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BLOEMHOF DAM AND WOLWESPRUIT NATURE RESERVES CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING
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The current flooding along the Vaal River has compelled the North West Parks and Tourism Board to close its two nature reserves, the Bloemhof Dam and Wolwerspruit Nature Reserve until further notice.
The Wolwerspruit Nature Reserve has suffered damages to access roads, fishing areas, camping sites and the boundary fence of approximately two kilometers. Measures have been put in place to prevent game from moving into neighboring properties. Other damages caused by the floods are all fishing and camp sites except for the stone house and the newly constructed ablutions in the reserve. Preparations are underway to appoint fixed term contractors to properly reconstruct the fence. Given the situation, the reserve is closed to visitors.
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NWPTB HOTEL SCHOOLS HOLD ITS 14TH ANNUAL GRADUATIONS
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The North West Parks and Tourism Board Hotel Schools Division (Mafikeng & Ga-Rankuwa) will host its 14th Annual Graduation Ceremony on Saturday, 25th of July 2009 at the Mmabatho Civic Centre. The Ceremony will commence at 09h00 am with a formal academic procession led by the Hotel Schools Rector, Joseph Akwa, the Schools Academic personnel, members of the North West Parks & Tourism Board (NWPTB) Board of Directors and Special Guests.
The Ceremony will also be graced by the presence of the MEC for Economic Development and Tourism, Wendy Matsemela, Chief Executive Officer of the NWPTB, Allan Losaba, Dr Bill Gallagher from the Southern Sun Hotel Group, who will render a motivational talk on behalf of the Tourism and Hospitality Industry and parents. |
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NWPTB HOSTS OLD MUTUAL RUSTENBURG MOUNTAIN RACE
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The Kgaswane Nature Reserve of the North West Parks and Tourism Board will once again host the Old Mutual/Kgaswane twelfth Rustenburg Mountain Race on Saturday 25th July, 2009. The popular 25km run/walk passes through a tough route in the scenic Kgaswane Mountain Reserve from the challenging 400m climb of Bergsig to the top of the Magaliesberg.
In the past, top SA runners as well as runners from neighboring countries like Lesotho, Zimbabwe and Kenya, have participated in the competition and this year is no exception, including a team of runners from Toyota who dominated the prize-winning positions in 2008. Other top runners that will be in action are three time race-winner, Philip Molefi, and local Comrades gold medalists Butiki Jantjies and Godfrey Sesenyamotse. |
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LOVING AND BLESSING GUEST HOUSE CAME 3RD ETEYA
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Rustenburg: The 4-Star graded Loving and Blessing Guest House owned by Mr Johannes Kaledi came 3rd (second runner-up) in the national finalists list of the 2009 Emerging Tourism Entrepreneur of the Year Award (ETEYA) winners. The results of this year long selection process were unveiled by South African Tourism (SAT) at an ETEYA Awards Ceremony held at the 2009 Tourism Indaba in Durban.
The nine provincial finalists have each won R10 000 in cash prizes, mentorship and training, as well as a fully paid trip to the ITB Berlin (Germany) in March. First and second prizes (R100 000 & R75 000) were scooped by Limpopo and Gauteng respectively. Loving and Blessing position further translates into the provincial ETEYA winner for the North West Province, with Bioketlo Guest House (owned by Oupa Modisapudi) from Bophirma District and Tau Tona Tours and Safaris (Moses Mokone) being semi finalists.
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NWPTB HOSTS 7th ANNUAL HERITAGE PARK WALK
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North West Parks and Tourism Board and World Wild Life Fund ( WWF) will once again host the 7th annual Heritage Park Walk from Madikwe Game Reserve to Pilanesberg National Park from the 4th – 7th June 2009. The NWPTB and WWF are in partnership in the Heritage Park Rhino project.
The Heritage Park (HP) aims to link Pilanesberg National Park (Pilanesberg) with Madikwe Game Reserve (Madikwe) by creating a conservation corridor. The key goals are to increase tourism products, the range for wildlife and most importantly to improve the quality of life of the local communities who form part of the Heritage Park corridor. |
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Tourism Enterprise Partnership welcomes new team of service providers to step up delivery and celebrates a new home
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The Tourism Enterprise Partnership (TEP) is pleased to announce the appointment of a team of provincial service providers to implement the programme at provincial level. The new team, who will officially start implementation on 1 July 2009, were selected following a rigorous six month public tender process.
Siva Pillay, Chief Executive of TEP says, "In all organisations, review of service providers is an important component of ensuring that you are getting the best talent for the best rate. At TEP we have systematically worked through all aspects of our business to ensure we are providing the best possible service since April 2008 when the not for profit organisation was formed. We have appointed excellent service providers in areas of training, product development and marketing and in changing our positioning to read ‘Step up to your Potential’ – we refer not only to small and medium tourism enterprises, but also to ourselves and our service providers." |
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NWPTB HOSTS BIO-DIVERSITY AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
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The North West Parks and Tourism Board's ( NWPTB) Biodiversity Conservation Management Division in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment ( DACE) will host a 4 day Biodiversity awareness campaign from the 18th – 21st May 2009 culminating in Biodiversity workshops on the 22nd May 2009 at Jericho Village (Brits) and Mafikeng Game Reserve. 10 Guest speakers from the North West University and an estimated 40 Bachelor of Arts students majoring in Tourism will participate at the two workshops. |
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SPAR BLOEMHOFDAM BONANZA 2009
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As part of our fundraising initiative, Eco-Care Trust will present the ninth annual SPAR Bloemhofdam Bonanza on 1-3 May 2009. The last SPAR Bloemhofdam Bonanza held during April 2008 was a huge success and the biggest inland angling tournament on the RSA angling calendar for 2008.
Bloemhof is very well situated in the midst of the provinces Gauteng, Northwest, Free State and Northern Cape. Anglers regard Bloemhof Dam as the fishing mecca of South Africa. More than 1 million people in the RSA are recreational anglers. According to an recent survey done by University of Stellenbosch recreational angling generates approx R18,3b annually in the RSA! |
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LEGENDS OF SOUL CONCERT - 4 APRIL 2009
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Legends of Soul 70's stir memories of their old fans as they create the young ones during this year’s LEGENDSOF SOUL CONCERT at Sun City, Grand West Arena, ICC Durban and Carnival City.
Very few music groups are able to achieve incredible career longetivity by adapting their style to changing tmes. The Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards, Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes and The Original Manhattans featuring Gerald Alston Blue Lovett, are undeniably amongst the few that have managed to achieve such status. In 2009 Afropulse Entertainment’s Legends of Soul concept is on the road again with these 3 outstanding groups sharing the stage and wooing the crowds around South Africa.
The tour is scheduled to take place from the 4 April 2009 to11 April 2009 with an electrifying melting pot of local and international entertainment. The Temptations Review featuring The Legends ofSoul tour will kick off at Sun City Super Bowl on the 4th April.
Dennis Edwards and Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes will be taking centre stage while the Jaziel Brothers and Lesego will be the supporting acts.
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IT WAS ALL FIREWORKS AT THE OPENING OF THE PEERMONT METCOURT HOTEL AT RIO RESORT IN KLERKSDORP
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In true PEERMONT style, the new Metcourt Hotel at Rio Resort in Klerksdorp was officially opened on Friday, 06th March 2009. This glitzy and glamorous event was attended by all the whose whoses in the city of Klerksdorp, graced by the presence of the Executive Mayor, Honourable China Dodovu, CEO of Peermont, Mr Anthony Puttergill, Directors, General Managers across the group all came together to celebrate this new addition to the all purpose resort. |
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