Positive review of the Johannesburg Zoo Johannesburg has wild life parks on its doorstep: Pilanesberg Game Reserve a two hour drive away – has the Big Five. And although the Rhino and Lion Park is much more restricted and on a way smaller scale, it does provide an interesting introduction to Africa’s wild life species. Given this, the Johannesburg […]
Read More »HD Live screenings of the New York Met 2009/10 opera season I have written before about the live New York Met opera productions which are screened at Cinema Nouveau in Rosebank and at Cedar Square in Fourways. Pucinni’s Turandot is showing at the moment. What a production. If you are in Joburg … don’t miss […]
Read More »10 things that went right for South Africa in 2009 From What went right in 2009 Dec 30th, 2009 by Pierre De Vos South Africa had another free and fair election (it’s fourth!) without any serious violence and the fourth democratic President was inaugurated soon afterwards. The government decisively changed direction on HIV/AIDS and President Jacob […]
Read More »As an international tourist who has never visited Joburg, it can be a very confusing place. There are many reasons for this: The boundaries have changed over time It covers a huge area There is very poor street signage There has been no useable tourist public transport, although this is in the process of being […]
Read More »SA the Good News Check SA Goodnews no 242 13 December 2009 on http://www.sagoodnews.co.za/newsletter_archive/the_best_of_2009_2.html And from Project 2010 Issue 165 18 Dec 2009 2009 will be remembered as the year that South Africa staked its claim to hosting a successful 2010 World Cup. Certainly, the past 12 months have marked an extraordinary turnaround in the preparations […]
Read More »Getting to out of town matches Ground Handling We offer a complete ground-handling service with shuttles and transfers to and from airports and hotels. We have offices and staff on duty at the following airports to assist your clients: Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Pretoria, Polokwane, Nelspruit, George, Bloemfontein. Getting to Rustenburg, Polokwane and Nelspruit We are able […]
Read More »MOST MATCHES WILL BE IN OR NEAR JOBURG Joburg is definitely the place for soccer fans and TV crews to base themselves for the 2010 World Cup. Of the 63 matches: 15 are in Joburg – either are Ellis Park or Soccer City. In addition to these, 6 matches are in Pretoria (58 km/36 miles) and […]
Read More »Soccer City at Nasrec There are thousands of photos of Soccer City … but none of them has been mine .. until yesterday when I had the privilege of actually experiencing that space. Stefania, the project manager of Soccer City, has been a guest at Amanzi Guesthouse around the corner. So it’s thanks to Pam that she, […]
Read More »LOCATION OF SOCCER TEAMS 2010 WORLD CUP Because of the advantage of training at high altitude, Gauteng is definitely favoured. The Australian team – the Socceroos –will base themselves at the Kloofzicht Lodge in the Zwartkops Mountains between Johannesburg and Pretoria. About a 45 minutes drive from both cities, they will be close to the […]
Read More »South Africa: the Good News ‘Good at the extraordinary but not so good at the ordinary’ is a quote from Albie Sachs, the retired Constitutional Court Judge and former activist in the freedom movement. South Africa always gets notoriously bad press. I think I can safely say that the majority of my guests who have never […]
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