Joburg’s fan fests or fan parks for 2010 World Cup
The following information comes directly from www.joburg.org.za The official FIFA-endorsed World Cup fan park has been earmarked for Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown, but Joburg has identified a spot...
View ArticleNew 2010 Fan Guide: link to download
All you need to know in new 2010 Fan Guide Tuesday, 04 May 2010 From SA GoodNews With less than 40 days to go until kickoff, the 2010 Fifa World Cup Organising Committee has released a comprehensive,...
View ArticleJohannesburg transport plans for World Cup 2010 Soccer
Nthambeleni Gabara’s article www.sa2010.gov.za 5 May 2010 (entire article copied below): Johannesburg – The City of Johannesburg unveiled a comprehensive transport plan aimed at encouraging local...
View ArticleDate for Gautrain’s maiden voyage set
FROM PROJECT 2010 Issue 184 Gauteng’s state-of-the-art Gautrain is set to carry its first passengers from OR Tambo International Airport to Sandton on June 8, three days before the World Cup kick-off....
View ArticleGetting to the Game
I have summarized information from the Joburg.org.za website and from ticketbreak.co.za website. Tickets to the Park and Rides/Walks can be booked at ticketbreak.co.za IF you do not have your own car...
View ArticleTo be truly tourist friendly Joburg needs to solve its public transport problems
Mail and Guardian (June 18-24; Vol 26 no 23 p 12)) ran an article by Duduzile Mathebula entitled ‘We love you South Africa – World Cup tourists give the country the thumbs up but public transport is a...
View ArticleInformed take on public transport in Gauteng: looking back and the way forward
http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/article533270.ece/The-nation-transported
View ArticleWorth a read: the good and the bad of the World Cup so far, from a fan ‘who...
See this link http://www.meniscuszine.com/sports/world-cup-20100704/
View ArticleGet to know Jozi Inner City better with Mainstreetartwalks: Art and Justice...
Launching 17 September 2011 with Art and Justice Tour 18 September – Public Art walk with Guest Artist Marcus Neustetter . Mainstreetwalks is a concept that encourages people to rediscover the inner...
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Finger in the air: Where do you want to go?
Getting around Joburg without your own car is a challenge. For more on this see http://www.lizatlancaster.co.za/info/transport.html. However, various initiatives and infrastructural developments...
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Seeing South Africa by train
Guests from Australia who stayed recently at Liz at Lancaster had been around South Africa on the Shongololo Express. Shongololo is a colloquial South African word for a millipede. These creatures...
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For a great travel experience take the train from Joburg to Cape Town
We have had a number of guests who travel by rail either from Cape Town or down to Cape town. A recent guest wrote a review about the Shosholoza Premier Classe on Tripadvisor:...
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