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South African National Parks [SANParks] has announced the launch of the Morula Kids art competition for 2010, which is the International Year of Biodiversity [IYB] as well as the year that South Africa hosts the FIFA Soccer World Cup. The theme for this year’s competition will encompass the themes of wildlife, biodiversity and the Soccer [...]

South African Tourism, in the run up to the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, has just launched http://mzan.si – a URL shortener that will live beyond the World Cup and is hoped to become the preferred URL shortener for anyone talking about our magnificent country.
Mzansi means “South” (Africa) in Xhosa and is widely used amongst South [...]

South African Tourism’s new Chief Executive Officer, Ms Thandiwe January-McLean is keenly aware that she takes up the reigns at the destination marketing organisation at a momentous time in the tourism industry’s history.
The nation and the industry stood on the cusp of the 2010 FIFA World Cup and the rich legacy it promised. South African [...]

2010 Fifa World Cup is here and it’s time to have a ball with us during the exciting celebrations – the action packed humming anticipation and rhythm that vibrate through each person, every establishment, and every activity across the globe.
And to make sure you’re close, on top of the happenings and have an absolute whale-of-a-time, [...]

The results of an independent accommodation survey conducted by capeinfo.com and endorsed by Cape Town Tourism, show that reports on overpricing by accommodation establishments are based on perception rather than reality.  The survey was launched in January to establish accommodation booking and pricing trends for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and revealed that the majority [...]

Cape Town’s tourism industry stakeholders are unified in their efforts to combat damaging international perceptions of SA as “an expensive destination”, ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™.
In a bid to translate commitment into action, Cape Town Tourism formulated a Code of Responsible Pricing for Cape Town.  The Code is endorsed and will be implemented [...]

Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Tourism, welcomed one of the largest tourism industry delegations to the country and expressed his confidence that the delegation would be impressed by South Africa’s depth of offering as a long term investment market.
“Germany is one of our most important source markets in terms of foreign arrivals and we [...]

Comair Limited, operator of British Airways in South Africa and kulula.com, confirms that they have received a media statement issued by the Competition Commission regarding an investigation into collusion amongst airlines on pricing strategies during the FIFA 2010 World Cup.
Comair has, as yet, not received the complaint from the Competition Commission.  Comair neither practices nor [...]

The Competition Commission has initiated an investigation against major airlines BA/Comair, South African Airways, 1Time, SA Airlink, Mango and SA Express for allegedly colluding on prices and pricing strategies to be adopted during the FIFA 2010 World Cup tournament.
The investigation follows a leniency application by South Africa Airways (SAA), in December 2009, in which SAA [...]

Knysna Tourism facilitated the first of a series of workshops to ensure local crafters benefit from the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ Tournament later this year. The first workshop last week focused on the use of official trademarks relating to the tournament and the workshop was presented by Craig Carbutt from the Cape Craft & Design [...]