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06/02/2023

From The Waterfront Story - read more at https://waterfront.capeinfo.com
The inside story of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront. The establishment of the Docks after storms wrecked many ships in 1859 and Lloyds of London refused to continue insuring vessels in the Bay.
The change from small, wooden sailing ships to large, steel ships powered by fossil fuels in less than 38 years... and much more.

07/10/2021

There are many stories that won’t make it into the book and there is one that I would like to share here. It’s about the Pierhead Festival. Just before Christmas 1984, I invited David J…

29/07/2021

The book will enthrall every Capetonian, everyone in tourism, every property professional & investor. The Waterfront could so easily have missed the mark. But it became the best in the world. It is the inside story about how the V&A Waterfront became great.

11/07/2020

I am fortunate to have known some of the titans of South Africa’s tourism industry — Sol Kerzer of Southern Sun & Sun International, Hans Enderle of City Lodge, David Jack of the V&…

30/06/2020

Isn’t it time for the tourism industry to start playing hardball with government? Maybe it’s time for the Tourism Business Council of SA (TBCSA) to start a campaign for employers in th…

26/06/2020

What the tourism industry has been waiting for!

[Media Alert] Minister Kubayi-Ngubane to brief media on Level 3 enhanced regulations for tourism sector, 26 June 2020 at 17h00

​The Minister will also utilise the briefing to provide an update on the intervention to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on the tourism sector. https://bit.ly/2YyfUak

10/02/2020

I need a Police Clearance Certificate from the SA Police Services for a visa. The SAPS website says this takes around 15 days. But when I go to the local police station for fingerprinting and to …

11/08/2019

Imagine a small house, granny flat or weekend getaway where the structure only costs you R12,000. You can’t buy a small Wendy house for that… and it’s about the same cost as the emergency materials given to shack dwellers after fires destroy dwellings in informal settlements.

Imagine a small house, granny flat or weekend getaway where the structure only costs you R12,000. (That’s US$850 or €750!) You can’t buy a small Wendy house for that… and it& #82…

14/03/2019

Airbnb Inc. and Expedia Group Inc.’s HomeAway failed to persuade a U.S. court of appeals to strike down a Santa Monica law that makes the companies liable for illicit rentals in the Southern California beach city.

06/02/2019

Wow...
'What an incredible capture 😮😮👀'
Source: http://ow.ly/cqo330nzbsm