Travel news South Sudan

• Flights
• 03/02/2021 06:50

Routes blocked and monopolised by SAA

Protectionist behaviour is preventing South Africa’s privately owned airlines from starting up scheduled flights on routes previously operated by the state-owned airline.

Borders have reopened in most Southern African countries and businesses are back to work. Airlines have been given the go-ahead to resume scheduled flights … read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 03/02/2021 06:45

Migrating Uganda elephant herds puzzle conservationists

Hundreds of elephants moving from Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park to the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have caused excitement in Virunga and nonchalant surprise in Uganda.

At the last count, Uganda had an estimated herd of about 6000 elephants, half of them in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Now… read more

• Accomodation
• 03/02/2021 06:08

Sun International joins Global Hotel Alliance

Sun International, Africa's leading gaming and hospitality group, with properties in South Africa, Nigeria and Eswatini, will participate in the DISCOVERY loyalty programme, gaining access to a global customer base of 17 million members when they join the alliance later this year

Global Hotel Alliance ("GHA"), the worl… read more

• Flights
• 03/02/2021 06:06

Air France to continue operating between Paris and Johannesburg

Air France has confirmed that all flights between Paris and Johannesburg will be maintained.

The airline has noted the new regulations issued by the French government on January 29 and can confirm that all flights will continue to operate to South Africa as scheduled.

In order to comply with these new… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 03/02/2021 05:11

Kruger National Park: SANParks has released an update on the current weather conditions

South African National Parks (SANParks) has released an update on the weather conditions currently experienced in the Krug… read more

• Flights
• 02/02/2021 18:57

Tourism Equity Fund - a Blunt, Racially Exclusive and One-Dimensional BEE Ownership Instrument

The R1.2-billion Tourism Equity Fund launched by government in January 2021 is, in principle, to be welcomed – but it is unlikely to meet the objective of broad-based transformation and, in its current form, will retard prospects for an inclusive recovery.

Tourism is South Africa’s silver bullet.

Much more than its 8.6% (pr… read more

• Flights
• Miscellaneous
• 02/02/2021 18:56

What Happened To Air Afrique?

Ivory Coast-based Air Afrique was started up in the early 1960s. At the time, many African countries, including newly independent former French colonies, couldn’t afford to operate their own national airline. But sensibly enough, many of those countries teamed up and set up an airline together with help from France. Originally, Air Afriqu… read more

• Flights
• 02/02/2021 18:53

Airlink has resumed flights between Johannesburg Tete

South African privately-owned regional carrier Airlink has resumed scheduled direct flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Chingozi Airport (TET) in … read more

• Flights
• 02/02/2021 07:12

British Airways extends the cancellation of flights to South Africa

The flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, British Airways, has extended the cancellation of flights to South Africa. … read more

• Flights
• 02/02/2021 06:37

FlySafair to launch flights to Mauritius as soon as possible

South African low-cost airline FlySafair has announced that it got its rights application approved to operate flights between South Af… read more