News & Reviews

An innovative Google Earth layer created to help tourists plan their trip to South Africa has won an international e-marketing award. It features more than 120 points of interest ranging from scenic drives, safari destinations and cultural attractions to 2010 Fifa World Cup venues.

South African Airways (SAA) is planning new routes to several African cities, adding up to a dozen new flights in the next six months.

South Africa and Finland have signed a cooperation agreement to support biosciences projects within the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

Surf Magazin, the biggest windsurfing magazine in the world, visited South Africa in search of the perfect combination of wind and waves. Their conclusion: if the water was but a little bit warmer, Cape Town would easily be the best windsurfing spot on the globe.

Runner's World magazine placed the Mt Kilimanjaro Marathon second on its list of "Wonder of the World marathons", while Forbes Traveler has named it one of the most breathtaking marathons in the world.

A unique collection of photos taken in Africa over the past two centuries is being shown in London this December. Tribal Portraits opened this week at Bernard J Shapero Rare Books in the West End, showing over 200 images, most of them very rare and some not sold on the open market for decades.