The end of January 2023 will mark five years since the African Union Free Movement of Persons protocol was signed by the African Union. A parallel initiative to the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, it was designed to reduce barriers to Afric..
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Some people came as children, now they bring their own children It is a hot, Friday afternoon and Heather Solomon and her husband David are spending the last days of their summer holiday at the Milton tidal pool in Sea Point, with their eight-year-o..
Read More »Cape Town — Eskom Welcomes 18.56% Tariff Hike as Nation Faces Stifled Economy, Unemployment Risks Eskom has welcomed an 18.65% tariff increase granted by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, saying it would "positively contribute from a fi..
Read More »The Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo which was scheduled to be held next month has been extended by a month, organisers have said. This year's expo was set to be held February 8 - 11 but has now been postponed to April 26 - 28, 2023 and according t..
Read More »By Shamim Nabakooza Government has cut Ministry of Tourism and its entities budget by 70% in the coming financial year from shillings 194 billion to shillings 89 billion. The officials made the submissions while meeting the Trade, Tourism and Indus..
Read More »The Seychelles tourism department has expressed satisfaction with the number of visitor arrivals at the end of 2022, which has surpassed expectations. The figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics for the week ending January 1 show that ..
Read More »Tunis/Tunisia — The number of tourists who visited the Sousse-El Kantaoui tourist region rose by 98% in 2022, compared to the same period in 2021. Sousse tops the list of Tunisian tourist destinations with 76% of visitors in 2019 (reference year), s..
Read More »Cape Town — KwaZulu-Natal Govt on High Alert Ahead of Heavy Rain Warning An Orange Level 9 warning from the South African Weather Service of disruptive rains and potential flooding in parts of KwaZulu-Natal has prompted the province's Departmen..
Read More »Nairobi — The upcoming Friendship Ice Hockey League on January 3-7 has the potential to enhance Kenya's reputation as a sports tourism destination, Kenya Ice Lions first vice president Ali Kilanga has said. Kilanga said the visit to the country..
Read More »Zimbabwe's tourism receipts reached US$580 million in the nine months to September 2022, reflecting a 137,7 percent jump from US$244 million realised over the same period last year. The growth in receipts is attributable to increased efforts at..
Read More »Beitbridge — Two women were shot dead and a third seriously injured when three armed men attacked a Zimbabwe-bound bus in the Bela-Bela area of Limpopo Province of South Africa yesterday, and now the Zimbabwe Consulate in Johannesburg has engaged the..
Read More »Cape Town — Visitors to KwaZulu-Natal Parks Urged to Not Bring Firewood Over Potential Environment Hazard Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife has cautioned visitors to parks in the province to not bring their own firewood as it may contain a species of ..
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