Yet more foreigners have discovered that South Africa is now a dangerous sh*thole and not a safe place to visit, after they were robbed at gunpoint by 2 black males on a Safari farm. Tommaso Bordoni (29) from Belgium and the love of his life Linsey de Waele (25) from the Netherlands came to South Africa for a romantic Valentine’s vacation…
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The Rainbow Nation Turns Romantic Valentine’s Day Holiday into a Nightmare for Dutch Couple as Black Males do Their “Thang”!
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Holidaymakers will now have to pay more for that long-awaited holiday due to rise in fuel prices
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The holiday has already begun for many, and will have to pay more for petrol and less for diesel from Wednesday. Petrol increases by R0-11 per liter for 93 as well as for 95 degrees, but diesel decreases in price by R0-18 and paraffin decreases by Ro-21 for December month. Economic experts say the rise..
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Not safe for tourists in SA – Israeli woman gang-raped while on holiday in Mpumalanga
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An Israeli tourist was gang-raped while on holiday in Mpumalanga at the weekend, police said on Monday. Two of the woman’s companions were robbed during the ordeal, which took place at their holiday accommodation. Police spokesperson Brigadier Leonard Hlathi said on Monday that officers were still on the hunt for four men who attacked the..
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Sardine fever hits the KZN South coast and it is just in time for holidaymakers to experience this phenomenon natural occurrence
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Durban – Sardines have been spotted in Waterfall Bluff in Port St John’s south of KwaZulu-Natal’s coastline. Ugu South Coast Tourism CEO, Phelisa Mangcu, advises visitors to keep their eyes on the local press and follow the KZN Sharks Board, fishing experts such as GoFish, as well as the fishing charters whose business it is to know the waters and marine life of the KZN South Coast.
“Sardine activity has been spotted further south and even though the sardines take some time to move up the coast, experts are predicting great shoals moving past the KZN South Coast, which has always been best for viewing all the action as well as catching the silvery fish from the shores.”Mangcu said.
After last year’s spectacular Sardine Run, which had the nation’s media on the edge of their seats and holidaymakers hot with sardine fever, the KZN South Coast is expecting another great run this season.
The Sardine Run phenomenon is a natural occurrence.
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Durban beachfront still in disrepair ahead of holiday rush
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With Durban preparing to receive millions of visitors over the festive season, many of its beachfront showers are not working.
Njabulo Zondi, who works along the promenade as a sand sculptor, said they had not been operational for a few months.
“It’s the festive now and these showers must be working,” he said.
Zondi said he went to the beach at least three times a week and used water from the showers for his sculptures and after taking a swim.
Pensioner Robert Sinner, who also frequents the beachfront, said of the two sets of showers at North Beach, only two showers from one set were working.
“Those showers haven’t been working for nine months, and three months ago they started leaking water. When I enquire, I am told the spares to fix them are imported from overseas,” Sinner said, adding that the beachfront was in a bad state.
“At least three times this year salt water made its way into the freshwater taps. Local clubs had to buy bottle
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Durban beach-front degeneration exposé – “Guess Carte Blanche’s camera footage is blowing it out of proportion then” is the typical response from ANC Mayor’s office!
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Durban – The city’s Golden Mile – stretching 6km along the beachfront from Blue Lagoon to uShaka – came under the spotlight this week in a Carte Blanche exposé showing how drug addicts and vagrants have hijacked some of the city’s most valuable sites.
With about 1million visitors expected to descend on the city this festive season, it is expecting to receive at least a R2.4billion cash injection over December and January.
However, the investigative journalism TV series reported that robberies, stabbings, drug dealings and pollution threaten to scare away visitors.
The programme’s recent feature showed how heroin needles and shards of broken glass from bottles smashed to make crack pipes can be found on the sandy shores, alleys between hotels and street corners meters away from the Golden Mile.
But the city says that it is making a concerted effort to ensure that beaches are properly maintained, and that it is speaking to NGOs about ways to deal with th
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