South Africa Travel News

AT LEAST one unauthorised website is touting tickets to next year's football World Cup in South Africa, Australia's consumer watchdog said today as it warned of potential fraud in online ticketing.

South Africa's relations with China are conducive to the country's plan to halve unemployment by 2014, the labor minister said on Saturday.

Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has urged people living with HIV and AIDS to work with government to intensify the fight against the disease.

By Graeme Hosken Military Reporter Beer, biltong and a Chevrolet. This is what convicted South African mercenary Niek du Toit is looking forward to when he returns home to South Africa this week.

South Africa is set to begin harnessing its legendary sunshine in a substantial way following the announcement on Monday of the go-head for a 115 million U.S. dollars plant to manufacture thin-film solar panels.

AIRLINES that between them carry more than 85% of the passengers arriving in SA have signed on to an electronic system to enable immigration officials to identify dodgy passengers at the point of check-in, before they even board an aircraft bound for SA.

Africa is rarely thought of as a destination for gay travelers. Now, one company is setting out to change that - 2Afrika.

Presenters incude: Teresa Lizamore and Les Cohn Where: Artspace Warehouse, 3 Hetty Avenue, Fairland When: 09h30- 16h00 on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th November 2009 Cost: R 900 - 00 Book: Ronel de Jager 011 880 8802 011 880 8802 or Artspace@wol.co.za Seats are limited so booking is essential.

World health experts believe South Africa is one of the most vulnerable countries to the H1N1 virus.

South Africa has two animated feature films in production, both of which are using S3D.

A former Kent teacher inspired by the Motorcycle Diaries will embark on his own odyssey by touring around the continent of Africa by bike.

South Africa received a record 9.5 million tourists in 2008, up 5.5 percent annually, but is counting on the World Cup to reverse a slowdown felt this year, the tourism minister said Friday.

The federal government is aiming to strengthen its ties with several African nations, Labor frontbencher Bob McMullan says.

South Africa will host the first meeting of G20 tourism ministers in February as part of the global response to unprecedented economic changes, South African Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk said on Friday.

A good quality property portfolio spread across retail, offices and industrial assets is paying handsomely for the listed property unit trust, Fountainhead Property Trust, which posted a 8,1% rise in net distributions per unit to 52c for the year to September.

As a prelude to the chilly autumn days, the South African Ambassador invited guests to a special "morning tea" where the focus was on the famous Rooibos tea When one thinks of South Africa these days the football World Cup looms largest.

Twenty-nine South African beaches have been awarded Blue Flag status this year, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk announced on Thursday.

With the eyes of the world on South Africa, host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Johannesburg is limbering up in style with new temples of design, art galleries and museums and top class restaurants headed by some of Africa's top chefs.

The Consumer Price Index , used to measure South Africa's inflation, fell to 6.1 percent in September, Statistics South Africa announced on Wednesday.

Each year, half a million pregnant women in the developing world die of complications during childbirth, and about six million children are stillborn or die within a week of birth.