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New website finally up!

Saturday, 25 April 2009 | Alison

Our long-awaited, much-researched new site is finally up!  But there is still a wealth of info to load, especially on the lodges and tours side.  So this is still kinda the 'beta'...
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New 'Events Visa" makes it easy for 2010 fans

Monday, 29 June 2009

South Africa's Department of Home Affairs recently announced that it will introduce a special "Events Visa" especially for the FIFA (TM) 2010 World Cup.  This visa is intended make it way easier...
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The Iconic Headgear of South African football

Friday, 19 June 2009

There's quite a lot about the FIFA (TM) 2010 World Cup - South African style - that the rest of the world will have to get used to ... like vuvuzelas and the crowning glory - gaudy,  pimped-up...
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Zuma kicks off 2010 countdown

Friday, 12 June 2009

The braying sounds of Vuvuzelas resounded and construction workers cheered like crazy as President Jacob Zuma kicked off the 365-day countdown to the 2010 World Cup in Cape Town...
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Joburg has colour-coded transport for Confed Cup

Monday, 08 June 2009

Johannesburg has put together a dedicated public transport system that's colour-coded & easy-to-use to get all the fans safely to and from the games for the FIFA Confederations Cup (which kicks...
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Awesome 10 day South African Holiday for lucky UK person

Wednesday, 03 June 2009

Nat Geo Adventure and South African Tourism have banded together and are on the lookout for an adventurer and veritable adrenalin-junkie - and the prize is a 10 day adventure trip to the most...
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Extreme Golf: South Africa's US$1 million par 3

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

If you think you've got what it takes to be a hot-shot golfer - then think again!  This tee sits on top of a 430m high mountain in South Africa and it's the hardest golf shot in the...
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9 Country Expedition to Promote 2010 World Cup

Monday, 11 May 2009

South Africa's best-known & most intrepid explorer, Kingsley Holgate, set off this morning from the Indaba Tourism Expo in Durban.  He's headed off on a 9-country expedition through southern...
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Coffee Shack
"The Coffee Shack ... is a genuine and unaffected mecca for fun-loving travellers." Lonely Planet
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Gondwana Game Reserve is one of the first and most authentic Big Five reserves on the Cape's Garden Route.
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