Miss World 2009 News
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2010 Soccer City Stadiums
Taking place from the 11th June to the 11th July 2010, the World Cup is expected to attract thousands of football fans from across the world. This tournament will be played at 10 stadiums across the country namely Johannesburg’s Soccer City, Ellis park, and the 40 000-seat Orlando Stadium, earmarked as one of the training venues for the tournament.
Soccer City is shaping up to be a unique venue, designed to look like an African pot being warmed by flames from a pit of fire. A figment of imagination this may seem but these are the scenes that are sure to greet football fans at Soccer City Stadium at the World Cup. Click to Read More >>
MVELO RESPONSIBLE TOURISM AWARDS – FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
by Martin van Niekerk
The finalists in the 2009 Imvelo Responsible Tourism Awards programme, organised by the Federated Hospitality Association of Southern Africa (FEDHASA) have been announced.
Imvelo, running for the eighth year, awards tourism businesses that demonstrate sustained responsible practice in their operations in terms of their natural, social and economic environments. Click to Read More >>
EFC Africa
It is official. A truly international quality, professional fighting event has finally hit the African continent. EFC AFRICA™ will be Africa’s biggest MMA championship when it opens the doors in Johannesburg for its first fight night on 12 November 2009 at the Coca-Cola dome. Click to Read More >>
JOHANNESBURG ZOO
The 18th Annual Hospice Witwatersrand’s Tree of Light Ceremony – Sunday, 29 Nov, from 6pm.
New Aquarium, Medicinal Garden and Kanosaurus Recycling Monster has been launched. Click to Read More >>
Spear of a Nation
Spear of the Nation, a one man tour guiding company, has become the first South African company to be awarded a prestigious “Global Vision Award” by the largest Travel and Leisure publication in the United States of America. Click to Read More >>
Soweto Food Festival Postponed
Please note that the Soweto Food Festival has had to be postponed until further notice due to logistical challenges. The Soweto Food Festival was set to be the first ever fully fledged food festival to be hosted in the township. . ......Read More >>
Kieren Perkins an Olympic 3x medalist visits South Africa
Sometime in April Joburg Tourism hosted the Perkins family in conjunction with South African Tourism Australasia office - Kieren Perkins is Olympic 3x medalist and Symantha Perkins (wife) who is in media and they stayed at the Westcliffe hotel with three kids. Symantha Perkins promised to feature their trip to South Africa on the Holiday with Kids magazine. I am proud to announce that their son age 10 – Harry Perkins spoke of his experience in South Africa and he included Gold Reef City as well as Lesedi Cultural Village. ......Read More >>
Eteya Awards Winner Announced
Congratulations to : Jojo Tsheola from Tsheola Dinare Tours the Gauteng winner which was announced today.
Three finalists from Gauteng were announced in Kimberley during World Tourism Day - 29 September 2009. ......Read More >>
Joburg Tourism launches - “Spring Fever in Joburg”
 
While the rest of the country is still lazily shaking off the winter chill, Joburg – Africa’s urban pulse - is already drenched in sunshine and quickly turning up the heat with a plethora of lifestyle and cultural events lined up for Spring. ......Read More >>
Discover a world of whisky at the FNB Whisky Live Festival
 FNB Whisky Live Festival’s popularity sees an extra festival day added in
Johannesburg this year.
September 2009: Now in its seventh year, The FNB Whisky Live Festival has grown into the largest whisky and lifestyle event of its kind, attracting more visitors and brands than any other whisky festival globally.
And the organisers have promised that this year’s show – which runs from 11th - 14th November 2009 in Johannesburg – will be bigger and better with more to taste, see and do. ......Read More >>
An initiative for tourism students by Joburg Tourism
Tourism – It’s in your hands
 Thursday 17th September and in recognition of September as the Tourism month, Johannesburg Tourism Company (JTC) in partnership with Gauteng Tourism Authority and the University of Johannesburg hosted a Career Guidance Workshop at Merniva High School in Alexandra Township, the first school to take part in an informative seminar for tourism students. The objective of this workshop was to equip the learners with the information to assist them in making guided choices regarding their further education and career development.......Read More >>
RMB WineX celebrates a decade as South Africa’s premier wine festival
27 to 30 October 2009 – Sandton Convention Centre
Launched together with the Sandton Convention Centre in 2000, RMB WineX has brought the country’s best wines directly to the palates of Gauteng wine lovers for the past decade. Showcasing an array of well-loved as well as lesser-known wine producers, wine routes, olive and wine accessory producers, the not-to-be-missed 10th Anniversary Edition consolidates the show's status as South Africa's premier wine festival. ......Read More >>
THE JOHANNESBURG TOURISM COMPANY
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: TOURISM PUBLICATIONS
TENDER NUMBER T0209
Proposals are invited as part of the public tender process for the design and printing of two(2) annual publications:
- A Conference and Meetings Guide
- The Ultimate Visitor Guide to Johannesburg ......Read More >>
2009 SOWETO WINE FESTIVAL TARGETS INTRA-AFRICA BULK WINE SHOPPERS
SOWETO, GAUTENG, 16 JULY 2009 – With less than two months to go, the 5th annual Standard Bank Soweto Wine Festival happening on the 4th & 5th September at Soweto Campus, University of Johannesburg is promising to be the most predominant wine festival in South Africa, if sponsorship growth is anything to judge by. ..... Read More
5th SOWETO WINE FESTIVAL MATURING WITH AGE
SOWETO, GAUTENG, 16 JULY 2009 – With less than two months to go, the 5th annual Standard Bank Soweto Wine Festival happening on the 4th & 5th September at Soweto Campus, University of Johannesburg is promising to be the most predominant wine festival in South Africa, if sponsorship growth is anything to judge by. .... Read More
Joburg voted world’s best value city
Joburg, known as the City of Gold, has replaced Asunción in Paraguay as the least expensive city in the ranking of 143 cities, and is three times cheaper to live than Tokyo, the world’s most expensive city. .........Read More >>
13 Tourist Guides trained in Soweto through National Lotteries Project
A total of 13 tourist guides completed their tourist guide training programme on 30 June 2009 as part of the Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) facilitated project, “Accredited Tourist Guide Training for Local Youth,” which is wholly funded by the National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). Ten of the guides are now .........Read More >>
The first ever Soweto Food Festival – an initiative that is destined to become a landmark event in the annual Soweto social calendar – was launched today..........
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World Sport Destination Expo is the
first global business forum dedicated
to
showcasing the $600 billion a year sport
tourism industry
Co-located alongside the 2010 FIFA World
Cup in Johannesburg, the world's most
sought after sporting destinations, resorts
and hotels, tour operators, specialist
event organizers, sporting bid committees,
financial investors and elite corporate
buyers will meet to sell and sign new
contracts over 5 dedicated business days
on 5-9 July 2010. .........
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Township based guesthouses to receive
training
Over 40 bed and breakfast and guesthouse owners across Soweto and the townships of Tshwane will receive world-class kitchen and culinary training ......... Read More >>
Confed Cup showcases Joburg's best
As the leading host city of the one of
the world’s premier football events on
African continent, the City of Johannesburg
is wasting no time in showcasing itself
as a vital platform for business opportunities
in the future. .........
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“So-Fire-Town Swing”
On 4 June 2009 the Thandi Foundation will
be presenting the “So-Fire-Town Swing”.
The foundation supports survivors of burns
and other traumas, and runs a year long
programme at different centres, using the
expressive arts as a rehabilitative tool .........
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Spring into Joburg and Shop in the City
with the Golden Touch
With slightly more than three planning
months remaining until the launch of the
inaugural Joburg Shopping Festival (JSF),
plans are crystallizing on all fronts.
After nearly eight months of planning,
meetings and correspondence with the various
stakeholder components of the Festival,
things are rounding into shape.
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FIRST AFRICAN SYMPOSIUM ON ZOOLOGICAL
MEDICINE
18TH AND 19TH JULY 2009 - Join some of South Africa’s most experienced
exotic pet and zoo vets for two days of
quality CPD at the Johannesburg Zoo. Brush
up on your zoo animal medicine and surgery
and attend specific sessions on anaesthesia,
nutritional diseases, preventative medicine,
pathology and dentistry of zoo animals. ANGLO GOLD
CONFERENCE CENTRE, THE JOHANNESBURG ZOO ........
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Joburg Tourism scores big at the World
Travel Awards
The Joburg Tourism Company (JTC) has
been named by the World Travel Awards
as Africa’s leading City Tourist Board,
while the CEO, Lindiwe Mahlangu, received
the Africa Travel Personality of the year
award. The awards were held in Durban,
at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention
Centre - 11 May 2009.. ........ Read More >>
New association set to create opportunities
for emerging SMMEs
The Joburg Tourism SMME sector received
a welcome boost when a new association
of tour operators was launched at the
Annual Tourism Indaba, in Durban this
morning. The association, known as Gatoa
(Gauteng Tour Operators Association),
aims to create mentoring and business
opportunities for its members, the SMME
tour operators - 11 May 2009. ........
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Joburg ready for kick-off
The city with the golden
touch is eagerly waiting to play ball....With
a little over a month left to the Confederations
Cup and less than 400 days to the 2010
World Cup, the City of Joburg has announced
its state of readiness and expressed confidence
that its various projects and infrastructure
programmes are right on course for a scheduled
completion. - 9 MAY 2009 ....
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The streets of Sandton were a sea of yellow when thousands of Joburgers blew their vuvuzelas and waved their flags in support of Bafana Bafana.
THOUSANDS of Bafana Bafana supporters took to the streets of Sandton yesterday in a huge show of unity for the South African national soccer team.
With the highly anticipated World Cup weeks away, all eyes are firmly placed on Africa’s melting pot of culture, diversity, natural beauty and adventure. South Africa is home to a variety of fascinating destinations and locations, with the suburb of Sandton rising up as the urban lap of African luxury. 
