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Hout Bay’s marine environment is threatened by pharmaceutical and personal care product compounds that have accumulated in marine life, even kilometres from pollution sources, University of Cape Town researchers have found.
ENVER DUMINY

Cape Town icon mothballed by extended Covid lockdown

With no tourists or boats coming in, Hout Bay’s famous wharf is unable to stay afloat

  • Lester Kiewit
4 min read
Former tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.
ANC

Van Schalkwyk resigns from Parliament

Former tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has resigned from Parliament, a day after President Jacob Zuma’s new Cabinet was announced.

  • Andisiwe Makinana
4 min read
ABDEL MOGHNI

In volatile Yemen, tourism is only for ‘adventurers’

Spanish, French and American tourists once filled the winding alleys of Sanaa’s old quarter, drawn by Yemen’s 2 500-year-old history and unique architecture. But a spate of…

  • Ola Galal
3 min read
ACCRA

Ghana sees image boost from soccer feast

While political protests blight Kenya, Ghana will polish its image as a tourism and investment destination when it hosts the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament, which…

  • Kwasi Kpodo
4 min read