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Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines

* South Africa is ‘open for business, open for tourism and open for partnerships in many sectors’. This message was presented by President Jacob Zuma to the USA Chamber of Commerce African Business Initiative on Monday, running parallel to the United States – African Leaders Summit. The President reminded the Chamber that 600 American companies operate in our country, employing 150000 staff in total.

* The American Congress has banned the use of styrofoam for take-away beverages and foods from 2016, due to it not being biodegradable. Americans throw away 25 billion Styrofoam cups away annually.

* By 2020 all South Africans should have access to broadband, as part of a government-financed program via the Continue reading →

The Sweet Service Award goes to M-Web, the largest supplier of internet services in South Africa, who have passed on their broadband savings to their customers. All M-Web subscribers will receive at least one extra GigaByte of broadband for their subscriptions, without an increase in their subscription fee. Even a booster package of R 99, which bought 1 GB in the past, will now supply 1,5 GB.

The Sour Service Award goes to the SABC TV Licence department, for their inability to provide a tax invoice – instead they issue a statement, yet expect to be paid for the new annual subscription. A SABC TV call center employee refused to provide the Invoice initially, until the centre supervisor’s assistance was requested. Given the financial problems of the SABC, one wonders why their staff are so arrogant and rude to TV viewers, as they should be welcoming payment, and make it as easy as possible for TV licences to be paid.

The WhaleTales Sweet & Sour Service Awards are presented every Friday on the WhaleTales blog. Nominations for the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be sent to Chris von Ulmenstein at info@whalecottage.com. Past winners of the Sweet and Sour Service Awards can be read on the Friday posts of this blog, and in the WhaleTales newsletters on the www.whalecottage.com website.