine Heath Resort in the Drakensberg on Saturday, director of social and economic services at the municipality, Thulani Mazibuko, said the project would be a […]
Having grown from a four to 10-day fest begins from September 24 to October 3, 2015 and some of the key partners we spoke to, at the launch believe the intervention would ally some fears. “We hope the discussions would yield positive talks between Government and the tourism sector, because this would definitely have an […]
First of the senior appointments is Ghassan Farhat, who joins the TIME Ruby Hotel Apartments team in his capacity as Hotel Manager. A 23-year Dubai hospitality veteran, he began his career in the UAE in 1992 as front office manager at the long-established Al Khaleej Palace Hotel, subsequently climbing the career ladder and moving into […]
But MorningStar Express Hotel perched in Tshwane or Pretoria, is an ideal destination of choice be it for a night stay-over or longer period, the service is sublime… Take it from yours’ truly! What was then flats and constructed in 2010(yes during the historical FIFA World Cup on the African Soil for the first, if […]
With the senseless and escalating numbers of rhino-poaching in SA, the day will be dedicated to those rangers who are always on the firing line. Kruger National Park, which borders between Limpopo and Mpumalanga, has been the hardest hit with rhino-poaching and the World Ranger Day will focus on the work of rangers in […]
This annual list represents a ranking of the world’s best reviewed hotels as determined by direct customer feedback on Expedia.comR. The 2015 class of Insiders’ Select hotels is based upon more than two million customer Verified Reviews; this means that ExpediaR confirmed the traveler’s booking on Expedia.com in order to review the property. The winning […]
The strong-willed, pressure-sucker and cool as a cucumber Ntebo is the brains behind a billion rand project that seeks to conscientious tourists, on the feeling of using the mode of rail as transport. Internationally, rail tourism is on a peak and Ntebo is trying to benchmark on that by encouraging locals to consider it as […]
No other country had more parks ranked so highly, which is excellent for South Africa. A total of 2 234 reviews were contributed by safari tourists from 63 countries. The remaining 774 park reviews were written by experts, including guidebook authors associated with Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Frommer’s, Bradt and Footprint. The study found Mala […]
But all that is forgiven, following robust negotiations that took place amongst ‘tripartite alliance’ i.e. North West Provincial Government, SA Express and Sun City to revisit the idea of an airlink. Fast-forward to April 2015, when the first commercial flight took to the skies between Cape Town, Johannesburg, Sun City and soon Mahikeng Airport -to […]
I did ‘Your Majesty’ with my colleague as guests at the Sibaya Lodge-nestled on 48 hectares of coastal highland, with 360 degree ocean and hinterland views. The sugar-canes surroundings complete the definition of this majestic venue in the KwaZulu-Natal’s East Coast. Sibaya is a Zulu word for ‘cattle kraal’ or ‘boma’ and yes, cattles are […]