There are two words that scare the living daylights out of the Irish people regarding South Africa... namely “Johannesburg” and “Zulu”, according to Irish travel operator Tony Flynn.
Lucrative uranium deposits in Namibia’s deserts, which could make the Southern African country a top producer of the radioactive element, are drawing increasing foreign interest.
Emirates will launch a daily direct flight from Dubai to Durban in South Africa on 1 October 2009. The airline already flies to Johannesburg and Cape Town and with the addition of Durban will have 35 flights to South Africa a week.
For the next two weeks the eyes of the world will be on South Africa as it plays host to the ‘litmus test’ of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.