By Jacqui Thompson

We may not have the fascinating Santa Fe Three-Day Restroomless Chili Cook-Off (yawn, ugh) or the always well attended Communist’s People’s Weekly World Banquet (attendance compulsory comrade!). But we do have a wide range of food & drink festivals and events popular with thousands of South Africans. (more…)

3^rd Brandy Festival Celebrates SA Brandy - The World’s Finest

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The Standard Bank Fine Brandy Festival, which will run from the 5th to the 7th of  May 2010 at the Sandton Sun in Johannesburg continues to celebrate the best brandy that South Africa has to offer.

Distilled to perfection and crowned by the world, South African brandy certainly has earned a place on the world map and this all-South African all-brandy event is set to affirm that yet again!

Now in its third year, the Standard Bank Fine Brandy Festival is an initiative of the South African Brandy Foundation, with Standard Bank as a sponsor, providing a sophisticated showcase for distillers to let the world know about what’s special about their brandy.

Themed ‘South African Brandy: the world’s finest’, the festival opens the door to the local brandy industry’s continued achievements on the world stage. Bringing together all who share a passion for this treasured drink, connoisseurs and budding brandy enthusiasts, all will mingle with major distillers, multi-award winning brandy masters and smaller, single-estate brandy makers. (more…)

The month of March has great significance in the wine industry, in that it symbolises the celebration of the harvest. With this in mind, make your way to Franschhoek for the inaugural Vendange Celebration (French for harvest) on Saturday, 13 March, where visitors are invited to join in with the celebrations of harvest. (more…)

Festivals, festivals, festivals … South Africa has a celebration for every event, place, art form, food, drink and agricultural commodity. There’s the Ficksburg Cherry Festival, the National Arts Festival, countless mud-and-dust music festivals, the Hermanus Whale Festival, the Lambert’s Bay Kreeffees and more.  (more…)

Cape Town is increasingly making its mark on the local and international conference scene, with world-class conference and hotel facilities complemented by stunning natural and cultural tourist attractions. (more…)

It’s a 10-day explosion of theatre, music, dance, art exhibitions, street performances and more and hits the Eastern Cape town of Grahamstown every year at the end of June.

The National Arts Festival started in 1974 as a project of the Grahamstown Foundation, it has evolved into the leading arts festival in southern Africa. It really is the place to be, and South Africans from around the country brave all kinds of weather to get there.

Over 120 000 supporters flock to the picturesque university town - home to the famous Rhodes University - to experience one of the world’s most diverse displays of creative talent from the full cross-section of South Africa’s cultures. (more…)

South Africa is the economic powerhouse of Africa. And with a stable government, good international relations, favourable exchange rate, excellent infrastructure, and fantastic natural and human resources, the country is an excellent choice for your next conference or symposium.

Our conference facilities range from intimate bush hideaways to large-scale, world-class exhibition and convention centres.

Johannesburg hosted Africa’s biggest-ever conference, the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, in August and September 2002. An estimated 40 000 delegates, including about 190 heads of state, were spread across three of the city’s premier venues: the Sandton Convention Centre, which boasts the most advanced conferencing and exhibition technologies available today; the Expo Centre, the largest convention facility on the continent; and the Wanderers Stadium. (more…)

Johannesburg hosted Africa’s biggest-ever conference, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, in 2002 - proof enough that the city has the capacity to hold almost any conference.

Johannesburg’s top four conference venues are the Sandton Convention Centre, next door to Africa’s top-class shopping and business centre; Gallagher Estate, a peaceful country estate midway between Johannesburg and Pretoria; The Dome, the fourth-largest domed structure in the world; and the Expo Centre, in the midst of mine dumps and headgear and the world’s richest mine southwest of the city centre. (more…)

Lying on the southern KwaZulu-Natal coast, Durban’s year-round subtropical sunshine and sophisticated facilities make it a favoured destination for conferences, conventions and expos, both local and international. The city’s premier venue is the Durban International Convention Centre, a world-class structure over a kilometre in length. (more…)

Conferencing facilities in and around South Africa’s capital city include the Absa Bank Conference Centre and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Conference Centre, as well as the more exciting and unorthodox Lesedi Cultural Village, which provides a real bush getaway and exposes delegates to Africa’s rich traditions and culture. (more…)