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Algeria

Fact File Capital: Algiers Population: 38,295,000 Time zone: GMT 0 Plugs: Two-pin round Dialling code: +213 Currency: Algerian dinar. Exchange rate: $1= DZD78.4 Language: Arabic Visa All non-Algerians need to apply for a visa...

Poised for growth

A close neighbour of South Africa, Namibia has always operated under the radar, but now appears ready to capitalise on its natural resources with...

A New Dawn

After more than 30 years of Mugabe rule, Zimbabwe has a new president and the hopes of a more prosperous future, but the

Swaziland

Fact File Capital: Mbabane Population: 1,077,000 Time zone: UTC +2 Plugs: Three pin round, South African style Dialling code: +268 Currency: Swazi lilangeni. Exchange rate: $1 = 9.86281 SZL Language: English, siSwati Make...

Angola

Fact File Population: 12 million Time zone: GMT+1 Plugs: Round-pin attachment Dialling code: +244 Currency: Kwanza - $1=97.5AOA Language: Portuguese, Bantu, other African languages Background Once a Portuguese colony, Angola achieved independence...

Seychelles

Fact File Capital: Victoria Population: 94,000 Time zone: GMT +4 Plugs: Three pin square, British style Dialling code: +248 Currency: Seychellois rupee. Exchange rate: $1 = 12.0233 SCR Language: English, French Visas No visa is...

Burkina Faso

Fact File Capital: Ouagadougou Population: 17,338,000 Time zone: GMT 0 Plugs: Two pin round Dialling code: +226 Currency: CFA Franc. Exchange rate: $1 = 499.888 XOF Language: French Visas Citizens of the following countries do...

Fit for purpose

South Africa now has 5,201 graded establishments – totaling 124,268 rooms – across the TGCSA’s three main categories of ‘Hotel’, ‘Non-Hotel Accommodation’, and ‘Venues’. That’s...

Egypt

Egypt’s transition from authoritarian pseudo-democracy to full democratic state has not been smooth. 2012’s elections, though, may herald a new dawn for this most...

Welcome to Kenya

It’s not only popes and presidents who visited Nairobi in 2015 – growth in trade and industry is bringing in business travellers too, reports Business Traveller UK’s Jenny Southan.

Namibia

Fact File Population: 2.1 million Time zone: GMT + 2 hours (summer); GMT + 1 hour (winter) Plugs: Three-prong square Dialling code: +264 Currency: Namibian dollar; SA Rand -...

Interesting journey

The Maslow Time Square hotel in Menlyn Maine, Pretoria has just celebrated its first birthday, and whilst the complex as a whole has been in operation for longer, it was a good time to check in with resort General Manager, Brett Hoppé, to get a better sense of