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Fri, 04 May 2012 08:00:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africans, explore your country!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has called on South Africans to explore their own country and experience the variety, beauty and world-class service that draws millions of international tourists here every year.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/tourism-030512.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 03 May 2012 11:46:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Table Mountain's 7 Wonder status official]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Table Mountain's status as one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature is official, following confirmation of the results of New7Wonders' global voting process by an international audit.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/tablemountain-030512.htm]]></link>
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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:50:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SAA opens way to Okavango Delta]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African Airways has launched a new service between Johannesburg and Maun, Botswana - gateway to the world-famous Okavango Delta - as the continent's most awarded airline continues to grow its African network.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/saa-260412.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:53:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Tourists keep flocking to South Africa]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Over eight-million tourists visited South Africa in 2011 - a 3.3% increase over the 2010 World Cup year that would, if football-specific arrivals were not counted, have amounted to a 7.4% increase over 2010, well ahead of the global average.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/arrivals-120412.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:04:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Cederberg donkey cart route to new jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Already well loved by local and international tourists, the town of Wupperthal in the Cederberg mountains of the Western Cape now boasts a new, community-driven offering - the Cederberg Donkey Cart Route.
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<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/wildlife/cederberg-120412.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:37:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Cotonou joins SAA's African network]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African Airways' new route to Pointe-Noire in the Congo will now include Cotonou in Benin, the fifth new African destination that the airline has introduced since October as it moves to expand its network on the continent.
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<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/saa-240412.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 03 Apr 2012 07:50:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Rediscovering downtown Johannesburg]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Once feared as a criminals' haven, downtown Johannesburg's restored buildings, flowing fountains and sidewalk art are attracting an unusual breed of tourist - local pedestrians.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/1851426.htm]]></link>
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Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:39:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Journalists marvel at Table Mountain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cape Town and Table Mountain work their magic on a group of journalists from the United Arab Emirates, visiting the country as guests of Brand South Africa.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/media-tour-190312.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:05:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa 'event destination of choice']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa is fast becoming one of the world's favourite destinations for big events, meetings, conferences and exhibitions, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk told delegates at the 2012 Meetings Africa expo in Johannesburg.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/conferences/destination-290212.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:38:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SAA makes first non-stop flight to China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African Airways has made its first non-stop flight to China. A specially branded SAA Airbus A340-600 landed in Beijing on Wednesday morning, opening up a strategic transport route between Asia, Africa and South America.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/saa-china.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:55:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA looks to grow Indian tourism market]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa's world-renowned events and lifestyle offerings have struck a chord with the Indian traveller eager to experience a unique destination with a range of choices to suit every budget, says Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/tourismindia-310112.htm]]></link>
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Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:37:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa: adventure heaven!]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa offers 3&nbsp;000 kilometres of coastline along with breathtaking mountains - often side by side. The country's diverse terrain, together with an ideal climate for outdoor activities, make it a rich hunting ground for adrenaline seekers.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/adventure/adventure.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:07:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Cape Town hotel voted world's trendiest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Villa Zest Boutique Hotel in the Cape Town suburb of Greenpoint has been voted the trendiest hotel in the world in the TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice 2012 Best Hotels Awards.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/villazest-240112.htm]]></link>
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Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:50:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[New immigration officers make a mark]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The deployment of 350 newly trained immigration officers at OR Tambo International Airport over the festive season was an overwhelming success, says Home Affairs Director-General Mkuseli Apleni.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/immigration-200112.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:40:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Tourists flock up Table Mountain]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Helped on by being provisionally named one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature, Cape Town's Table Mountain drew a record number of visitors in December, with 116 000 people taking the cable car trip to the top.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/tablerecord-120112.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa's Apartheid Museum]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg's Apartheid Museum, assembled by a multi-disciplinary team of architects, curators, film-makers, historians and designers, takes the visitor on a powerful emotional journey into South Africa's past, bringing to life the story of a state-sanctioned system based solely on racial discrimination.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/cultural/apartmuseum.htm]]></link>
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Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:49:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Stopping in Vilakazi Street, Soweto]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One of South Africa's most famous streets - the only one in the world to have housed two Nobel Prize winners - has long been a must-see tourist attraction. Now, the Vilakazi Street precinct has become fully visitor-friendly, with public art, memorials and benches picking out its historical sites.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/cultural/vilakazi.htm]]></link>
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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:09:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Boulders penguins' promised land]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Cape Town's Boulders Beach, part of the Table Mountain National Park, is home to a much-photographed, much-loved and much-maligned colony of African penguins.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/wildlife/boulders-penguins.htm]]></link>
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Mon, 17 Oct 2011 03:50:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Kirstenbosch on world's best picnics list]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa's Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden was established in 1913 as the first botanic garden in the world dedicated to preserving a country's indigenous plant life. Now, National Geographic has named Cape Town's floral jewel as one of the world's top picnic spots.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/kirstenbosch-picnic.htm]]></link>
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Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:24:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Eco-tourism in South Africa's winelands]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Eco-tourism in South Africa's winelands is thriving, with visitors to the Western Cape increasingly as interested in exploring the wealth of eco-tourism activities on offer as they are in sampling the region's famous wines.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/food/wine-ecotourism.htm]]></link>
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