Communications Cell service is pretty good. Generally, calls within South Africa worked pretty well when dialing from the hotel. I was also able to connect over the internet through my computer, although getting through the hotel switchboard was a bit of a trick I had to go to the hotel business office and plug in there. We stayed at the Mmabatho Tusk hotel. It is very nice, comparable to Western hotels, has a large interior courtyard pool, two restaurants a gambling casino of Carson Valley Inn ilk, and a disco.
Rooms have TV and air conditioning.
It seems to be the closest nice hotel but the drive to the airport is still 20-30 minutes through an unbelievable number of stop signs. The town is a curious combination of ramshackle settlements and very nice areas. Several hotels and guesthouses we visited are very nice, and there seems to 5-8 good restaurants and a couple of fast food places. The people were very friendly and welcoming, but we were cautioned generally in South Africa to take nothing for granted, lock cars, keep valuables out of sight, and maintain a good perimeter sweep when out and about. I never had any problems, and Ray and Ruth raved about how well they were treated on their more extensive tour of the country.