Media Release:  29 August 2008 Indaba Daily News Recognised For Excellence In Publishing The Indaba Daily News was recognised for excellence in publishing at the annual awards ceremony of the SA Publication Forum yesterday. The publication was named an overall finalist in this competition, making it one of South Africa’s top corporate publications. It was [...]

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My friend Nando Padros has travelled through Europe, South America, Asia and Africa on his bicycle, doing what he can to help some of the people he meets along the way (read about him – and help his cause – at www.gambada.com). And of the many things he’s said in the many hours that we’ve [...]

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You’ve probably noticed that I don’t write about surfing (although, of course, because you’ve been onto my blog – www.thistourismweek.co.za – you’re familiar with my surf board). But no – I do sometimes write about surfing. I’ve written about the feeling (which, as they say, only a surfer knows), about the stoke, about the surfing [...]

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When I wrote some weeks ago about Jauckie Viljoen’s Back Road Safaris (A New Way of Touring),  I complained about the blandness, the sameness of so many of the guest houses I’ve seen… And, of course, this lead to the inevitable challenge: ‘OK, genius, so what DOES set a guest house apart?’ So let me [...]

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Who Guides the Guides Pressure of work last week forced me to cancel an appointment I was really looking forward to – and it was one of the biggest disappointments I’ve had in a long time. I’d been invited by Joslin, a student at Storms River Adventures to attend her practical assessment at the end [...]

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