The national airline of the Republic of Zambia, Zambia Airways, increases flights to Johannesburg in South Africa. Effective 01 December 2023, the airline introduces a second daily service on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (LUN) in Lusaka and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg. The new afternoon flights depart Lusaka at 14:15 and from Johannesburg at 17:20.
30 November 2023
Kruger National Park Calendar - January!
Weather:
- height of summer
- very hot & humid days
- warm nights
- often spectacular lightning storms
Temperatures:
- between 18°C - 34°C (Fahrenheit: e.g. 34°C = [(34x9)]/5 + 32 = 93.2°F)
- visit our webcam page for live footage from Kruger National Park!
Landscape:
- vigorous plat growth everywhere in the park
- tree canopy very thick
- fig trees in fruit
- mopane tree in flower
Animal Activity:
- height of the impala breeding season
- predators out to get their young
- most resident non-raptor birds breeding
- animal activity all over the park
Durban: Swimming at four beaches is currently prohibited due to water quality!
The eThekwini Municipality, the local government body responsible for governing and managing Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, has released updated lists of beaches that are currently (as of 29 November 2023) open and safe for swimming, closed for swimming and of swimming pools that are currently open to the public. According to the lists, 19 beaches in Durban are currently open for swimming, while swimming at four beaches, namely Thekwini Beach, Laguna Beach, Warner Beach and Anstey's Beach, is prohibited due to water quality. 32 swimming pools in Durban are currently open to the public.
The following beaches are open for swimming:
- operating hours 06:00 - 18:30 -
- uShaka
- Addington
- Point Beach
- North Beach
- Bay of Plenty
- Wedge
- Battery Beach
- South Beach
- Country Club
- uMgababa
- Toti Main
- uMhlanga Main
- Bronze Beach
- mDloti Main
- Westbrook
- Pipeline
- Reunion
- Brighton
- Winkelspruit
Beaches closed for swimming:
- Thekwini Beach
- Laguna Beach
- Warner Beach
- Anstey's Beach
29 November 2023
Cape Town: Free entry to selected Iziko museums on Emancipation and World Aids Day!
Iziko Museums of South Africa has announced that it will be offering free entry to selected museums in Cape Town on Emancipation and World Aids Day (01 December 2023). This includes the Bo-Kaap Museum (71 Wale Street), Slave Lodge (Corner Adderley and Wale Streets), Rust en Vreugd (78 Buitenkant Street), Bertram House (Hiddingh Campus, Orange Street), Koopman's de Wet House (35 Strand Street), South African Museum (25 Queen Victoria Street) and the South African National Gallery (Government Avenue, Company’s Garden).
- Bo-Kaap Museum
- Mondays to Saturdays from 09:00 – 17:00
- Slave Lodge
- Monday to Saturday 09:00 – 17:00
- Rust en Vreugd
- Thursday and Friday 09:00 - 16:00
- Bertram House
- Thursday and Friday 09:00 and 16:00
- Koopman's de Wet House
- Thursday and Friday 09:00 - 16:00
- South African Museum
- Monday to Sunday 09:00 – 17:00
- South African National Gallery
- Monday to Sunday 09:00 – 17:00
28 November 2023
South Africa: South African Airways returns to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)!
South Africa's flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA), is set to introduce a new service to Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) in the Eastern Cape. The airline announced earlier today that it will launch two daily return flights between OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg and Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ) in Gqeberha on 13 December 2023 until 31 March 2024. The new service will be operated by Sun Express.
- Johannesburg 11:25 > 13:00 Gqeberha
- Gqeberha 13:30 > 15:05 Johannesburg
- Johannesburg 16:00 > 17:35 Gqeberha
- Gqeberha 18:05 > 19:40 Johannesburg
South Africa: Airlink to resume flights between Cape Town <> St Helena!
South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced that is will resume direct flights between Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town and St Helena Airport (HLE) on St Helena. The airline is planing to operate one weekly flight on Saturdays from December 2024 until March 2025. Until 2017, when St Helena's only airport opened to the public, Cape Town served as the gateway for St Helena, with regular ship services taking a five-day journey. Today, the flight takes just a few hours from South Africa.
27 November 2023
Ranking: Cape Town voted one of the World's best cities for culture!
Global culture, entertainment and events magazine Time Out has asked some 21,000 city-dwellers to find out the world's best cities for art and culture right now. To rank the cities, Time Out surveyed urban-dwellers worldwide to take a deep dive into the cultural attractions of their chosen cities. Each city was then ranked according to how well locals scored the culture scene for quality and affordability. In a next step, Time Out editors narrowed down the selection by excluding cities with lower overall scores, and only including the highest-scoring city for each country to ensure the list reflects cultural cities globally. Overall winner of Time Out's first list of the world’s best cities for culture is Mexico City in Mexico, followed by Prague in the Czech Republic and Cape Town in South Africa. Time Out describes the Mother City as follows:
"Not to use the old ‘melting pot’ cliché, but Cape Town’s multiculturalism has lent the city an enviable offering when it comes to art and culture. From the lively annual Kaapse Klopse street parade, to cabaret and comedy at mega-institutions Baxter Theatre and Artscape, every corner of South Africa's sprawling seaside city has something to offer culture-seekers. ‘Vibey’ and ‘diverse’ were two of the most common terms locals used to describe Cape Town’s culture scene in our survey. Plus, the city ranked highest overall for the quality of its cultural offerings, nudged down a couple of places by their affordability (though on the affordable front, it’s worth noting the city still did pretty well overall)." src.
Time Out's 10 world’s best cities for culture:
- Mexico City in Mexico
- Prague in the Czech Republic
- Cape Town in South Africa
- Buenos Aires in Argentina
- Athens in Greece
- Edinburgh in Scotland
- Vienna in Austria
- Madrid in Spain
- Florence in Italy
- Melbourne in Australia
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