A small snapshot exit poll conducted at Cape Town International Airport by the Western Cape government has yielded overwhelmingly positive results, says Western Cape Tourism MEC, Alan Winde.
The poll was conducted on January 11 to measure foreign visitors’ perceptions and experiences of the Western Cape. Although only 25 people from 14 countries were interviewed, the Western Cape scored an overall holiday experience rating of 8,5 out of 10.
Cape Town - Table Mountain was named one of the "New 7 Wonders of Nature" by a global poll on Friday.
Final results will be announced early 2012, said the New7Wonders foundation, warning however that there may yet be changes between the provisional winners and the final list.
"South Africa will gain an additional 108 000 international tourists a year due to the increased exposure of Table Mountain as a New 7 Wonder," said local accounting firm Grant Thornton spokesperson Martin Jansen van Vuuren.
Table Mountain’s fate in the battle to be named a New7Wonder of Nature will be revealed today, Friday, November 11.
The public has been invited to attend the announcement of the results at the V&A Waterfront’s Amphitheatre. Festivities will kick off at 19h00 and run until 22h00. The announcement will be made during that time, followed by an address by Mayor Patricia de Lille.
As it attempts to make history, the Table Mountain Bid Committee is calling on every South African to set aside 30 seconds every Thursday to vote for South Africa's nominee in the New7Wonders of Nature contest.
Three boulders fell on a bus parking bay at the lower Table Mountain cableway station at 8.20 am yesterday morning, the cableway company said.
The boulders fell before the cableway was opened for business at 8.30 am, according to a statement on the company’s website.
No one was injured in the incident, and cableway CEO Sabine Lehmann said there had not been a rockfall at the lower station since the cableway opened for business in 1929.
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Cape Town - Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg admitted that he was at fault when Diego Forlan equalised with an amazing strike from outside the 18-yard area for Uruguay in Tuesday's semi-final match played in Cape Town Stadium.
The Netherlands went on to win 3-2 through goals by Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben, while Maximiliano Pereira grabbed an injury time second goal for the South Americans.
During the summer months, Table Mountain is best admired in all its magnificence against the blue backdrop of clear Cape skies.
Ironically, it’s on such cloudless days that the mountain’s legendary white tablecloth is suddenly cast over the “table”, as if by God himself.
It’s no wonder that when the ancient San saw the tablecloth, they attributed its appearance to their mantis god smothering a mountain blaze with his massive white kaross (“animal skin”).
Johannesburg - Former Ghana international Abedi Pele Ayew is confident that Ghana can reach the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
He is aware that Uruguay are a good team but believes that his nation can advance ahead of the South Americans when the two teams lock horns in tomorrow night’s quarter-final clash.
Johannesburg – Brazil, the world’s most iconic soccer team, are set to begin their World Cup 2010 campaign against North Korea at Ellis Park here on Tuesday night … but conditions will barely be conducive to the ever-vibrant Samba.
An icy blast has arrived in Gauteng, with rolling clouds accompanied by a numbing wind, and a 20:30 kick-off ought to only further enhance the rank underdogs’ chances of a surprise result.
Cape Town - South African passengers flying to the northern parts of Europe can expect cancellations or delays in their flight schedule as ash from a volcano in Iceland has closed airspace in that region.
Although details are still sketchy, South African Airlines with European routes are expected to cancel flights affected by a four-hour restriction from 11:00 GMT until at least 17:00 GMT.
According to Airports Company South Africa's Deidre Hendricks at least one SAA evening flight to London has been confirmed as cancelled.
