Splash Fest

18th April 2014 to 20th April 2014

Since its inception 24 years ago, the Splash Festival has grown from strength to strength. This year will be no different, as the organisers have promised that they will take it to another level. More interesting and exciting additions to the three-day Splash Festival programme have been included (admittedly, last year, late planning and poor weather presented challenges that negatively contributed to its success.

Through strict political oversight by the Sport, Recreation and Culture Standing Committee, under the leadership of Portfolio Chairperson Cllr Nomamerika Soul, this year's Splash Festival promises to maintain the highest professional standards in events management. This year, the organisers have had enough time to plan, learning from previous challenges. Notably, the contract for the event was awarded early this year.

Speaking at the launch, the Executive Mayor appealed to the members of the media and the community of Nelson Mandela Bay to support and embrace the event as an annual flagship event in which the city prides itself. "An important feature of this year's Festival is very early planning. I am satisfied that we are well on track to an enormously successful event," said Executive Mayor Fihla.