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/ 13 October 2003
Sales at South Africa’s 2003 Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild auction were 12% lower than 2002’s record levels, reflecting weaker demand from foreign buyers due to rand strength, generally weaker local and foreign economic conditions and a fall-off in top-end tourism, according to the organisers of the annual event.
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/ 13 October 2003
Not since Queen Victoria declared her love for Balmoral has rural Scotland been so stylish. Following in her footsteps, tweed-clad hordes stormed to the Highlands and islands to shoot, walk and stalk their way into aristocratic life. It’s easy to see what draws the rich to the isles.
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/ 13 October 2003
KwaZulu-Natal has a long, proud history. It is renowned as the home of the Zulu kingdom and has a diverse racial, cultural and natural heritage, making it attractive to both domestic and foreign visitors. The English so loved it they made it a home from home and the province retains an element of its colonial charm, especially in the coastal city of Durban.
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/ 13 October 2003
A long line of taxis is a visitor’s first welcome to Soweto as you pass Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital. A seemingly endless suburb lies ahead creating an impression of a cultural wasteland. But that impression could not be further from the truth. The township boasts a rich cultural and political history that goes back to the very roots of South Africa’s democracy.
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/ 13 October 2003
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and South African Tourism would like to respond to the recent Going Places opinion piece by Sharon van Wyk. The article began by questioning what Tourism Month had achieved.
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/ 13 October 2003
How do airlines calculate prices in a world where exchange rates and oil prices fluctuate daily? And why don’t airfares decrease when these factors do? This question was put to three major players in the local airline arena, namely our very own national carrier South African Airways; their chief competitor British Airways; and arch-rival Virgin Atlantic.
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/ 13 October 2003
Listening to Rika, a hot and young Indonesian pop star, felt good while chilling on a bed at Aneka Kuta hotel. Nothing mattered but the moment. My day had been an adventure and I wondered what to do next during my stay in Bali, Indonesia’s most famous holiday island. I thought about why on earth anyone would want to bomb any part of this peaceful place.
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/ 13 October 2003
Congratulations to Toyota on setting a slew of new speed and distance endurance records at Gerotek last weekend. With their eight bakkies covering 84 887 kilometres in just three days the company ended a 14 year drought of endurance record breaking in South Africa in style!
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/ 13 October 2003
When I first heard the phrase "safe sex" I thought I was being encouraged to go out and pomp a Swede. After all, no other nation is as concerned with safety as are our Scandinavian cousins, so much so that they often seem to have forgotten how to enjoy themselves. But with the arrival of the new Volvo S60R that’s all changed.
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/ 13 October 2003
Justice Minister Penuell Maduna says he will not stand for re-election into the government next year. In an interview with the Sunday Independent newspaper, Maduna said he would serve in the African National Congress in any other capacity, ”even as a floor sweeper”.