NOVO MUNDO TRAVEL AGENCY | 11 EOppnheimrAv, Bruma, Bruma, 2026, Gauteng

They indeed have such a commendable company right here in the midst of our XL Travel Group. Situated in a tree lined street in the Johannesburg suburb of Bruma is XL Novo Mundo Travel, which celebrated its 40th year of proud existence in August 2012. Still heading up this very successful and intimate agency is 73 year old Silverio da Silva, unquestionably one of the most solid citizens you may ever get to meet. This exemplary and wonderful man is solidity, sincerity and humility personified and he is clearly blessed with a more than fair measure of business acumen too.Silverio arrived in South Africa in the 1960s, literally with the clothes I was wearing. After a very tough start to life in a dead end job here in Johannesburg, he spotted an opportunity which was helping members of the Portuguese community to get flights back to Portugal. He started booking tickets for friends and was soon making good commissionsfrom carriers like TAP then referred to humorously as Take Another Plane,SABENA and other airlines