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 * South Africa** is bordered to the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe; to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland; while Lesotho is an independent country wholly surrounded by South African territory.

Upcoming Events

 * February 2018** Responsible Travel Week 2018 [|#rtweek18]

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Annual Events

 * September** is Tourism Month in South Africa

**Wiki Places and Essays**
Cape Town - Things to do in Cape Town Responsible Tourism Networking in South Africa Responsible Tourism in Cities south africa links Durban sa westcoast mossel bay Nelson Mandela Fifa World Cup 2010 South Africa Slang South Africa Night africa tour africa survey

Planeta.com
[|National Parks Week]

Headlines
https://www.iol.co.za/news/opinion/canned-lion-hunting-damaging-brand-sa-11564974 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40813582 https://offbeetblog.com/2016/10/25/convivium-table-2016 [|What’s wrong with Tourism Day?] [|!Khwa ttu San Spirit Discovered] - [|@westcoastwaysa] [|@KhwattuSan] [|Outbounding] [] [] [] [] [] [|Fred Brownell: The man who made South Africa's flag] [] [] [] [] [|How do we cultivate South Africa’s future domestic tourist?] [|Renoster-aanval: Haar man red haar]

rss

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Tourism Portals
http://www.tourism.gov.za http://www.tourism.gov.za/ResourceCentre/Pages/default.aspx http://www.tourism.gov.za/Pages/Tourism-Links.aspx [|@SATravelTrade] https://www.facebook.com/SaTravelTrade

Buzzword Bingo
Africa - Big 50,000 - Biodiversity - [|Bobotie] - Cape Town - Coelacanth - Cricket - Durban - Elephants - Freedom - Gold - Human Origins - INDABA - Jacaranda - Johannesburg - Karoo - Lions - loadshedding - Local - Mother City - Nelson Mandela - People - Pinnacle Point - Place - [|Platinum] - Province - Responsible Travel - Rooibos - Rhino - Route - Rugby - Safari - [|Sardine Run] - Sharks - **South Africa** - Submarine Cable - Surfing - Ubuntu - Ugu (Coast) - [|Veld] - Vibe - Xhosa - Yebo - Zulu

Facebook
[|cape coastal route]

Flickr
[|South African Tourism] [|Ralph Pina] [|Gerhard Buttner] [|FlowComm]

Flickr Groups
[|Cape Town] [|love south africa] [|SANParks - Tsitsikamma National Park] [|SANParks - Table Mountain National Park] [] [] [] [] [] [] [|Rock Climbing South Africa] [|http://www.flickr.com/groups/1692546@N23]

Google+
Travel South Africa [|https://plus.google.com/communities/118140622769288436322] South Africa is Awesome [|https://plus.google.com/communities/114400896952079225902]

Blogs
http://www.capetowngreenmap.co.za/blog [|Sustainable Options] [|Ralph Pina] http://baobabtravel.wordpress.com http://paulmiedema.wordpress.com http://www.tourismupdate.co.za - http://www.tourismupdate.co.za/NewsDetails.aspx?newsId=60718 [|South Africa Parks] [|ecoafrica] [|South Africa Logue] [|White African] [|Afrika T] http://www.sablogawards.com

Twitter
[|@HashtagRadio] [|@ThisTourismWeek] [|@MartinHeigan] [|@SANParks] [|@coffeebeansrout] [|@alanwinde] [|@SueSnyman] [|@iainiain] [|@GvCyclotis] [|@KhwattuSan] [|@ralphpina] [|@leo_mcmillan] [|@travelcomments] [|@LookoutH] https://twitter.com/Iziko_Museums https://twitter.com/channelafrica1

Wikipedia
[|Provinces_of_South_Africa] [|Boerboel] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobus_Hendrik_Pierneef https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Coast_Region,_Eastern_Cape

YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/user/sabc

Motto
"Unity In Diversity" !ke e: ǀxarra ǁke ([|ǀXam])


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Language
South Africa has 11 official languages including Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu. English is widely spoken and understood throughout the country, with the exception of the remote rural areas. Most of the official road signs are in English. [] []

Population
South Africa has a population of more than 40 million people

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Heritage
South Africa has eight World Heritage Sites: • Fossil Hominid Sites of Sterkfontein, Swartkrans, Kromdraai, and Environs (1999) • Mapungubwe Cultural Landscape (2003) • Robben Island (1999) • Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (2007) • UKhahlamba / Drakensberg Park (2000) • Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (2004) • Greater St. Lucia Wetland Park (1999) • Vredefort Dome (2005)
 * [|World Heritage Sites]**
 * Cultural**
 * Mixed**
 * Natural**

Environment
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 * Butterflies, bugs and other small things @https://www.facebook.com/groups/Butterfliesandbugs/?fref=ts

Sports
In 2010 the eyes of the football world focused on South Africa as the FIFA World Cup was hosted for the first time on the African continent. By most accounts, the event was roaring success.

Dating back to 1889, the Currie Cup is one of the oldest rugby competitions in the world and the [|cornerstone] of South Africa's rugby heritage [] []

Geography
South Africa is made up of nine provinces: Mpumalanga, North West, Gauteng, Northern Province, Free State, Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape.

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 * Food Festivals**

Editing
[|Africa] [|South Africa] [|Crossing the Atlantic - Gerhard Buttner]



Recommended Listening
[|SABC] - [|Channel Africa, Springbok Radio] - [|Fragment 17] [|SAfm] - https://twitter.com/SAfmRadio - https://twitter.com/SAfmnews [] - [] [] [|East Coast Radio] - [] [] - [|http://radio.antfarm.co.za/cdn/clients/sabc/RSG/player.asp?id=65]

http://hashtagradio.co.za

More Listening
[|Football, apartheid and South Africa] - The world reacted strongly against apartheid in South Africa with boycotts and sanctions but the boycott against playing sport became the country's Achilles heel. In the lead up to the World Cup next month, a new documentary pays homage to those players who missed out on the international football arena and explores how the game helped bring down apartheid.

[|South Africa, Past, Present and Future] - The images out of South Africa have harked back to an earlier era: razor wire, protest songs, threats of war. As the Rainbow Nation counts down to the World Cup in June, the image it wants to present to the world will need to confront a more complicated reality.


 * Recent Events**


 * October 18 - 20** Mossel Bay Travel Festival


 * May 15** Marketing Local Travel: South Africa [|#marketingsa]


 * September** [|Arbor Week]
 * September** [|South Africa National Parks Week]

May 2011 - Responsible tourism in cities Durban May 2011 - INDABA, Durban May 2011 - South Africa Week: Recap from Ron's trip to South Africa featuring favorite online resources including recommended South Africa blogs, Flickr groups and YouTube music playlists. Highlights from the wiki:
 * Responsible Tourism in South Africa
 * West Coast, South Africa
 * South Africa Slang
 * Responsible Tourism in Cities

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Conversations


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