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BLOEMFONTEIN

OVERVIEW Bloemfontein’s Sesotho name is Mangaung, meaning “Place of Cheetahs” and since 2011 the city has formed part of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality, having previously...

GEORGE

OVERVIEW With a population of a little over 200,000, George is a small city and retains much of the charm associated with small towns. But...

KIMBERLEY

OVERVIEW Kimberley was the initial hub of industrialisation in South Africa in the late 19th century, which transformed the country’s agrarian economy into one more...

POLOKWANE

OVERVIEW Previously called Pietersburg, the town officially became a city in 1992 and in February 2005 the South African government declared the official name of...

EAST LONDON

OVERVIEW East London sits at the northern end of a 300-kilometre stretch of coastline referred to as the Sunshine Coast, which is anchored by St...

PORT ELIZABETH

OVERVIEW Port Elizabeth was founded as a town in 1820 to house British settlers and as a way of strengthening the border region between the...

DURBAN

OVERVIEW Durban might be seen as one of the major centres of tourism in South Africa, but it also has the country’s busiest port, along...

CAPE TOWN

OVERVIEW The ‘Mother City’ has the second-most populous urban area in South Africa after Johannesburg. As the seat of the Parliament of South Africa, it...

PRETORIA

OVERVIEW Known as the “Jacaranda City” due to its thousands of pretty purple jacaranda trees, Pretoria is a city within the Tshwane metropole and the...

Proflight adds more flights to Ndola route

Proflight Zambia has added a new mid-afternoon flight between Ndola and Lusaka to meet the additional demand spurred by its recent decision to lower...

JOHANNESBURG

OVERVIEW The capital of South Africa’s smallest province, Gauteng, Johannesburg is where it all happens for the country’s business travellers. Not only is it the...

FCM to launch Sam

FCM Travel Solutions has announced it will launch a chatbot in the second half of 2018. Sam blends artificial intelligence with the expertise of FCM...