South African Tourism, stakeholders on SME development
South African Tourism and other stakeholders spoke about how they were helping the Hidden Gems in the country, during a live webinar.Melissa Javan The small-...
Khayelitsha’s “Spinach King” is building a healthy eating empire
Inspiring young entrepreneur Lufefe Nomjana started with a good idea and R40. Today he has expanded his small-scale spinach-bread making business into a range...
TV foodie Guy Fieri opens restaurant in South Africa
American chef and celebrity television food personality Guy Fieri is bringing his take on guilty culinary pleasures to South Africa, with the April opening...
Cape Town makes the Top 10 Cities list
Readers of the international travel magazine Travel + Leisure have voted Cape Town as one of the Top 10 cities in the world. The Mother City took the ninth spot, while Kyoto in Japan took the top position for the second year in a row.
Kirstenbosch wins again at Chelsea
Despite delivery problems that meant the feature plants for the exhibit never arrived in London,
the South African National Biodiversity Institute Kirstenbosch team collected a Silver Gilt award
at the annual international flower show. Once again, the display shows South Africa's beauty.
Visitors flock to Cape Town’s Kirstenbosch
More than a million people visited Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in 2014. Tourism is
crucial to the survival of South Africa's conservation and biodiversity assets, as the
income generated from visitors helps to manage protected areas. They also raise
awareness of conservation issues.
Durban has a bumper year for visitors
South Africa's hot sub-tropical city had a record tourism year in 2014, with visitor
numbers up nearly 13%. It was also recently named one of the New7Wonders cities of
the world, and was listed in the New York Times top 10 places to visit in
2015.
Cape Town has world’s second best beaches
National Geographic Travel magazine has named South Africa's "capital of cool" in second place on
its latest list of the top 10 best beach cities in the world. Cape Town pips sweet spots such as
Honolulu, Miami and Rio on the list.
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