Thailand declares ‘sandbox’ open to SAs

Thailand declares ‘sandbox’ open to SAs

Thailand is to allow vaccinated travellers from South Africa into its ‘sandbox scheme’. The scheme was first announced in July.  It’s an innovative idea in which vaccinated foreign visitors may fly direct to Phuket and then stay on certain islands – but they may...
It’s official – SA now has a digital vax card

It’s official – SA now has a digital vax card

The Department of Health brought its COVID-19 Vaccine Certificate System online today (October 5). The URL is https://vaccine.certificate.health.gov.za/ The system, which features a scannable QR code, produces a digital copy of the physical vaccine card which is...
Etihad returns to South Africa – after being gone for a year

Etihad returns to South Africa – after being gone for a year

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways will return to South Africa in late-November, a year after it closed its Johannesburg offices and announced the suspension of flights between the two countries. Travel connections between the Middle East and South Africa are slowly...
SA vax passports imminent

SA vax passports imminent

If all goes according to its plan, the Department of Health will have digital vaccine passports in hand and available to vaccinated South Africans by October 5. This was the view of Mia Malan, respected health journalist and Editor in Chief and Executive Director of...
SA cruises are coming back!

SA cruises are coming back!

MSC Cruises has just released the news that of the announcement by President Ramaphosa that the country has moved to lockdown level 1. The new measures will allow cruise ships to operate in line with national health protocols, which means that the cruise operator will...