The list below is a collection of articles that refer to, mention or discuss South Africa.
Expats and tourists worried about access to banks and cash machines in Greece should take extra euros to the country, according to travel experts. Although the limit on ATM cash withdrawals of £80 does not apply to expats and visitors holding foreign bank cards, the Association of British Travel Agents warns that many cash machines … Read more
A suicide bomber has blown himself up at one of Egypt’s most popular tourist sites, injuring four people. Police were alerted when a cab driver ignored requests to check his car boot near the Temple of Karnak, Luxor. They tried to detain the driver when another man detonated the bomb outside the temple, killing himself … Read more
New opportunities in frontier markets are bleeping on the radar of investors seeking ever higher returns. Industry analysts report a spike in interest in these new frontiers with markets in Africa attracting most attention – especially Nigeria. Geopolitics is a factor that weighs heavily on selecting frontier markets as the politics in Africa are volatile … Read more
Terror alerts aimed at warning expats and travellers by governments about safety risks are largely ignored, claim holiday firm trade bodies. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) releases security alerts almost daily highlighting travel, crime and terror incidents worldwide. In some cases, British citizens are urged to cancel travel plans or leave a country. The … Read more
If you like to nibble on chocolate, you should start thinking about stockpiling a secret supply because the world is running out of the key ingredient – cocoa. Chocolate industry experts are seriously warning that our sweet dreams could soon become a nightmare. Cocoa is the basic ingredient of chocolate, but world supplies are diminishing. … Read more
Expats off to their next assignment could find medical insurance hard to come by if they have had a brush with the Ebola virus in Africa. For major insurance companies in the US and Europe are making their policies Ebola free zones by writing in extra clauses to exclude them from paying out if a … Read more
Flights across Europe are under threat as Air France pilots plot a strike as part of an ongoing row over the airline’s plans to reorganise services. The strike is planned to last a week, starting from September 15. The walk-out is expected to ground most of the airlines domestic and international flights. The dispute is … Read more
Medical authorities have hugely underestimated the vast scale of the Ebola virus racing across West Africa, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). As the death toll mounts, doctors say huge swathes of the continent are affected by the illness and no one really knows how many have contracted the incurable disease or how many … Read more
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is warning British expats, business travellers and holidaymakers to stay away from a long list of global trouble spots. Top of the list are the five West African nations struggling to deal with the deadly Ebola virus. Sierra Leone and Liberia have declared a state of emergency, and many … Read more
Governments and doctors are at last joining forces in a bid to combat the deadly Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. As Sierra Leone declares a state of emergency after the deaths of 233 virus victims, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has met leaders of the affected countries to set up a £59 million aid … Read more