South Africa Travel News

Just when you think you have heard it all when it comes to TV shows, you come across What's in a Name and discover how wrong you've been.

Cova da Moura, a poor district north-west of Lisbon, was built illegally in the late 1970s by African migrants Economic migrants from Africa have been coming to Portugal for more than 50 years but they have rarely encountered such challenging times.

Asserts the Nigerian libertarian blogger, who has been traveling throughout West Africa : " It was inspiring to see women run the security and protocols at the in Togo but one's spirit was dampened by the sight of queues for the rest room and the fact that tissues were rationed to users.

Southampton football coach Chris Harding is gearing up for adventure of a lifetime when he will cycle more than 11,000 miles from Southampton to Lesotho to raise money for the Saints Foundation and Kick For Life charity which uses football to help disadvantaged children.

We were out at Tongg's surf break when the world's best-traveled writer paddled past in a kayak.

Music collective Weird Together were inspired by the travelling that DJ and man about town Nick Dwyer did as part of his music documentary series, Making Tracks .

Air Arabia, the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, inaugural flight today touched down in Abha, Saudi Arabia, from its primary hub in Sharjah.

A baby receives a polio vaccine at the Medina Maternal Child Health center in Mogadishu, Somalia.

She just enjoys making other people happy, and Bridgewater resident, and recent Virgina Tech graduate, Valerie Hengemuhle is continuing to do that with her work overseas to help underprivileged youths attend school.

France will invest about 20 million euros to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

NAIROBI: Kenya said yesterday it was "fine" with US President Barack Obama avoiding the country on an Africa tour next month, rejecting reports it was due to upcoming crimes against humanity trials of its leaders.

Africa's Great Lakes region today has the chance to achieve something that has eluded its war-weary people for several decades.

Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in Africa.

DOES accusing Israel of apartheid reduce the history of South African blacks and demonise Israel? Yes, says The Rev.

Multiple Fleur du Cap nominee and winner for set design as well as lighting, Patrick Curtis should really be named Recycler of the Year.

The KZN Philharmonic Orchestra's Winter Symphony Season has opened to a resounding start with conductor Daniel Boico leading the KZNPO in a symphonic illumination of the themes of love, life and death.

"Can you imagine having an opportunity to have a hands-on with something like ? I'd love that," says Greg Hansen of Tottenville when asked about visiting Africa after his cross-country bike journey.

From the people who brought Heritage India to Washington, now comes recently opened Crossroads , a multinational tour of the world's cuisines.

Five students from Kent State University are in the midst of the trip of a lifetime, as today they're working in a clinic on the east coast of Africa.

NASA's Landsat satellites have been snapping pictures of the Earth from orbit since 1972.