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Almost every international visitor to South Africa lands at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Within hours, a number of them are boarding connecting flights to Cape Town or Kruger....
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Let’s get one thing straight right away: Cape Town is South Africa’s most dramatic, most photogenic, and — for those coming from the Highveld — most climatically surprising destination. The...
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There’s a particular kind of joy that Joburgers experience when they step off a flight in Durban in the middle of winter. It’s 22°C, there’s a warm dampness in the...
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Cape Town has spent years near the top of ‘World’s Most Beautiful Cities’ lists, and — remarkably — it has earned every placement. But before you start pinning Table Mountain...
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Jozi, the City of Gold, is not South Africa’s prettiest city, and it will not pretend otherwise. It is not Cape Town with its mountains and its Atlantic Seaboard and...
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