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The Saturday Star remains the best-selling Saturday paper in the country. It is an indispensable weekend read. It includes hard news from across the country, the best weekend sports coverage.

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John Legend Set To Perform At The 2023 Miss Universe
John Legend is set to serenade audience and contestants at the 72nd Miss Universe pageant next month. The Miss Universe Organization (MUO) recently announced that the multi-award-winning artist would return to the Miss Universe stage after over a de
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Anger As The Industry Reacts To Durban Samas Fiasco
Tempers flared on social media this week after news broke of the sudden cancellation of the much-anticipated South African Music Awards (Samas) ceremony, which was set to take place in Durban. On Wednesday, in an urgent press conference in Durban, ME
Saturday Star3 min readDiet & Nutrition
Surprising Foods That Can Drain Your Energy
Summer is nearly here, which means it is time for more outdoor activities and parties – and you will need all the energy you can get to keep up with all your planned activities. However, some of your usual go-to foods and beverages may interfere with
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Director Jasyn Howes Leaves No Stone Unturned In ‘Boetie Boer’
The proliferation of true-crime docu-series has turned a country that has become desensitised to crime, into an emotionally invested audience. As such, more and more stories on headline-grabbing offences are being made for TV. Boetie Boer: Inside the
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Our Favourites From SA Fashion Week Autumn/Winter Collection
one of the parking lots at the Mall of Africa was closed and turned into an auditorium for South African Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2024 (AW24)collections last weekend. More than 30 designers showcased their collections to the who’s who of the South
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What The David Beckham Doccie Tells Us About Controlling Parents In Sport
In the Netflix documentary Beckham, the footballer is asked how he coped with the abuse of his entire country after the 1998 men’s football World Cup. David Beckham responds: “I was able to handle being abused by the fans … because of the way my dad
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Words Fail To Honour Top Editor
IT’S NOT easy editing newspapers. A former editor of The Star once likened it to tiptoeing through a minefield blindfolded. That was Horace Flather. He also got William Nicol Drive (recently redubbed Winnie Mandela Drive) tarred so he could get out t
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Thank You, Ova And Out
Nearly four years ago, there was a mild rumble of panic in the belly. Lockdown slashed options for people tasked with delivering interesting, diverse, off-beat and engaging stories and opinion pieces to readers. Just about every writer on the planet
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Poetic Licence Rabbie Serumula
The sadness I was concealing, her body was revealing when I told LOVE that Kashiefa was leaving. She cried, she was heaving, an inexplicable bitterness enveloped the room. LOVE’s reaction might seem perplexing to an outsider, she had met Kash only t
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Bongi Hullabaloo Is Just What The Boks Needed
SOUTH Africa finally came full circle this week thanks to the Springboks once again, and before the first ball in the Rugby World Cup final was even kicked. England flanker Tom Curry was overheard in the 23rd minute asking referee Ben O’Keeffe what h
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Sex Column: Sharon Gordon
They say that the only constant in life is change. This is my final column in Saturday Star, and I am just so sad. I know that online content will continue but I have to admit that there is something so incredibly special about seeing an article you’
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Saturday Star Is In My Blood
Dear readers THIS is it. This is the last edition of the Saturday Star with my name on it. It has been a breathtaking 23 years at Independent Media. I grew up here, quite literally. And like any journey it has been hard, sad and frantic. But it has a
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Your Data A Privacy Nightmare
THE right to remain anonymous in the digital age is becoming more onerous as tech firms beef up their ability to mine personal data from the internet. Experts say while facial recognition and other technology become increasingly unavoidable, it is of
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Boks Looking To Add To A Rich Rugby Legacy
The legacy guys such as Francois Pienaar, Joel Stransky and Chester Williams laid a platform in 1995 for the Springboks to be where they are in international rugby today. It was a history-making victory that changed many things around sport in South
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Ex-workers Free To Do Business With The State
Former Gauteng provincial government employees are not prohibited from doing business with their former employer, at least four top provincial political bosses have revealed in the provincial legislature. These revelations emerged after the DA in the
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Dr Cahi Takes
In this week’s series of Dr Cahi takes, the celebrity dentist and his prosthodontist brother Emile were there for South Africa’s epic win against England during the Rugby World Cup 2023 semi-final in Paris last Saturday night. “Paris was a trip of ag
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200 Bursaries Up For Grabs For Matrics
TODAY R40 000 a year may not sound like much, but it could change the lives of 200 young people. The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) is inviting 200 deserving youth under age 35 to apply for a bursary on the CoJ website. CoJ’s MMC for Group Corporate and
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Is This The End Of Privacy?
ANONYMITY no longer exists. A US company has secretly amassed 30 billion images of people across the world without their knowledge and uploads 75 million new photographs to its database daily. Clearview AI has developed a powerful app capable of iden
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Good Luck, Bryoni!
Miss Universe South Africa, Bryoni Govender, has revealed her farewell gown and the national costume she will wear when she represents South Africa at the 72nd Miss Universe pageant which takes place in El Salvador on November 18. Her national gown –
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‘Conqueror? Hardly. Humbled? Definitely. How I met Kili’
When Alison Smith set a goal to summit Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, she had no idea of the humbling experience that lay ahead. Kili is Africa’s highest mountain at 5 895m and is located in Tanzania. After an eight-hour flight to Ethiopi
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Giving Girls Their Dignity Back
A Johannesburg charity is on a mission to keep girls in school and prepare them for a bright future through their Pad Princess Project. The initiative, which is the flagship project of the Kindness Like Confetti organisation, has for the past five ye
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Litter Reduction Campaign Aims For Continental Impact
A UNIQUE African-centric litter reduction campaign is under way in Nelson Mandela Bay and, once trialled and tested, will be scaled and used throughout the continent to create cleaner communities. The marine conservation NGO Sustainable Seas Trust (S
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Ladles of Love Sarmiethon
IT IS time to get ready for World Sandwich Day next Friday and support the annual Ladles of Love Sarmiethon. Backed by key sponsors Coronation Fund Managers and Anchor Yeast, the Sarmiethon will this year unite corporates and the public around the go
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Nurturing 21st Century Graduates For A Changing World
As over 1 200 graduates collectively marked a significant milestone in their lives at our recent graduation ceremonies, I was struck by the evolution of the workplaces where they would be putting their new skills to use. This was an impressive group
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Mobile App Empowers Disadvantaged Learners
Nelson Mandela University’s pioneering initiative, the Tangible Africa programme, which began as a mobile app developed by Byron Batteson for his Honours project in computer science, is transforming the educational landscape, while empowering disadva
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A New Season For Edenvale High School
After months of waiting in anticipation, Edenvale High School has a new principal. At the end of 2022, Dr Harmer retired from his principal post at Edenvale High after 36 years of service. It was a bitter-sweet moment for the school as learners and t
Saturday Star2 min readCrime & Violence
Police Share Tips On How To Keep Your Car Safe From Jammers
As the festive season draws closer, provincial commissioner of police in Limpopo, Lieutenant-General Thembi Hadebe, has warned residents to “be cautious and vigilant” to avoid falling victims of rampant crime, including car jamming. Hadebe said the p
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Attorney Is Vindicated After Heeding Calling
A judge sitting in the Land Claims Court in Randburg in an earlier judgment accepted the attorney’s explanation that he had to choose between being an attorney or an isangoma. The court also found that a lack of funding caused the delays. The issue b
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Science Film Festival Family Day
The Goethe-Institut and Play Africa are proud to present “The Science Film Festival Family Day”, a day filled with engaging films, insightful discussions, science experiments, and more for people of all age groups at the Goethe-Institut South Africa
Saturday Star3 min readCrime & Violence
F-word Lands Man In Hot Water
FOR some, the F-word rolls quite easily off the tongue, but this can land a person in hot water, especially if one’s neighbour is a devoted Christian and does not tolerate swearing, as an artist living in Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, discovered. Wayne Ba
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Taking Away Tea Privileges Is No Petty Matter
IT WAS no storm in a teacup when employees of a car dealership lost their tea and coffee privileges at work. The Motor Industry Staff Association (Misa) stepped up and came to the rescue of employees whose dealer principal took away their coffee, tea
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Free-running Hounds Curb Kruger Park Rhino Poaching
POACHING in the Kruger National Park has seen a massive decrease in recent years, attributed to the introduction of free-running hounds. The dogs were introduced almost eight years ago to arguably South Africa’s most visited national park to curb mos
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Promoting Best Interests Of Humanity
We can each contribute towards building a better community, a unified nation, and a peaceful world. “The supreme need of humanity”, according to the Bahá’í Writings, “is cooperation and reciprocity. The stronger the ties of fellowship and solidarity
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#aTypicalInterview: Sameer Naik
international model, television presenter, actress and entrepreneur Ronette Marx, known as Ronny, started her professional modelling career at 14 in Cape Town with Storm Models. Johannesburg-based Marx, 35, found her feet in Mumbai where she lived f
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Chef Benny’s Ode To SA’s Vibrant Braai Culture
South Africa might be an incredibly diverse nation with its abundance of cultures and its 11 official languages. But the one thing most of us are fluent in is braai. It is the perfect occasion to gather loved ones, enjoy the South African sunshine an
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City Takes Proactive Stance Against Illegal Dumping
THE City of Tshwane is taking a proactive stance against the detrimental effects of illegal dumping on our environment. Yesterday, the city embarked on a campaign called #Rekaofela, that took place in Pretoria West, near the Tshwane Market, to raise
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What Happens When ‘BI Phakathi’ Goes Broke?
Over the last few years, BI Phakathi has earned the reputation of being a hero to the homeless. On social media, the philanthropist is often seen dishing out stacks of cash to those most in need in South Africa. But what happens when the man responsi
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Who’s The Sexiest Rugby Player In The World?
South Africa is undoubtedly a rugby- loving nation. This has again become abundantly clear during the Rugby World Cup. Whether you’re into rugby or not, you mg have no choice but to watch. Even if you don’t know your scrum-half from your hookers, one
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Boks Will Stick To Their Guns – Wiese
Former Springbok lock Kobus Wiese was always confident that the team would make it to the final. “I predicted from the start it will be a Springboks versus All Blacks final,” Wiese told Saturday Star. “It is great to be in another final and that agai
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Solar Energy Was ‘Kidnapped In 1909’
ONE argument put forward in defence of fossil fuels is that they were a historical necessity, because there was no other viable substitute during much of the 20th century. We owe fossil fuels a debt of gratitude, the argument goes, because they supe
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Audi S8 Quattro A Performance Wolf Wrapped In Luxurious Skin
In a motoring landscape filled with all sorts of high-performance SUV offerings, it goes without saying that the performance sedan is a dying breed. Refreshingly though, the likes of Audi are still offering these, and I recently spent time testing t
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JAC T9 Double Cab Here Soon To Target Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger
The new JAC T9 double-cab is ready to pick a fight with the heavy hitters in the bakkie market, like the Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger. The Chinese brand is better known for its budget-oriented T6 and T8 bakkies, but with the new T9 the importer is ta
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Toyota SA’s New Sub-Hilux Bakkie In The Making?
Earlier this year Toyota South Africa Motors revealed it was looking at introducing a new bakkie that’s more affordable than the Hilux. Stringing the evidence together it seems the vehicle in question will be based on a production version of the Toyo
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Austerity Measures Key Theme In Godongwana’s Mini Budget
Next Wednesday will be the mini budget day. This is when the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, will be tabling his Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) for the year. As the name suggests, this is an annual event that takes place half- wa
Saturday Star4 min readInternational Relations
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT Israel-Palestine Conflict Is Not About Two Equal Sides
Despite international journalists and news agencies debunking allegations that Palestinian resistance group Hamas beheaded babies in Israel, these claims continue to surface around the world, including in this newspaper last week. In print, the lead
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SA Slips In Global Rule Of Law Index
The latest annual rule of law index released by the World Justice Project shows that South Africa has slipped in position on the index. The survey was carried out in 142 countries, and South Africa was ranked 56th. Regionally, South Africa ranks 5th
Saturday Star4 min readInternational Relations
Israel Desecrates The Sanctity Of Health Care With Its Attacks
On January 16, 2009, Muhammad Shurrab, 68, and his two sons, Ibrahim,18, and Kassab, 28, were injured when Israeli soldiers shot at their vehicle as they were returning from the family farm to their home in Gaza. The car was fired upon during the da
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Beer Lovers Rally Behind Grocery Stores Campaign
As has been the case with wine, the Beer Association of South Africa (Basa) recently launched an online petition to bring beer to grocery store shelves to support South Africa’s brewers and fuel the economy. Taking to social media, the non-profit org
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Can A Mutual Society Mould Makes Things Better?
According to media reports, mutual societies are enjoying a renaissance in the financial services sector in some parts of the world. In Japan, mutuals and co-ops have 39.2% of the insurance market and in Canada, it’s 17.4%. The Vanguard Group, the s
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Critical Minerals: A Curse Or An Opportunity For Development
At the dawn of the millennium, there was much hope in Africa for sustainable development. The birth of the AU and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) signalled a new “social contract” for Africa. With commodity booms, there was a mom
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A Farewell Letter
Dear Personal Finance readers, As I sit down to write this farewell letter, I find myself reflecting on the journey we’ve taken together over the past year. It is with mixed emotions that I bid adieu to the cherished role as your editor, and I wanted
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Private Equity Provides More Pools Of Liquidi T Y
The amendments to Regulation 28 of the Pension Funds Act at the beginning of the year were warmly welcomed by local private equity (PE) players. As of January this year, investment limits on hedge funds and private assets had been split, and the allo
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CareConnect HIE Hub Hopes To Be Part Of NHI
The CareConnect HIE (Health information exchange) hub has been in talks with the Department of Health to be part of the National Health Insurance (NHI) in a bid to curb the lack of information flow between health professionals, funders, private and p
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Census 2023: An Opportunity To Reflect And Accept Reality
A quick look at the graph shows how many people in South Africa have the most important household items, such as cellphones, stoves, refrigerators and television sets. My grandparents never had the five items in their home, some of which did not exis
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Support From New Zealanders Overwhelming For All Blacks, Says Foster
NEW Zealanders are “generally cynical” and conservative, but All Blacks head coach Ian Foster said yesterday that he can sense there is “a lot of excitement” back home ahead of his team’s bid for a record fourth World Cup title. The 58-year-old has a
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How Funds Have Performed Over The Long Term
Last week I looked at collective investment performance over the last quarter and 12 months. Today I dig down into long-term returns, over 20 and 10 years, to the end of September. After all, this is why we invest: to benefit from compounding over lo
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Paris Final ‘Brings Back Incredible Memories’ For Jake White
IN 2007, Jake White tasted glory with the Springboks at the Stade de France, and he is hoping for another memorable occasion for South Africa in tonight’s World Cup final against the All Blacks. White, now the director of rugby at the Bulls, enjoyed
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Pollard Is The Man For The Big Occasion
FLYHALF Handré Pollard was not in South Africa’s initial squad for the World Cup due to injury, but having been selected in their starting XV for the final against New Zealand tonight, he will be key in running the game for the Springboks in Paris. P
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Kolbe Omen For Boks
IT is an omen, South Africa. Cheslin Kolbe celebrates his 30th birthday by playing in a World Cup final against New Zealand today – and that could be one star lining up with series of others suggesting the Springboks can win back-to-back titles. Of c
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Stick: Seven Fresh Forwards Vital In Second Half
THE Springboks can’t live in the past and think victories in finals or ones over the All Blacks in the last few years will help them when the two sides meet in tonight’s Rugby World Cup final (9pm kick-off). Despite comfortably having New Zealand’s
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First 20 Minutes Vital For Banyana Against DRC, Says Ellis
Banyana Banyana coach Desiree Ellis says an early goal will help her team to settle when they face the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday at Orlando Stadium. Banyana began their CAF Olympic Games qualifiers with a 1-1 draw with DRC away in
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Proteas Show Mental Toughness In Thriller
THIS World Cup had yearned for a thriller, but the Proteas can always be trusted to deliver the drama, which they duly did in their tension-filled one-wicket victory over Pakistan last night. In the process, they finally broke a double ICC World Cup
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Plays Of The Day: Jansen Shows His Fiery Side
SOUTH Africa recorded their fifth victory of the World Cup yesterday, meaning they are virtually one win short of booking a spot in the semi-finals. We picked four plays of the day from the victory over Pakistan in Chennai... Catch of the Day Behind
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Bulls Coach Wary Of Ulster Maul, Scrum Bulls Coach Wary Of Ulster Maul And Scrum
WHILE they played some outstanding rugby last week, the Bulls may have to roll up their sleeves a bit more in tomorrow’s United Rugby Championship clash against Ulster in Belfast (7pm kick-off). The Pretoria side ran in nine tries in a 63-21 romp ove
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Dolly: Chiefs Can Change Mindset By Beating Arrows
A win for Kaizer Chiefs against high-flying Golden Arrows this afternoon (3.30pm kick-off) could potentially change their fortunes for the rest of the season. That was the view of midfielder Keagan Dolly, considering all the turmoil that Amakhosi hav
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Manchester City Loom For Goal-shy Manchester United
Manchester City will test the strength of Manchester United’s recent revival at Old Trafford this weekend, while red-hot leaders Tottenham are seeking their eighth win in 10 games. Pep Guardiola’s champions have put their own mini-slump behind them a
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AmaZulu Look To Continue Winning Form Against Chippa
AMAZULU will arrive at the Nelson Mandela Stadium in Gqeberha today full of confidence for their DStv Premiership match against hosts Chippa United (5.45pm kick-off). The visiting KZN outfit scored a 1-0 victory over Kaizer Chiefs in the Carling Knoc
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‘World-class’ Salah Has Evolved Into All-round Player, Says Klopp
Mohamed Salah’s role at Liverpool has evolved significantly since his arrival at Anfield, and the Egyptian is a major threat even if he does not score, manager Jurgen Klopp has said. Salah netted his 43rd goal in Europe for Liverpool in Thursday’s 5-
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Luxury With Care: 6 Sustainable Hotels In South Africa
Travellers are becoming more self-aware of the impact of travel on our planet. As a result, more people are interested in sustainable tourism and eco-travel. According to the UN Environment Programme and UN World Tourism Organization, sustainable to
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What To Do In Mzansi In Summer
In Mzansi, December, sometimes affectionately known as ‘Dezember’, is a period when South Africans make the most of fun things to do. It’s a time of joy when many travel across the country to visit family and friends. Although Dezember is just over a
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Is Blue Flag Status A Thing Of The Past For Durban’s Beaches?
The list of beaches awarded Blue Flag status in South Africa has been released in time for the festive season. According to the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa), only 48 beaches received the coveted Blue Flag status for 2023/
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MSC Cruises Revises Routes Amid Safety Concerns
MSC Cruises has announced that it has revised the East Mediterranean itineraries for MSC Sinfonia and MSC Musica in light of the geopolitical situation in Israel. MSC Sinfonia’s future eight 11-night voyages will see Haifa, Israel, replaced by Istanb
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8 Cape Town Beaches Scoop Awards
The City of Cape Town has announced that eight of its beaches have been awarded Blue Flag status by the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa). Two others have also been given pilot Blue Flag status. “This is a wonderful achievement

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