Here's what Bloomberg is reporting:
South Africa’s Mpumalanga province is in talks with Walt Disney Co. about building a theme park near Loskop Dam and four game reserves in the vicinity to boost tourism, Business Day said, citing Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency Chief Executive Officer Charles Ndabeni.
The African-style theme park could generate investment into the area of about 25 billion rand ($3.5 billion), the Johannesburg-based newspaper quoted Ndabeni as saying.My bullshit sense is tingling.
Here is the actual quote from the Business Day story:
He said the agency is in talks with Disney World about a possible theme park near Loskop Dam, with four game reserves in the vicinity.
“We believe that a theme park could be a major draw card for both domestic and international tourism,” [Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency CEO Charles Ndabeni] said.
The African-style theme park would represent an investment of about R25bn.The agency is in talks with Disney World? I am baffled.
Disney has no plans for a theme park in South Africa. Shut it down, folks. Shut it all down.