Although SA Express is operationally independent of the country's flag carrier South African Airways, its flights are incorporated within the strategic alliance with privately owned SA Airlink and South African Airways.
13 September 2012
SA Express to launch flights between Durban <> Harare (Zimbabwe)
South African airline SA Express, a domestic and regional passenger carrier in Southern Africa, will start operating three-weekly service between Durban and Zimbabwe's capital Harare. From 03 October 2012 02 November 2012, the airline will service the route on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using a wide-body Bombardier CRJ100 aircraft that can carry up to 50 passengers.
Although SA Express is operationally independent of the country's flag carrier South African Airways, its flights are incorporated within the strategic alliance with privately owned SA Airlink and South African Airways.
Although SA Express is operationally independent of the country's flag carrier South African Airways, its flights are incorporated within the strategic alliance with privately owned SA Airlink and South African Airways.
Jeffreys Bay - South Africa's surfing paradise
Jeffreys Bay, or just Jbay, is South Africa's surfing paradise. Not just because of its famous "supertubes" surf spot, the annual Billabong Pro ASP World Tour surfing event during July, or the Billabong and Quicksilver outlet stores, but because of its overall surfing kinda atmosphere. Jbay is simply a super enjoyable little town on South Africa's Garden Route that has some awesome backpackers, great beaches and its very own lifestyle! Watch the short video below and you'll know what I mean. Kudos @ Guy Dvorak for the video!
Jeffreys Bay Tiny Showreel from Guy Dvorak on Vimeo.
Jeffreys Bay is situated just off the N2 Highway, about an hours drive southwest of Port Elizabeth.
Jeffreys Bay Tiny Showreel from Guy Dvorak on Vimeo.
Jeffreys Bay is situated just off the N2 Highway, about an hours drive southwest of Port Elizabeth.
British Airways to double flights between London <> Cape Town
The flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, British Airways, has announced that it will introduce an additional flight between London (Heathrow) and Cape Town during the airline’s winter operating schedule.
From 28 Oct 2012, British Airways will double its service between the two destinations from currently daily flights to 14 flights per week (two flights per day). The airline will decrease the number of flights to daily at the end of March 2013. British Airways will operate a Boeing B747-400 aircraft between London and Cape Town.
From 28 Oct 2012, British Airways will double its service between the two destinations from currently daily flights to 14 flights per week (two flights per day). The airline will decrease the number of flights to daily at the end of March 2013. British Airways will operate a Boeing B747-400 aircraft between London and Cape Town.
- 17:40 London > 07:05 Cape Town (Fridays 17:45 > 07:05)
- 19:30 London > 08:55 Cape Town
- 20:45 Cape Town > 06:30 London
- 22:10 Cape Town > 07:50 London
Air Namibia announces more timetable changes
Air Namibia already announced some schedule changes in August 2012 that are aimed at improving its service offering and to rationalize the capacity offered on Air Namibia's regional and domestic route network. The airline has now annouced some additional schedule changes, including schedule changes on the Frankfurt route.
- Windhoek - Walvis Bay (from 01 Oct 2012)
One flight per day. On Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Sundays the flights will operate in the afternoon; on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays they will operate in the morning. - Lusaka - Windhoek (from 01 Oct 2012)
Flights on Fridays and Sundays will switch to afternoon/evening departure - Windhoek - Maun - Victoria Falls - Windhoek (from 28 Oct 2012)
from daily to 4x weekly service (28 Oct 2012 - 30 March 2013) - Windhoek - Luanda (from 28 Oct 2012)
flights increase from 5 to 6 weekly flights with a new Saturday frequency - Windhoek - Frankfurt (from 01 Oct 2012)
- departure time (WDH > FRA) to change from 21:05 to 21:45 (arrival time to change from 07:00 to 06:55 (Europe Winter time change)).
- departure time (FRA > WDH) to change from 20:10 to 19:10 local time (due to Europe Winter time change)
South Africa: 381 rhinos killed by poachers so far in 2012
According to the latest statistics released by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), South Africa has lost 381 rhinos to illegal poaching since the beginning of 2012.
Kruger National Park remains the hardest hit by poachers, having lost 236 rhinos since the beginning of this year. Limpopo has lost 43 rhinos to illegal poaching; the North West province has lost 40 and KwaZulu-Natal 34 rhinos.
The number of individuals arrested in connection with rhino poaching is 199. Of those arrested, 176 are at the level of poacher, 10 are receivers and 13 are couriers.
Latest rhino poaching figures (as of 11 September 2012):
Kruger National Park remains the hardest hit by poachers, having lost 236 rhinos since the beginning of this year. Limpopo has lost 43 rhinos to illegal poaching; the North West province has lost 40 and KwaZulu-Natal 34 rhinos.
The number of individuals arrested in connection with rhino poaching is 199. Of those arrested, 176 are at the level of poacher, 10 are receivers and 13 are couriers.
Latest rhino poaching figures (as of 11 September 2012):
- Kruger National Park (SANParks) - 336 rhinos poached
- Mapungubwe National Park (SANParks) - 3 rhinos poached
- Gauteng - 1 rhino poached
- Limpopo - 43 rhinos poached
- Mpumalanga - 19 rhinos poached
- North-West Province - 40 rhinos poached
- Eastern Cape - 3 rhinos poached
- Free State - 0 rhinos poached
- KwaZulu Natal - 34 rhinos poached
- Western Cape - 2 rhinos poached
- Northern Cap - 0 rhinos poached
12 September 2012
Video: Skateboarding in Cape Town
The dudes from the adidas Skateboarding Team South Africa are back with a new video. This time it is not only about skateboarding through the streets of Cape Town (also check out the Maputo video), but also about the meaning of skateboarding to them. Check it out for some great shots of Cape Town, its skaters and their skills as well as for some true words about skateboarding! Enjoy! Kudos @ adi three leaf & Pieter Retief, Jansen van Staden, Yann Horowitz, Khulu Dlamini!
adidas originals | Represent | Skateboarding from adi three leaf on Vimeo.
adidas originals | Represent | Skateboarding from adi three leaf on Vimeo.
Beer prices in Malawi
update (16 April 2013): Prices for beer (Carlsberg) and soft drinks in Malawi have increased by 20%. [more]
Travellers usually like to know what they can expect to pay for food, drinks and all these other everyday costs before they are heading to Southern Africa. Well, we are trying to provide as many info about it as possible and are therefore updating the "Supermarket prices in South Africa" blog post every couple of month, but we never posted anything about prices in Malawi. So this post is going to be a first one.
Having an ice-cold beer in the evening is probably part of most travellers "social interaction" with other travellers and with the locals. Due to varirous reasons, the Malawian's favourite beer is Carlsberg [read more]. Not a cheap beer overseas, so we want to look at the current price in Malawi. The beer price in the country recently went up by 17%, so that the new official retail price for the popular Carlsberg Green (340ml) is now MK180 (€0.5, £0.4, US$0,65, ZAR5,40), while Carlsberg Special and Stout are both going at MK200 (€0.6, £0.45, US$0,75, ZAR6.00). Kuche Kuche costs you MK170 (€0.48, £0.39, US$0.62, ZAR5.00) and Carlsberg Green Light is MK230 (€0.65, £0.52, US$0.84, ZAR6.90). The prices for drinks in restaurants, pubs and bars are likely to be a bit higher.
The unit of currency in Malawi is the kwacha (MK), which is made up of 100 tambala. The best foreign currencies to carry with you are US$, British £ and South African rands. Enjoy Malawi!
Travellers usually like to know what they can expect to pay for food, drinks and all these other everyday costs before they are heading to Southern Africa. Well, we are trying to provide as many info about it as possible and are therefore updating the "Supermarket prices in South Africa" blog post every couple of month, but we never posted anything about prices in Malawi. So this post is going to be a first one.
Having an ice-cold beer in the evening is probably part of most travellers "social interaction" with other travellers and with the locals. Due to varirous reasons, the Malawian's favourite beer is Carlsberg [read more]. Not a cheap beer overseas, so we want to look at the current price in Malawi. The beer price in the country recently went up by 17%, so that the new official retail price for the popular Carlsberg Green (340ml) is now MK180 (€0.5, £0.4, US$0,65, ZAR5,40), while Carlsberg Special and Stout are both going at MK200 (€0.6, £0.45, US$0,75, ZAR6.00). Kuche Kuche costs you MK170 (€0.48, £0.39, US$0.62, ZAR5.00) and Carlsberg Green Light is MK230 (€0.65, £0.52, US$0.84, ZAR6.90). The prices for drinks in restaurants, pubs and bars are likely to be a bit higher.
The unit of currency in Malawi is the kwacha (MK), which is made up of 100 tambala. The best foreign currencies to carry with you are US$, British £ and South African rands. Enjoy Malawi!
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