Cape Town Stadium complete

The new Cape Town Stadium has been opened on time - 32 months after the first sod was turned.
 
Following the tune of the “Final Countdown”, Mayor Dan Plato on Monday addressed a special ceremony attended by more than 200 invited guests and media, before hundreds of balloons of the colours of the South African flag were released.

Ticket sales for FIFA World Cup

The third ticketing sales of the 2010 Fifa World Cup has hit the 500 000 mark within the first ten days.

A total of 386 300 of the tickets were bought by South African soccer fans, while the remaining 114 237 were bought by fans from all over the world.  

Presently, the USA is leading the list of foreign countries for the sales phase with 22 942 tickets, followed by the UK 20 232, Mexico 7 981, Germany 7 697, Australia 6 277 and Brazil 4 760.

Fair Trade & Lotto train guide

As part of a Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) facilitated project, a total of 17 tourist guides completed their tourist guide training programme this month.
 
‘Accredited Tourist Guide Training for Local Youth’, which is wholly funded by the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF), will see that all of the guides will soon be fully accredited community tourist guides registered with the Western Cape Tourism Authority.
 

Zorbing South Africa

Zorbing!!!!  Yes you read right I said ZORBING.  And what pray tell, you might be asking is Zorbing?  It's the latest adventure craze.  No really, I promise, ok, let me explain.  

Final Draw in Festive style tonight

Cape Town is a hive of excitement this morning ahead of this evening’s anticipated 2010 FIFA World Cup Final Draw.  

Robben Island to host FIFA

Fifa President Joseph S. Blatter has described as historic the football body’s Executive Committee Meeting to be held on Robben Island in Cape Town on Thursday.

The Final FIFA Draw is upon us

Cape Town is awash with activity this week as the city prepares to host the 2010 Fifa World Cup Final Draw on Friday the 4th of December with thousands of delegates expected to descend on its shores for the event.
 
To get the ball rolling for the highly anticipated event, the FIFA Organising Committee on Wednesday approved the procedure for the Draw, which will be held in here on Friday 4 December.
 

Surf Art Exhibition in Cape Town

The Wavescapes Surf Festival is officially underway, with the exhibition of the Surf Art boards open to the public.

1Time airlines to fly to Maputo

1time has been given the rights to operate a five-weekly service between JHB and Maputo.

 
Desmond O'Connor, the commercial manger commented, saying:" We expect our airfares to be considerably lower than those that are currently being charged on the route, and make it far more affordable for people to fly between South Africa and Mozambique, as 1time becomes the first low fare airline to operate this route."
 
Watch this space for more information.
 

Hobie Shop in Langebaan

Building has been going very well on the Hobie Shop in Langebaan and the builder have finished and so we are in the home stretch.  The shop is looking great so please come and visit us at 52 Main Rd. in Langebaan.   We have some great new stock on t-shirts, caps and wet suits.  

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