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Misty Hills
Address by the Honourable Executive Mayor of Mogale City Local Municipality, Cllr. Koketso Calvin Seerane at the occasion of the launch of new facilities of the Misty Hills Country Hotel, Conference Centre & Spa, Muldersdrift Mogale City
Programme Director, We gather here today to give credence to the fact that perseverance is indeed the mother of success. One of the founding pillars of this reorganised Mogale City is the bravery we strive to instil on all residents of our city. The bravery of Chief Mogale Wa Mogale is legendary. There is testimony of it in what brings us together today. It is as if the management of this establishment had made peace with the advice of Mark Twain when he says, “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” These are tough times we live under. The economic situation is unpleasant and devouring for many of our people. Yet there are opportunities for venturesome entrepreneurs and daring business people. The FIFA 2010 World Cup is here. When we opened the Tourism Summit at the second quarter of this year, we did bring to the attention of those gathered that the 2006 World Cup generated billions of Euros for the Germans, with merchandise valued at €2 billion being sold to fans at the event. That was 25% more than the 2002 games. This was in exclusion of the rights to marketing, television and so forth. It is a multi-billion rand event that requires us to prime ourselves appropriately so that we can make hay when the sun starts shining. We tested our capability to act as a feeder city for host cities of the 2010 World Cup through establishment of a transport hub for the recent Confederations Cup. For example, we got rave television reviews for those tourism operators of our city who hosted fans during this precursor for great things next year. We will have 32 different countries on our shores in a bedazzling spectacle of 64 football matches. Mogale City is situated in the middle of four 2010 match venues. These are Soccer City as well as Ellis Park World of Sport in Johannesburg; Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg and Loftus Versfeld in Tshwane. These four venues will host more than seventy percent of all matches. Each venue can be accessed via road transport in approximately thirty minutes from Mogale City. When we say that the city boasts an abundance of five star accommodation establishments that proved their mettle during the recent Confederations Cup 2009, we count Misty Hills amongst these venues. Lanseria International Airport, which is fifteen minutes away from us, provides an alternative form of travel that removes visitors from the hustle and bustle of other airports. Therefore the municipality, having made the determination that this non-hosting city is best placed to offer a memorable experience for tourists during the 2010 Football spectacle, presents Mogale City as the Ultimate Fan City for 2010. Misty Hills defines what we had said. It is appropriately positioned to harvest from the good foundation we established during the Confederations Cup. More than anything, our interest as a municipality lies with the creation of employment opportunities and upliftment of the local economy. The things we do must be sustainable. We therefore trust that the management of this establishment have dared to dream and have explored and will put our city on the world map. At the appropriate time, the municipality will be making an important FIFA 2010 World Cup announcement that will make many cities and tour operators envious of the strides we have been making regarding the soccer spectacle. So keep your eyes peeled, ears wide open and as a business person grab the opportunities that will follow that announcement. We want to wish the owners and management of Misty Hills all the progress they deserve for the hard work they put into this project. We want to leave you with a challenge. Alan Gregg says, “The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity.” Are you ready to survive prosperity? I thank you
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Mayor Koketso Calvin Seerane
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