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As Southern Africa’s leading hospitality group, Southern Sun is proud to partner with key players in our industry promoting tourism to South Africa and the broader African continent. We forge partnerships with organisations that share our ethos and align with our values to enhance the experiences of our guests and in support of nation building.

With a rich heritage of warm hospitality, we excel in our support of sports teams and events, always ensuring that players and participants enjoy our signature home away from home comfort, exceptional quality, and intuitive service at every one of our many hotels and resorts located in South Africa, Africa, the Seychelles and the Middle East.

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ABSA Cape Epic

Southern Sun is proud to be the official accommodation partner to the Absa Cape Epic, the most televised mountain bike race in the world and the only eight-day mountain bike stage race classed as hors catégorie by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).

Amashova Durban Classic

Southern Sun is proud to be the official accommodation partner to the Amashova Durban Classic, the oldest road classic cycle race in South Africa, which starts in Pietermaritzburg and ends in Durban.

Calling Cape Town

Southern Sun is proud to be the official accommodation partner to Calling Cape Town, the annual extreme swim-bike-run challenge that represents the ultimate in human commitment, resilience and endurance. SunSquare Cape Town Gardens is the official home of Calling Cape Town.

Cape Town Cycle Tour

Southern Sun is proud to be the official hotel partner to the Cape Town Cycle Tour, the biggest timed bike race in the world which is usually 109 km long and provides a glorious day out for tens of thousands of cyclists on the scenic roads of the fairest Cape.

Comrades Marathon

Southern Sun is proud to be the official hotel partner to the Comrades Marathon. Known as the ultimate human race, the Comrades Marathon is the world’s largest and oldest ultramarathon race. With more than 16,000 participants and a distance of approximately 88 kilometres, it is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa between the cities of Durban and Pietermaritzburg.

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Ironman

An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races of a 4km swim, a 180km bicycle ride, and a 42km marathon, it is widely considered one of the most difficult one-day sporting events in the world.

Mamelodi Sundowns

Southern Sun is proud to be the official accommodation partner to Mamelodi Sundowns, a South African professional football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League, the first tier of South African football league system. The football club is based in Mamelodi, Pretoria and play their home games at Loftus Versfeld Stadium.

Springboks

Southern Sun is proud to be the official hotel partner to the Springboks. With a long heritage of supporting the Boks since 1995, Southern Sun’s hotels have become a true home away from home for the players and their families, as well as other national teams and staff.

Two Oceans Marathon

Southern Sun is proud to be the official accommodation provider to the Two Oceans Marathon, a 56km ultramarathon and 21km half-marathon known globally as "the world's most beautiful marathon", run in city of Cape Town.

The Sharks

Southern Sun is proud to be official hotel partner to the Sharks, a South African professional rugby union team based in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. They compete internationally in the United Rugby Championship and EPCR Challenge Cup.

Avis

Southern Sun is proud to partner with Avis, South Africa’s leading car rental company. This partnership offers exclusive car rental discounts and benefits to Southern Sun guests.

Chefs with compassion

Southern Sun is proud to support Chefs with Compassion, a collaboration of partners – individuals, companies, and organisations – who together rescue surplus food that would go to waste, donate it to kitchens where it is cooked, to feed the growing number of hungry people in food vulnerable areas.

The HCI Foundation

Southern Sun is proud to support the HCI Foundation (HCIF), which provides financial investment to a wide range of non-profit organisations (NPOs) in South Africa, with the aim of sparking human potential and capacitating them towards sustainable and ethical growth and development.

The Kolisi Foundation

Southern Sun is proud to support the Kolisi Foundation, founded by Siya and Rachel Kolisi with a vision to change the stories of inequality to inspire thriving communities. By working alongside others, adding their story to the stories of communities and individuals who are changing the world, the foundation works to change the narrative, one by one.

The South African Chefs Association

Southern Sun is proud to be an official accommodation partner to the South African Chefs Association (SACA), a non-profit industry body, founded more than 48 years ago, that represents the interests of chefs, cooks and caterers at all levels, with a focus on skills development, the celebration of culinary professionals and transforming the industry.

Cape Town Carnival

Southern Sun is proud to be the official accommodation partner to the Cape Town Carnival, Cape Town’s biggest annual street parade which brings together some of the very best performers and artists, while creating jobs, developing skills, and promoting tourism.

Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards

Southern Sun is proud to be the official hotel partner to the Michelangelo International Wine and Spirits Awards, Africa’s largest wine and spirits competition recognising local wineries and distilleries with judges from five different continents.

Miss Earth SA

Southern Sun is proud to be the home of the Miss Earth South Africa, a leadership programme that empowers young South African women with the knowledge and platform to create a sustainable difference in the global effort to combat climate change.

Proudly South African

Southern Sun is proud to be a member of Proudly South African, a nation building organisation that seeks to celebrate and encourage the ‘buy local movement’ to increase local procurement and production in order to stimulate job creation.

Chaeli Campaign

Southern Sun is proud to support the Chaeli Campaign, which is an NPO that mobilises the minds and bodies of children with disabilities and advocates for their wellbeing through education programmes and events.

Edufundi

Southern Sun is proud to support Edufundi, and NPO that aims to unlock the potential of children by promoting quality education in primary schools through teacher mentorship and support.

HCI Enterprise Club

Southern Sun proudly funds the HCI Enterprise Club LearnHUB. The HCI Enterprise Club is the ideal virtual marketplace and learning hub for small, medium and micro enterprises in South Africa. HCI Enterprise Club Members are reliable, pre-approved, B-BBEE-compliant small businesses operating in various industry sectors, offering a wide selection of quality products and services. Members benefit from Club resources like access to the skill-building LearnHUB powered by Southern Sun, cost-saving discounts and game-changing finance and advertising opportunities – to support their growth and sustainability and ensure that customers can buy from them confidently.

Rise Against Hunger

Southern Sun is proud to support Rise Against Hunger, which works to fight hunger, targeting communities facing high rates of food insecurity by providing volunteer-packaged meals and other assistance, often through school feeding programmes, to support nutrition, education and health for children and families facing hunger right now. Rise Against Hunger also partners with local leaders to implement sustainable agriculture and income-generating projects that support long-term solutions to food security and empower communities to become self-reliant and thrive.

NSPCA

Southern Sun is proud to support the NSPCA, a non-profit organisation which has been preventing cruelty, promoting kindness and alleviating the suffering of animals in South Africa since 1955. The NSPCA’s objective is to serve and protect ALL animals, to uplift their welfare and to ensure that the protection they have under South African law is upheld and respected.

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ABSA Cape Epic

Amashova Durban Classic

Calling Cape Town

Cape Town Cycle Tour

Comrades Marathon

Ironman

Mamelodi Sundowns

Springboks

Two Oceans Marathon

The Sharks

Avis

Chefs with compassion

The HCI Foundation

The Kolisi Foundation

The South African Chefs Association

Cape Town Carnival

Michelangelo International Wine & Spirits Awards

Miss Earth SA

Proudly South African

Chaeli Campaign

Edufundi

HCI Enterprise Club

Rise Against Hunger

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