The international narrative which describes the 501Y.V2 Covid-19 variant as the “South African strain” has damaged tourism at a time when the travel industry can
South Africans were shocked to hear from Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, in his 2021 Budget Review last week, that SAA’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) were
Mauritius has launched its vaccination programme and is prioritising health care workers, the elderly and around 25,000 islanders who work in the tourism sector. The
Thai authorities are preparing a plan to ease restrictions for travellers vaccinated against the coronavirus, senior officials said on 24 February, as the country looks
The first batch of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines arrived in South Africa on Tuesday night. The South African Medical Association (SAMA) says the vaccine
Increasing frustration that SAA is still not processing refunds it owes its clients (around R3bn of unflown tickets), is motivating some agents to look for
The industry and its parent ministry likely expected to hear more on recovery measures and stimulus support in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation
The tourism industry has been hanging in the balance due to the effects of Covid-19 for months. With subsequent job losses and business closures, there
The UK government has ruled out plans to introduce “vaccine passports” allowing people, who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, to travel abroad. Still,
As of 1 February, failing to wear a mask in public is a direct criminal offence in South Africa, which could come with up to
