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Appeals to SA government to evacuate foreigners from eSwatini
With ongoing violent unrest in eSwatini, borders are still closed and exits out of the country are not allowed. Travel News understands that there have been appeals to South Africa’s Minister of...
Turkey bars pax from SA
There are new restrictions in place for travellers from South Africa to Turkey with effect from yesterday, July 1. Passengers who have been in South Africa in the 14 days prior to departure date are...
Namibia introduces new Covid-19 travel regs – updated
Update: Vice-chair of the Tour and Safari Association of Namibia, Margo Bishop, highlighted two errors in our story of June 21, “Namibia introduces new Covid-19 regs”. Paragraph 4, line 17 and...
New airline LIFT halts flights
SA's newest airline LIFT cancelled all flights on its Johannesburg - Cape Town route from July 5-31. Flights will continue until Sunday, July 4. The decision was due to adjusted Level 4 and the...
You can go to jail for visiting Gauteng, unless you’re there for these reasons
South Africa’s newly introduced Adjusted Alert Level 4 lockdown, imposed to curb the third wave of Covid-19 infections, prohibits leisure travel to and from Gauteng. Travellers who move in and out...
Breaking news: Airlink suspends Eswatini flights amid unrest
Eswatini Airlink and its operating partner, Airlink – the South African-based domestic and regional airline – have cancelled flights tomorrow between Johannesburg and Sikhuphe’s King Mswati III...
SA airlines scramble to adjust flights amid Gauteng travel ban – scrapping penalty fees
The ban on leisure travel to and from Gauteng has left South African airlines scrambling to adjust their flight cancellation policies, with many scrapping penalties fees for last-minute changes....
Mango’s money runs out
It has been more than two months since Mango found itself having to adopt a week-by-week approach to its flight operations as it waits for funding. The deteriorating financial situation has brought...
Sun International leaves only two hotels open
Following a statement on Monday that all the Sun International restaurants, casinos, hotels and resort properties would be temporarily closed for 14 days, the hotel group has made an update. Sun...