United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa has renewed calls for President Thabo Mbeki to break his silence over the furore surrounding Deputy President Jacob Zuma.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=19707">ANC denies arms involvement</a>
Statistics suggest that injections with dirty needles are responsible for 20-million hepatitis B infections and 260 000 HIV infections worldwide every year, Medinfo said on Thursday.
Armscor chairperson Fani Titi and CEO Sipho Thomo have both lamented the corporation’s embattled financial position in its latest annual report, tabled in Parliament on Thursday. The corporation is struggling to achieve its goals and has suffered staff losses.
The wind whipped at my exposed ears as I tried to focus on the diminutive dynamo that is SA Tourism CEO Cheryl Carolus. All around me fellow hacks and travel fundis shivered miserably in the bitter Jo’burg morning. Welcome to the launch of Tourism Month and the concrete cold of SA Tourism’s head office in Illovo.
Two lucky readers can sample the understated luxury of the five-star Coach House hotel at Agatha, near Tzaneen, courtesy of this, our first "great escape" competition.
It is no secret that South African tourism is booming. In 2002 our country emerged as the best performing tourist destination in the world, attracting 6,4-million tourists. Overseas arrivals were up a massive 20,1%, with a healthy 11,1% increase in total foreign arrivals for 2001.
Ah, Italy! It all began with a birthday wish: to introduce the family to the Tuscany we had fallen in love with five years before. Pat Schwartz took her family to Tuscany and found a personal paradise, far from the madding crowd.
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry should have been a tour operator. Imagine it, packing your suitcase and boarding the starship <i>Enterprise</i>, zooming at warp eight to your chosen destination and beaming down, baggage and all, to your well-earned holiday … No long-haul flights, no lengthy check-in queues, just speed and efficiency.
Grace and charm is alive and well in Limpopo — South Africa’s ‘forgotten’ province. Escaping the hustle and bustle of Johannesburg, a mere few hours drive away, Sharon van Wyk indulges in some R&R while enjoying views of the majestic northern Drakensberg.
I have a statement to make — Limpopo is lovely. And now, a sad admission — I have only just completed my first proper visit, after 12 years of living in South Africa. Sharon van Wyk appeals to adventurous holidaymakers to try it out for themselves.