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Some recent but ‘not well publicized’ changes to Zambian Visa costs has resulted in a few travelers being caught short on arrival. The most recent information from the Zambian Home Affairs Department states the current visa costs are…
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The Cape Argus Cycle Tour 2008 on Sunday promises to be as popular as ever this year. You may want to make it a Sunday ride, instead of a leisurely Sunday drive in Cape Town this weekend. The 2008 Cape Argus Cycle Tour follows the Cape Peninsula along its original route via Chapman’s Peak and Suikerbossie along some of South Africa’s most stunning coastal scenery.
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The world’s first jumbo jet biofuel-powered flight took to the skies on Sunday, marking the start of a new era in flight history in terms of the environmental impacts of the aviation industry.
The aviation industry is making progress in facing climate change…
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The news on Zambia visa cost and requirements changes from the African Travel and Tourism Association is that the government of Zambia has recently made significant changes to the visa waiver system and visa costs.
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Ways to save water – is a topic of concern to everybody. Wise water use is particularly important in Africa, where this precious resource is often scarce and in great need. With growing concern over the environmental issues that challenge us today here are some quick and easy super saver tips to saving water:
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Google goes greener - Google is an inspiration to global corporations when it comes to promoting renewable energy technologies and corporate environmental accountability.
If Google can go green… why can’t you?
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Blogging South Africa - visiting top blog sites for local news and current trends is a great way to get to know the country and local culture.
Blog sites show you what people are actually talking about and getting up to, giving you insight into South Africa. A new community page that popped up 2 months ago tracks the popularity of thousands of blogs in South Africa helping you to find the hottest blog posts.
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You must make it up Table Mountain in Cape Town at least once!
| And now is the time to go, because the summer specials on cable car tickets have just started (as of December 1). Go up after 6pm and you pay half price. This makes it R65 for a return ticket in the cable car instead of R130, a nice saving. | 
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The new South African day tours website made in Cape Town, shows holidaymakers and day-trippers the way, taking them on exciting trips to great places nationwide. This neat travel website focuses on day trips in South Africa, with super pictures, videos and trip ideas galore. It has Google maps for its tour destinations and…
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This week Google added a new feature to the online Google maps available. This new map view layer shows you the place you choose in geographic detail.
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The annual Eat Out Restaurant Awards ceremony is about rewarding
culinary brilliance and launching the discerning guide for diners across South Africa.
Last night the prestigious Eat Out Restaurant Awards for 2007 was held with delectable food and lovely bubbly in…
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It has arrived - Afrika Burns, the Burning Man festival of South Africa!
This arts festival is a collaborative event and participants are encouraged to make creative contributions. The Africa Burns festival is based on the US Burning Man festival held annually in the Nevada Desert. It is run as a non-profit venture at which buying […]
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The DSix Ghoema Cape Town Minstrels are representing the Western Cape at Igeho Hospitality Fair in Switzerland this week. This November South Africa is featured as a host country for the first time in the 40-year history of the Igeho Hospitality Fair in Basel.
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An aggressive rhino charged a car of Dutch tourists on a game drive in Addo Elephant Park over this past weekend.
It seems that is not only in peak-time traffic that you need to be careful about road rage, but in the bush too!
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Get your catch of the day sustainably by checking the seafood consumer chart for Southern Africa.
The Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI) provides consumer guidelines on which species have healthy populations and which species should be avoided:
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The Salesian Institute in Green Point, Cape Town, is helping hundreds of street children to reintegrate into society. Their aid programs are aimed at improving the lives of street children, by educating and training them to become self-sufficient.
There are currently 200 disadvantaged youths being trained under the Learn to Live Project at the institute. According […]
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| Take an amazing wildlife photography course in Kenya this month for stunning game viewing opportunities on the plains of Africa, whilst developing your photographic skills.
You can do an excellent photographic course with renowned South African photojournalist Christopher Scott in Kenya. |
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Take a walk on the wild side tonight and climb up Lion’s Head in Cape Town. Lion’s Head is the perfect place to go on a full moon walk for panoramic views at dusk. Walking up lion’s head at full moon, you will experience the best of both worlds with the sun setting over the […]
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If you are thinking of visiting Zimbabwe, you are probably asking yourself whether it is safe to travel to the troubled African country of Zimbabwe at present. Here is some of the latest travel advice for safe travel to Zimbabwe:
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The long weekend has arrived - Yippee! Any idea why Monday is a public holiday in South Africa?
South Africa enjoys a fair number of public holidays and this coming Monday falls on the 24 of September, which is the day on which we celebrate our…
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Meet Ewan McGregor on his bike trip across Africa in this chat with others overlanding in Africa.
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Take a look at the 10 Best things to do on holiday in Africa:
To experience the best of Africa you can soar in a hot air balloon over Namibia’s dunes, bungee at Vic Falls, scuba dive in Mozambique or …
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The Cape Town International Comedy Festival bursting out in the Baxter Theatre, Artscape Theatre and the Bang Bang Club is now in its final week of sidesplitting shows.
For a hilarious mix of International stand-up comedians, go to the primary comedy show, Main Arena. If that is too tame for you, try the more risqué Danger…
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Mozambique takes the following measures to prevent yellow fever:
All travellers entering Mozambique from any of the 43 countries where yellow fever has been diagnosed must present a valid certification of vaccination against the disease.
The decision has been taken jointly by the Ministry of Interior and Health. Any passenger who cannot […]
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20 Essential travel items- What must you pack for your travels?
Never leave home without packing:
1. Comfortable walking shoes or plasters and painkillers.
2. Ear plugs can save you many a sleepless night.
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Due largely to the effects of the slave trade, colonialism, the international trade regime, geopolitics, corrupt governments, despotism, and conflict, Africa is the world’s poorest inhabited continent. According to the United Nations’ Human Development Report in 2003, the bottom 25 ranked nations (151st to 175th) were all African nations.
Some areas, notably Botswana and South Africa, […]
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There are four major language families native to Africa:
* The Afro-Asiatic languages are a language family of about 240 languages and 285 million peoplewidespreadthroughout East Africa, North Africa, the Sahel, and Southwest Asia. * The Nilo-Saharan language family consists of more than a hundred languages spoken by 30 million people. Nilo-Saharan languages are mainly […]
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History of the name Africa
The name Africa was in the antiquity (ancient times) first reserve to the area of the now days called Tunisia. Many times later the whole coast line was called Africa and in the days of the voyage of discovery they were talking about the whole continent.
Africa’s largest country is Sudan, […]
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Africa is besides Asia the biggest continent on Earth. It takes up 30.244.050 square kilometers (main land and islands together), this is 20,3% off the total land surface off the earth. There are living over 800 million people, that is roughly one on seven of the world population.
Africa is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean on […]
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CAPE Town and the Western Cape’s friendliness and hospitality have scored the city and province top marks with tourists this holiday season, followed by its extraordinary fauna and flora, people and scenery. The best part of it all for the Western Cape tourism industry, however, is that about a third of international and two thirds […]
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