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 | flyafrica.com has announced that Namibia will be the next step in its pan-Africa low-fare strategy and it will offer flights from R799 between Windhoek and Joburg. Furthermore, flyafrica.com will operate daily flights from Windhoek to Joburg from February 2015. read more>> |
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 | The fourth annual Sports and Events Tourism Exchange (SETE) Conference and Exhibition is to take place at the Durban International Convention Centre on 29 and 30 October, 2014, and it's attracting some well-known exhibitors. read more>> |
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 | The Vineyard Hotel has been commended by New York-based Travel + Leisure magazine for its sustainability efforts. The hotel has been recognised in its 2014 Travel + Leisure Global Vision Awards, the only destination in South Africa to receive this accolade in 2014. read more>> |
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 | An Etihad Airways cabin crew manager from Joburg has recently completed the world's first training course to become a flying butler. Evert Calitz, 25, was hand-picked to attend an intensive three-week training course held in London, led by the Savoy Hotel's Head Butler, Sean Deveron. read more>> |
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 | Avios Group and Cardova Trading have partnered within the branded content sphere to encourage sign-ups for, and education about, the new travel rewards programme, Avios, through which members can collect the Avios currency with their everyday spending. read more>> |
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 | Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has tabled the 2014 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), which signals a shift in the country's fiscal policy through measures aimed at reducing the country's budget deficit and stabilising public debt. read more>> |
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 | Emirates is placing a strategic focus on Africa in the coming decade by increasing operations by over 40%, said Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, speaking at the recent Africa Global Business Forum 2014. read more>> |
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 | The Season of Sauvignon festival is back in the Durbanville Wine Valley, Cape Town from 25-26 October 2014. read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Nine days before Ebola was declared an epidemic, a group of researchers and computer scientists in Boston spotted the haemorrhagic fever starting to spread in Guinea. read more>> |
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 | THIMPHU, BHUTAN: Google provided a sneak peek into Bhutan by unveiling a Street View project for the remote Himalayan kingdom, featuring panoramic views of its majestic mountains, monasteries and crystal-clear rivers. read more>> |
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 | Preparations are well underway for the 2016 International HIV/Aids Conference, that will be held in Durban. The city is hosting the conference for the second time. read more>> |
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 | The Department of Environmental Affairs says it has noted the indictment of two South Africans in the United States for alleged rhino poaching offences. read more>> |
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 | The Presidency dismissed claims that President Jacob Zuma will no longer attend the 3rd Annual innovaBRICS Conference in the United Kingdom because he has been refused an audience with Prime Minister David Cameron. read more>> |
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 | South Africa has the necessary measures to prevent Ebola from entering the country and spreading from the West African countries where almost 5,500 people have contracted this disease according to Minister of Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe read more>> |
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 | Neo Semono Members of Parliament have responded to Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's inaugural Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), which he tabled in Parliament on Wednesday (22 October). read more>> |
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