Kruger - it's too late for 2010 bookings

It seems as though the Big Five is more famous than Maroon 5 (those whining wannabes from the States who graced Saffas with their presence at the end of last year).
Tourists who were keen to slot the Kruger Park into their 2010 holiday are going to be disappointed - apparently the game reserve is already fully booked. The Times reports that all 24 camps were booked out by 9.30am on July 1, the day reservations opened. According to a South African National Parks spokesperson, reservations opened at 7.30am and the reserve's call centre fielded 5,000 bookings and 500 emails.
Now that's almost as fast as bookings for some really good rock concert.

The coolest website in the world

What an incredible display of creativity. Saffas have long loved the saffalicious Nando's ads and now the food chain has come up with such a clever website. Hot stuff!

There's no place like home

Saffalicious Saffas are heading home — and those on the verge of emigrating are putting their plans on hold. This is according to this week's Sunday Times, which cited blue skies and sunshine as the main drawcards for people returning, while the recession has made many would-be emigrés realise there is no place like home — at least for now.

“What I’ve realised is that the best things that South Africans import are South Africans themselves... the people here have a very good work ethic and are reliable,” said an expat who, after seven years of working in the UK, will return to Jozi permanently this year. After a holiday in Mzansi last week, he realised how much he’d missed the “incredible” attitudes and values and the “brilliant” weather. He felt “a strong sense of belonging” which inspired him to return.

After 22 years in Los Angeles another expat, who returned home last month, said he had felt “incomplete” being away from his country. “I felt a spiritual connection to SA, the people, the food, the progressiveness of the society, the constitution.” True Saffagettes indeed.

• The emigration survey quoted by the paper revealed that climate tops the list of reasons to return; crime and corruption tops the list of reasons to leave;just over half of South Africans say they’ll never leave; only 18% are keen to go; and half those leaving say they’ll probably return.