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Here are the nationalities that recently visited South Africa the most
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 30, 2025
More than one million foreign visitors entered South Africa in just one month, and the country has so far seen more 3.7 million travellers from SADC nations. South Africa is welcoming millions of visitors from across the world every month. A...
GBV | South African woman killed in Brazil by ex-partner
The South African
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July 30, 2025
A tragic story of abuse has come to a devastating end with the death of 27-year-old Leigh-Anne McKenzie, a South African woman from Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal, who was shot and killed in Brazil, allegedly by her former partner and abuser, Ian...
South African Airways (SAA) will inaugurate its first direct service between Cape Town and Mauritius
Breaking Travel News
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July 29, 2025
South African Airways (SAA) will inaugurate its first direct service between Cape Town and Mauritius on Tuesday, 9 December 2025, marking a strategic expansion of its network and enhancing connectivity for travelers in the Western Cape. This...
NSFAS workers embark on first picket in Cape Town
SABC News
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July 30, 2025
Workers at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) braved the cold weather in Cape Town to embark on their first picket in Cape Town this morning as they gear up for a possible full-scale strike. Protesting outside their offices, workers...
I’ve made wonderful friendships while travelling – now I’m hoping for romance
The i paper
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August 1, 2025
There is something about leaving my home in London that resets everything for me. I think it’s the anonymity. Or maybe it’s the quiet hope that in a new place, I might just meet someone who sees me differently. Not through the usual perceptive...
Federation Council Holds Political Dialogue with Somalia, South Africa and Uganda
The News Chronicle
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July 30, 2025
The Federation Council, which is Russia’s upper chamber of legislators, continues to show its highest commitment to the principles of parliamentary democracy and political dialogue with African countries. The Federation Council has supported...
Deadly Russia earthquake and tsunami: Should coastal South Africans be worried?
The South African
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July 30, 2025
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia’s sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunamis up to four metres high across the Pacific and sparking evacuations from Hawaii to Japan and all the way to New Zealand....
South African Airways connects Cape Town to Mauritius with new direct flights
IOL
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South African Airways (SAA) has announced plans to initiate its first-ever direct flights between Cape Town and Mauritius. Flights are set to start on December 9, with flights scheduled to operate three times weekly on Tuesdays, Thursdays and...
Springbok Casino Exposes Unethical Wildlife Tourism in August Feature – Plus 25 Free Spins on Hades’ Flames of Fortune
European Gaming
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August 1, 2025
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis August, SpringbokCasino.co.za ewr45is shedding light on the dark side of animal tourism while turning up the heat with a sizzling offer: 25 Free Spins to play the blazing new underworld slot, Hades’ Flames of Fortune,...
Cape Town woman clarifies viral sea foam video: 'I felt like a mermaid in a bubble bath'
Cape Times
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When Michelle Sky Hayward shared a video of herself having the time of her life swimming in the ocean, she had no idea it would make headlines around the world. In the now-viral clip, the Capetonian is seen frolicking in foamy waters, even blowing...
Nomzamo Mbatha clarifies her stay at Cape Town mansion amid Mashatile's declarations
IOL
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Award-winning actress and humanitarian Nomzamo Mbatha took to X to clarify that she paid for her stay at a Cape Town, Constantia mansion. The Constantia mansion recently made the news after Deputy President Paul Mashatile declared it as part of...
South African cruise ship worker stabbed – by fellow South African!
The South African
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July 29, 2025
A 28-year-old South African woman working aboard Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is recovering in hospital after she was stabbed multiple times in an onboard attack. According to the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the suspect – also a South...
China and South Africa collaborate to unlock secrets of the Milky Way's magnetic field
People's Daily Online
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An international team of astronomers, spearheaded by researchers from Tsinghua University in China, has achieved groundbreaking results in mapping the magnetic environment of the Milky Way. In collaboration with scientists from Italy, Australia,...
South African Airways launches Cape Town – Mauritius route
Travel Weekly
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July 29, 2025
South African Airways (SAA) is launching its first direct service between Cape Town and Mauritius on 9 December 2025, marking a strategic expansion of its network and enhancing connectivity for travelers in the Western Cape. This milestone...
Firm and Kenya Airways team up to enhance intra-African tourism
Star
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Rune Engstrom, Destination Africa-South Africa, Pascal Tokodi, Rehema Ibrahim- Kenya Airways and Duncan Muriuki, Destination Africa-Kenya at the #TwendeSouthAfrica tourism showcase at Two Rivers Mall in Nairobi/HANDOUT The spirit of pan-African...
SAA introduces new direct route from Cape Town to Mauritius in December
IOL
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South African Airways (SAA) has announced that it will launch its first direct flights between Cape Town and Mauritius on December 9. According to the carrier, the decision marks a strategic expansion of its network and enhances connectivity for...
Minister Atong: Here are my lessons from Johannesburg benchmarking trip
The City Review
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August 1, 2025
The trade minister, who gathered valuable insights from her trip to a global ministerial conference in the South African city, shared her views with senior management at the minisry By Aguok Chok On Thursday, the National Minister of Trade and...
South African flair in the face of adversity
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 29, 2025
Joburg’s crumbling infrastructure highlights how public-private partnerships and individual ingenuity keep the city moving. Public-private partnerships (PPP) are the current panaceas, the road map to our much-delayed New Jerusalem, but while our...
Yanga to begin residential camp on Friday, set for further training in South Africa
The Citizen
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Dar es Salaam. Young Africans SC (Yanga) are set to kick off their official pre-season preparations this Friday, July,1, 2025 as the Tanzanian football giants begin a residential camp in Dar es Salaam ahead of the highly anticipated 2025/2026...
SkellaFit powerlifters invited to championships in South Africa
Alpena News Online - Michigan
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Courtesy Photo Team SkellaFit Powerlifting is seen after winning medals and a trophy at a recent competition in Royal Oak. Pictured in back, from left, are Coach Rick Houchin, Elle Bee, Tina Robbins, Cristi Johnson, Krista Hempel, Connor Bagnell,...