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Level one loading: Almost back to normal

Coronavirus Lester Kiewit, Paddy Harper, Sarah Smit & Thando Maeko - 16 Sep 2020

President Cyril Ramaphosa announces South Africa will move to level one of lockdown on September 20 after nearly six months of restrictions on movement, trade, learning and socialising

UK economy loses £22bn as virus ravages tourism: study

Coronavirus Agence France Presse - 26 Aug 2020

Britain's economy will lose about £22-billion this year on the coronavirus-induced collapse of global travel, which could imperil three million jobs

Long road ahead for tourism-sector recovery

Business Thando Maeko - 9 Aug 2020

The pandemic has caused 50 000 businesses in the sector to temporarily close, putting 600 000 jobs at risk

International students need equal care

Coronavirus Nico Jooste & Cornelius Hagenmeier - 1 Jul 2020

Contradictory pandemic regulations could to be putting critical training in jeopardy

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End voluntourism and the white saviour industrial complex

Africa Rosebell Kagumire - 26 Jun 2020

We need to dismantle the unequal systems we have upheld in Africa. Divesting from missionary tours is a good place to start

Ramaphosa — ‘We are still near the beginning of this epidemic’

Coronavirus Paddy Harper & Lester Kiewit - 17 Jun 2020

President’s address covered the twin pandemics of Covid-19 and the murder and rape of women ‘who were killed by men'

The great untethering and the airlines’ flat spin

Coronavirus Guy Oliver - 23 May 2020

If record vinyls and iTunes can co-exist in the Technological Age, Wi-Fi will allow ocean liners a slice of the airlines’ global travel monopoly

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Open letter: Mr Biden, America must lead the next global catastrophe

Coronavirus Charles R Stith - 16 May 2020

Trump’s handling of the coronavirus crisis was a textbook example of what not to do, you will have to do it all differently

The coronavirus and the rise of the network society

Article Bert Olivier - 2 May 2020

Two kinds of virus, one biological and the other digital, have spread around the world, changing society and creating social elites

A bicycle ride through Namibia’s sheltering desert

Article Kevin Davie - 30 Aug 2019

The 700km route takes in the Namib-Naukluft’s Kuiseb canyon where two German geologists hid during World War II to avoid internment

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Africa’s Travel Indaba teams up with local street art talent in Durban

Article Advertorial - 26 Apr 2019

Four acclaimed local artists have painted a 22m wall mural inside the Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre

Airbnb Africa

Article Tamsin Oxford - 24 Apr 2019

Trailblazing disruption

Lebo Malepa

Article Tehillah Nieselow - 24 Apr 2019

Founder: Lebo’s Soweto Backpackers

The Roving Bantu

Article Tamsin Oxford - 24 Apr 2019

Trailblazing Trailblazing the trails

Tour 2.0

Article Tamsin Oxford - 24 Apr 2019

Trailblazing in the community

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

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SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal

Lester Kiewit - 17 Sep 2020

It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

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Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

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Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

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POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'