SA Tourism Educated Indian Trade about Destination SA

Mumbai: The Learn South Africa programme, a South African Tourism initiative in India, has sparked tremendous interest amongst the travel fraternity there.  The unique programme exclusively designed to train Indian travel agents, has received an overwhelming response from across the length and breadth of that country.
The first to initiate this unique programme in the market, [...]

No Turning Back as Africa’s Hour Arrives

The 2010 World Cup has been a memorable and momentous occasion not only for me, but for South Africa, the African continent and the rest of the world.
It has indeed been incredible. It has been a unifying factor, with people beginning to appreciate the importance of their national symbols such as flags.
As a photographer for [...]

Zuma leading calls for revamping the NAM.

President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is leading calls for the creation of a new global financial architecture that will have the capacity to insulate more vulnerable countries in the developing world in the future from the maelstrom caused by the present financial crisis.
In his address at the XV Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in the [...]

What can Africa expect from the G8?

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi who is a former rebel represented Africa at this year’s G20 summit of rich nations and argued the case on behalf of the continent. Continental spokesman seems a role Meles — who has a passionate interest in economics — is comfortable with.
‘The key message for us is to ask the [...]

Squandered oil wealth.

Equatorial Guinea is a tiny country of about half a million people on the west coast of Africa, but is the fourth-largest oil producer in sub-Saharan Africa.
Most of the investment in the country’s multi-billion dollar oil industry comes from the United States. ExxonMobil, Hess and Marathon are all there. Right now, the U.S. imports up [...]

‘New moment of promise’ for Africa?

As expected, U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to Africa in Accra had plenty to say on the importance of good governance – but there was also a very strong message that his ‘new moment of promise’ is one that Africans have to seize for themselves.
‘You have the power to hold your leaders accountable, and to [...]