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The 40th SADC Summit was convened virtually, and that single logistical fact says more about the state of regional travel in 2020 than any paragraph in the brochure produced to mark it. Published on 16 August 2020 by the SADC Secretariat and the Southern African...
Tourism across SADC runs on exactly the ecosystems climate variability threatens most directly: the wildlife corridors of the Kavango-Zambezi Trans-Frontier Conservation Area, the coastal and marine assets of the Indian Ocean member states, and the seasonal weather...
Pleasure is a necessity for the social development of an economy; the late Ginimbi, a continental celebrity millionaire, mastered it and contributed to the growth of what is called the Pleasure Tourism industry in Africa. Pleasure, and all social and economic aspects...
A traveller crossing from one SADC member state into another still typically loses mobile connectivity, roaming affordability or payment-system compatibility somewhere near the border post — an everyday friction that sits oddly against this month's regional...
In the towns that ring Southern Africa's great conservation landscapes — Kasane on the edge of the Chobe and Kazungula corridor, Victoria Falls town straddling the border with Zambia, the communities bordering the Kavango-Zambezi transfrontier area — tourism has...
iKhaya Appliance Repairs (Pty) Ltd is a home and shop appliance repair company based in South Africa which provides high quality affordable services in Johannesburg and Pretoria. They repair and maintain all types of household appliances such as washing machines,...
There is a tourist attraction in Gaborone that you cannot miss, one that summarises the history of Botswana, political and economic – the Three Chiefs (Dokgosi) Monument. Three Dikgosi Monument is a bronze sculpture of three chiefs, located in the Central Business...
Sixteen heads of state met on 17 August 2020 without a single one of them travelling. That fact — SADC's 40th Ordinary Summit was held virtually for the first time in the organisation's history — is the plainest possible evidence of how completely COVID-19...
A traveller moving between Victoria Falls, the Okavango Delta and the beaches of Mozambique's coastline crosses at least three national borders, three visa regimes and, in normal times, several separate currency and mobility frictions that have little to do with...