The Porfolio Collection Travel Blog

The USA elections 08 are long over, South African elections 09 loom, but come 28 March 2009 we can all Vote Earth - possibly the most important election you can participate in this year.

Carolyne from our Johannesburg offices sent in the following schedule of Classical Music performances at Old Mutual on the Square, Sandton, between now and May 2009.

Looking for something to do in Johannesburg? Why not visit a theatre and soak up some city culture at one of Jozi’s many live stage venues? From indigenous theatre to Shakespeare, comedy to drama, ballet to traditional dance or family friendly musicals, Jo’burg theatres have plenty on offer for everyone.

Justin Hartman, MD and co-founder of Afrigator - Africa's largest social media aggregator and blog directory - was one of the bloggers invited to the DA's launch of their new website and social media strategy on 19 Feb. Here he shares about the experience and his views on the DA's latest initiatives.

Today's Travel Quote is from Ray Bradbury, an American mainstream, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer, best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles. Bradbury is widely considered one of the greatest and most popular American writers of speculative fiction, says Wikipedia.

Today is D-Day - the opening of applications for 2010 tickets (phase 1). If you're as confused as we were about how exactly the whole 2010 FIFA World Cup Ticket sales 'thing' works, here's a super-simple video that explains it in 7 steps!

Welcome back to Graeme and Trevor's Road Trip! Graeme Sacks continues the true traveller tale of two brothers exploring an oft-neglected part of our beautiful country.

Every so often we are delighted to share unsolicited feedback that comes in to our Portfolio offices by fax, snailmail and email every week. Here's another batch. Thanks to all our supporters. What we do is all for you!

One of my life goals is to “take a South African road trip with no pre-determined destination”. This summer, musician Graeme Sacks and his brother Trevor did something similar when they meandered through the Northern Cape and North West Province. Graeme shared some of their adventures with us...

And about time too! Those of us who love the Beautiful Game and have been counting down the days till the 2010 FIFA World Cup can finally register for tickets for the spectacular event from this week Friday!