The team at Elephant Springs, as well as their colleagues at the South of Africa Head Office (which is located next door), joined in an intensive yet entertaining First Aid training session on Friday 20 November 2015. According to HR Manager, Khatija Mahomed, the training was not only enlightening, but also gave all present even …
Celebrating a record-breaking 2015, South of Africa’s senior management joined in the Year End Function celebrations at Shangri-La Country Hotel & Spa on 9 November 2015. The event, which was an entire day affair, started off with a meaningful walk in silence at Shangri-La’s Labyrinth, whilst the music “Theme from Time” played in everybody’s ears …
The annual “Beesloop” (directly translated as “cow walk”) took place on Friday 30 October 2015 on the school grounds of the Hans Strijdom Hoërskool in Mookgophong. The “Beesloop” Fair is a wonderful fundraising event for the local “Tehuis vir Bejaardes”. The “Beesloop” event was a fun and humoristic highlight of the day. A cow was let loose on …
We always enjoy receiving feedback from our guests, but once so often something special comes along, and an inspired guest sends us a piece of their thoughts on paper. Jon Quirk, recent guest at Shangri-La Country Hotel & Spa outside Bela Bela and Modimolle, sent us this lovely prose about his experience at our 4-star …
The employees of Elephant Springs and the South of Africa Head Office participated in an enlightening fire prevention training earlier this month. Hosted by the local Fire Department, training was given to show the team how to deal with the outbreak of fires, which materials and equipment to use in the case of such events, …
Shangri-La Country Hotel & Spa received two prestigious provincial Lilizela Tourism Awards on 24 September at the Tzaneen Country Lodge. These Awards recognise and reward tourism players and businesses who work passionately and with pride to deliver a world class product and service and whose delivery grows South Africa’s global destination competitiveness. It was Shangri-La’s …
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South Africa, Limpopo; If the rat-race is wearing you out and you need a break not too far away from the city, possibly with the kids in tow, then Shangri-La Country Hotel & Spa (a mere hour outside Johannesburg and 14km from Modimolle) has everything you need and much more. Named for a fictional, mystical …
From all of us at South of Africa, we wish all our guests, families and friends a happy Heritage Day and a tasty Braai Day! A beautiful post on Facebook by our favourite chef, Reuben Riffel, sums up this celebration on 24 September 2015: “Today we get to reflect on and celebrate our unique South …
Africa News Network7 (ANN7) is South Africa’s newest 24-hour news channel focusing on constructive, nation-building stories in the interests of building a culture of unity and pride in SA. The Elephant Springs Hotel & Cabanas in Bela Bela and Shangri-La Country Hotel & Spa has partnered with this leading news channel and began airing brand new …
This past Saturday, South of Africa celebrated the annual Mandela Day, on Saturday 17 July 2015. Following on from the previous years’ event, South of Africa joined forces with local business to improve the facilities of Bosele Dawn Drop In Centre outside Bela Bela, by painting and renovating the facilities. Says SOA Human Resources Manager, …