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Greater Mapungubwe TFCA
Ancient rulers’ remains to return to royal graves
31 October 2007
The Mapungubwe people will be officially recognised tomorrow as descendants of the iron-smelting warriors and gold merchants who lived near modern-day Musina over 1000 years ago. A ceremony will be held to symbolically hand over the remains of the ancient rulers who were buried in royal graves on Mapungubwe Hill, at the confluence of the […]
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Massive Swazi/Jozini resort
30 Oct 2007
Construction on arguably the largest tourism resort and property development yet in the small landlocked kingdom of Swaziland began last week, with KwaZulu-Natal developer – the eLan Group – driving the multi-billion rand...
Kgalagadi TFP
Opening borders to ease cross-border tourism
12 Oct 2007
Opening borders to ease cross-border tourism and strengthen regional cooperation Presidents Festus Mogae of Botswana, Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa today officially opened the Mata-Mata Tourist Access Facility...
Maloti-Drakensberg TFCA
New tourism route launched
21 Sep 2007
A new Maloti-Drakensberg tourism route was launched at Giant's Castle in the drakensberg on Tuesday. The route links the Sehlabathebe National Park in Lesotho and the Ukhahlamba Drakensberg World Heritage Site in South...
Great Limpopo TFCA, Limpopo National Park
France funds rehabilitation of Limpopo national Park
04 Sep 2007
The French Development Agency will fund restoration and “biodiversity and ecosystem” protection projects in the Limpopo National Park in Mozambique. The newspaper Noticias reported that AFD has pledged €11,5million to finance a highway...
Lubombo TFCA, Ndumo Game Reserve
Winning the battle against poverty and unemployment
13 Aug 2007
Describing the area as poor with no hope of upliftment, except through conservation, Sithole said the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism had ploughed about R8 million into poverty alleviation in the area....
Lubombo TFCA, Ndumo Game Reserve
Park gives power to the people
12 Aug 2007
INITIATIVES often acquire more teeth when they are linked across national borders, and the same can be said for the Lubombo Transfrontier Conservation Area. This giant Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) includes the Usuthu-Tembe-Futi TFCA...
