Now that South African Airways (SAA) is no longer the best airline in Africa, it needs to find other things to celebrate, hence that fact that it now celebrates a decade as a member of Star Alliance.
A casual safari in Etosha, Namibia ends up with an injury.
Why are so many women in South African companies being paid less than their male counterparts, despite being on the same level of education.
The hungry Karoo lion who went on a walkabout from the Karoon National Park near Beaufort West to munch on 26 sheep and a kudu, has been recaptured.
It’s been reported that feeding wild ducks, white bread is like giving them junk food. As the weather improves we will be going out walking in the local park, which has a big boating lake with lots of ducks and wild birds.
Evolution is something nobody can run away from no matter how hard they try. But for many different reasons things that was built are abandoned and for the most part lots and forgotten.
Domestic tourism in South Africa has dropped off dramatically in the past three years with most South Africans now believing it is too expensive to travel in their own country.
I recently saw an article on the pro and cons of flying. Having sampled both, these are my thoughts on the subject. On two occasions I have flown in the more superior section of the aircraft, once when I went to Egypt, my friends husband was late dropping me off...
South Africa’s tourism authorities are ranked some of the most responsible in the world along with Bhutan, Sweden and England.
It is always refreshing to meet people while abroad and a lot of them, when they hear you are from South Africa, cannot wait to tell you about all the times they have visited South Africa.
Visa applicants holding a South African passport, born in South Africa with all the required documents who apply to visit France, will now see their short-stay Schengen visa delivered within 48 hours, Capago.eu visa application centre said in a statement.
Not only did we have non-existing international tickets sold this year but also fake holiday accommodation in South Africa.
November and early December is for looking forward to a break from the hectic year we've had, to getting away from the stresses and pressure of work, and for looking forward to the time we're going to have free to spend with family and loved ones. ~ Aneke Beute
When you are out in nature on let's say, a Safari in Africa, it's always good to remember that you are not always going to like what you see and everything is part of nature and the circle of life. So a Crocodile attacking a Lion might not be something...
The government of the UK - on its official government website gives travel advice to its citizens who plan to visit South Africa. Reading it gives an interesting perspective of how our country is viewed by foreigners. Here is some of it.
A petition urging South Africa's tourism and home affairs ministries to introduce electronic visas (e-visas) for tourists has been launched by the Democratic Alliance. The DA wants both ministries to introduce regulations that would pave the way for tourist e-visas so that jobs in South Africa could be saved, tourism...
Our report about travelling with dual citizenship caused somewhat of a stir, not least because it was based on outdated information. The planned £1.2 billion "e-borders" passport control system to which the report refers to has in fact been scrapped by the UK Border Agency and they are working on...
fastjet finally took off from Dar es Salaam's Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania to Johannesburg's O.R. Tambo International Airport in South Africa. Flights between the two cities will initially be operated by fastjet three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, increasing in frequency as soon as consumer...
It was never going to be good for Africa, but this is just the start. Following the weekend's shooting incident in Kenya, online travel agent, loveholidays.com, has reported that bookings to the destination has come to a complete halt.
If you – like most travel hungry Saffas - are not scared of a little cross border conflict, now is the time to grab some cheap travel deals in countries surrounding Syria.
Heathrow saw just under 7 million passengers in August, an increase of 7.7% on August 2012.
The 6th annual e-Tourism Africa Summit comes to Cape Town from 9 to 10 September, to work with, and show, the tourism industry how best to take advantage of the fast-growing digital and social media ecosystem.
As the summer holidays for us expats in the UK is starting to come to a close, why not start looking at where to travel next year.
Southafricaholidays.com, the onestop online travel shop focusing on Africa, has enhanced its website by offering visitors the ability to book and pay for flight, hotels, cars and travel insurance with instant confirmation online. This initiative comes from a strategy to invest in secure technologies.
South Africa's iconic attractions such as Robben Island, Table Mountain, the Apartheid Museum, Soweto's Vilakazi Street and the wide expanse of the Kruger National Park were huge attractions on the 'must-do' list for the well over nine million international tourists who visited South Africa last year.
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Not the best of news for us folk in the UK wanting to travel a tad more.
Bloemfontein: The Free State Stadium Bloemfontein was named 'fountain of flowers' because much like it's reputation it's known for its flowers in an otherwise arid region. Use Bloemfontein as the perfect base from which to visit the Kingdom of Lesotho.
This year's TNT Travel Show promises to be bigger and better - doubling to a two-day affair over March 9-10.
The 9th around the world travel adventure competition that annually crowns The World's Greatest Travelers following an amazing 23-day global scavenger hunt is set to take place between April 12th and May 4th, 2013.
Despite airline traffic into the UK's largest airport Heathrow reaching record figures last year, traffic from Africa and India decreased. Some airlines reduced services to Africa and India while others ceased to operate from these parts of the world
