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Wednesday, 14 September 2011
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Monday, 29 August 2011
Cape Milner Hotel
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Monday, 15 August 2011
Dennis just had a lovely weekend away at Arabella Hotel & Spa near Hermanus
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Friday, 12 August 2011
Friday, 5 August 2011
Southern Sun bring lunch to Propel Africa's office
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Thursday, 4 August 2011
Gateway in Umhlanga, Durban.
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Protea Hotel Umhlanga Ridge
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Protea Hotel Umhlanga Ridge
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Wednesday, 3 August 2011
View from Moses Mabhida stadium - Durban
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The 2010 World Cup Stadium in Durban
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Thursday, 21 July 2011
Lorraine, Julie and Craig cooking lunch for the kids
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Daniel helping out paint the boys bathroom door blue
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Tasmin painting the children's bathrooms. Yellow door for the girls, blue door for the boys.
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A Reaching Hand - Lorraine cooking lunch for the kids
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Friday, 8 July 2011
Friday, 24 June 2011
Glad midsommar at the Propel Africa office in Cape Town.
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Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Cliff Lodge Ocean Front Retreat
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De Kelders
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Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Schulphoek Seafront Guesthouse - Hermanus
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Schulphoek Seafront Guest House - Hermanus
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Misty Waves Hotel in Hermanus
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Monday, 20 June 2011
Bo kaap
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Hermanus
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TCD TRUST - A study visit of projects in Cape Town's townships
For all intense and purposes, to most of us, the idea of visiting our townships is filled with the notion of depression and despair. Thanks to a study visit of TCD Trust’s (www.tcdtrust.org.za ) community development projects it only took stepping through the welcoming door of inspirational individuals to make you realise that our townships are fill of joy, hope, positivity and above all a sense of community. Propel Africa is already involved in some of TCD Trust’s projects and this site visit of some of their new projects inspired us even more in all the good work that we can do in the townships of Cape Town.
The next Bafana Bafana Striker – already sponsored by Addidas
Blomvlei Library
The first port of call this morning was to Baphumelele (www.baphumelele.org.za ) in Khyelitsha to visit Rosalia Mashale or “Mama Rosie” and her extended family. Mama Rosie together with other women in the community started off with taking in a hand full of abandoned / orphaned children and now has a family of 87 plus children ranging from 0 – 18 years of age. She clothes, feeds, educates and provides a safe home for all these children – a huge undertaking in itself but she did not stop there. With continued support from the community and those NGO’s like TCD Trust she has managed to build an Educare Centre (looking after 200 plus children per day), a Respite Care Centre for individuals recovering from TB (here they receive temporary housing, medical care, nutritious meals and counselling before returning home) and a Woodwork shop (teaching hands on skills to unemployed members of the community while attempting to generate extra funds for the centre). Witnessing the upbeat, energised attitude of Mama Rosie and her staff a visitor can not help but be inspired and impressed.
Mama Rosie in her Wendy House kitchen
We then when on to visit the next TCD Trust beneficiary at Rosie’s Soup Kitchen. From a small wooden Wendy house in the heart of Masassar Khyaelitsha, another “Mama Rosie” serves a hot bowl of porridge to children on their way to school every day and a hot bowl of soup in the afternoon to any person in need. She is celebrating 21 years of community service this year and while the number of mouths fed on a daily bases has had to be reduced from plus 200 to only 80 –120 per day due to a cut in funding, she continues to do the best that she can with the little she manages to put together. TCD Trust has helped Rosie build a solid kitchen structure and has funded equipment for the kitchen.
Blomvlei Library
Our last visit was to the newly built Blomvlei Library located on the grounds of Blomvlei Primary School in Hanover Park . The long term goal of this project is to provide a safe centre open to the community in which continued education courses / works shops will be run together with access to the library for all the surrounding school children of the community. It’s shocking to hear that up to 70% of our local schools do not have libraries. Unemployment, poverty, drugs and gang related violence are only some of the challenges the children of this community face on a daily bases and the development of this library is providing a positive space to learn and develop skills in an attempt to uplift the community from it’s current position.
New Hilton Hotel in Cape Town
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Saturday, 18 June 2011
Breakfast
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Friday, 10 June 2011
Biker Babe
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Peace.
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Winter in Cape Town
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Children's home in Soweto
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Cycling Tour in Soweto
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Jordan Wine Estate
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Thursday, 9 June 2011
Trinity Multi-Complex Function Venue
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Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Site Inspection Johannesburg to Pilgrims Rest, along the Panorama Route and into the Greater Kruger National Park - Dennis Jonsson, Rudi Rossouw & Teddie Wahlin
Hi all,
This is a small recap on our lovely site inspection up in the north to Johannesburg, along the panorama route and ending in Greater Kruger National Park. We were known as the young guns throughout the trip, a trip which can be described as nothing else but a success. We left the office surprised an early Wednesday morning. Surprised because everyone showed up in time. At the airport we had to tell Pelle that Rudolph was missing. Just as he was about to cancel the flight we revealed our prank.
Teddie took the steering wheel in Johannesburg with me as a magnificent map reader. We went north to check out Moyo Fountains Valley.
Next site inspection was at the 5 star African Pride Melrose Arch Hotel. We had nothing but good things to say about this hotel. Luxury meets funky details and I would not hesitate a second before putting a group there.
After check out, we left for Pilgrims Rest. En route we got to see Dullstrom where we had lunch at Harrys pancakes. We could not see that this restaurant was reason enough to skip Critchley Hackle which was our next stop in Dullstroom. Critchley Hackles restaurant has got stunning views and the rooms are old fashioned in a good way. It feels like staying over at your grandparents in the country side. This is a good thing:) We arrived at Pilgrims Rest in complete darkness. Not only because the rotation of the earth but because of the lack of electricity in Pilgrims Rest this day. We checked in at The Royal Hotel and the power failure added to the feeling of traveling back in time. After a drink in the rustic bar it was time for a late dinner. The restaurant served great food and went in line with the gold mining theme of the rest of the sleepy town. We noted that when we send guests here we should make sure that they are aware of the reason for the rustic feeling and maybe also send them on an hour’s tour on arrival. This will make them understand the amazing history behind Pilgrims Rest.
At Kapama (a concession inside the Greater Kruger National Park) the welcoming was great. We stayed in the SPA suites and spent some time in the lovely SPA area. The game viewing was fantastic and I couldn’t believe my eyes to be honest. Food was exceptional and served in different venues. The river side boma was a highlight and with that they have four different dinner venues to offer.
We did a site inspection at Kapama Karula which is the most high end camp in Kapamas portfolio. Perfect for our 10 – 20 pax exclusive groups. If they want a more traditional game lodge feeling I would suggest the Buffalo tented camp which is to be ready after this winter. River lodge can host groups over and above 80 pax. It’s even more accessible now with the new direct flight from Cape Town.
After this it was time for Cape Town again. One of the few places that I love to return to and now call home. This was a good ending of a very educational trip and a perfect chance to spend some quality time with Rudi and Teddie.
Make sure to look out for new site inspections that we're going on this winter...
Dennis "the D-Man" Jonsson
From here we went to Protea Hotel Fire & Ice Melrose Arch for check in. We did a site inspection at the hotel and the result is as to be expected, an awesome hotel, with friendly staff and great value for money.
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| Protea Hotel Fire & Ice - Melrose Arch |
After buying a R400 shirt for myself and refreshments for our big night out in Johannesburg, it was time for another site inspection and dinner. Moyo Melrose Arch is the perfect group restaurant and very "vibey". Good food. Good people. Good entertainment. Good Moyo feeling. Interesting is also the wine tasting department on the ground floor.
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| Moyo |
After face paintings and tons of food it was time to put in the next gear. We had to see what Johannesburg had to offer at night time to be able to offer the destination to our clients...party time BOOM!
The next morning we spent bicycling with Bongani in Soweto. Great product! We went to a shebeen (a local pub), the hostels, the market, Bonganis sister, child day care centre and the street of Mandela’s house of course. We finished off with a Kota (local speciality dish) at Number One Restaurant. A superb snack/lunch, an experience for sure.
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| Team "Lance Armstrong" |
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| mmmm....beer... |
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| Visiting a childrens home |
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| So-we-to? |
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| Bongani puts us through our paces |
After check out, we left for Pilgrims Rest. En route we got to see Dullstrom where we had lunch at Harrys pancakes. We could not see that this restaurant was reason enough to skip Critchley Hackle which was our next stop in Dullstroom. Critchley Hackles restaurant has got stunning views and the rooms are old fashioned in a good way. It feels like staying over at your grandparents in the country side. This is a good thing:) We arrived at Pilgrims Rest in complete darkness. Not only because the rotation of the earth but because of the lack of electricity in Pilgrims Rest this day. We checked in at The Royal Hotel and the power failure added to the feeling of traveling back in time. After a drink in the rustic bar it was time for a late dinner. The restaurant served great food and went in line with the gold mining theme of the rest of the sleepy town. We noted that when we send guests here we should make sure that they are aware of the reason for the rustic feeling and maybe also send them on an hour’s tour on arrival. This will make them understand the amazing history behind Pilgrims Rest.
From here we left for Kapama Game Reserve. We took the "panorama route" and I’m going to let the photos speak for themselves, the views were amazing...
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| Bourke's Luck Potholes |
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| Panorama Route |
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| Sunrise over Africa |
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| Kapama River Lodge |
We did a site inspection at Kapama Karula which is the most high end camp in Kapamas portfolio. Perfect for our 10 – 20 pax exclusive groups. If they want a more traditional game lodge feeling I would suggest the Buffalo tented camp which is to be ready after this winter. River lodge can host groups over and above 80 pax. It’s even more accessible now with the new direct flight from Cape Town.
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| Kapama River Lodge |
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| Rudi reckons it's a leopard...Dennis is not so sure |
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| Team Propel |
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| Morning traffic jam |
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| Another busy morning in traffic |
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| Kapama River Lodge's pool |
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| Hard at work |
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| The "heavies" |
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| 9 seater off road land cruisers |
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| yummy...dinner time for the King of the Jungle |
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| Dinner time for Propel |
After this it was time for Cape Town again. One of the few places that I love to return to and now call home. This was a good ending of a very educational trip and a perfect chance to spend some quality time with Rudi and Teddie.
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| A G&T in the "bush" |
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| Team Propel knock off another hard day at work |
Dennis "the D-Man" Jonsson
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