Johannesburg to Venice from R5664*
(leave 29 Sep, return 8 Oct)

Perth Flights from R9172*

Packing for Perth? Here's the cheapest flights to the sunset coast that we've seen in ages. These are the lowest rates that we could find for flights from Johannesburg and Cape Town to Perth. *An asterisk next to an advertised price indicates that it may have changed (airline prices are in a constant state of flux).

If we look at the map below we can see why the airfares with Air Mauritius can be cheaper! It's far shorter, and seems in a way a bit crazy that Emirates flights from Cape Town via Dubai are the cheapest way of getting there!

JNB-Amsterdam R6903*
leave 1 Sep, return 10 Sep

JNB-Bangkok R6648*
leave 1 Sep, return 8 Sep

JNB-Barcelona R6384*
leave 1 Oct, return 10 OCt 

JNB-Frankfurt R6700*
leave 1 Oct, return 10 Oct

JNB-Geneva R5952* 
leave 4 Sep, return 12 Sep

JNB-Hong Kong R6614*
leave 1 Sep, return 12 Sep

JNB-Prague R6360*
leave 1st Sep, return 10th Sep 

* there was very limited availability when we checked flight prices, so please navigate through to link in order to see if the featured price has changed.

CPT-Amsterdam R7473*
leave 2 Sep, return 10 Sep

CPT-Bangkok R8120*
leave 1 October, return 8 October

CPT-Geneva R7022*
leave 29 July, return 13 Aug

CPT-Perth R10024*
leave 1 Sep, return 10 Sep

CPT-Seychelles R8019*
leave 29 Aug, return 10 Sep

CPT-Singapore R8642*
leave 1 Sep, return 10 Sep

CPT-Zurich R6565*
leave 1 Sep, return 10 Sep

Having just started flying the route on 1 June, Etihad are increasing their flights to Sao Paulo from Abu Dhabi from 3 a week to daily from 1 August 2013.

Emirates is offering 15% off economy class return tickets to the following destinations, until the 29th June 2013 : Ahmedabad, Bangkok, Beijing, Delhi, Dubai, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow, Lyon, Mumbai, Paris, Perth, Shanghai, Tokyo Haneda, Venice, Limited availability. For flights from the 7th July 2013 and the 30th November 2013 only, but not for outbound flights from the 2nd August to the 15th August 2013 or inbound flights from the 15th August 2013 until the 8th September 2013.

Go snorkel with seals - it'll be the second best thing you do on your holiday in Cape Town.

Minister Malusi Gigaba has responded to criticism over South African Airways' cadet program: "Some in our country have complained that SAA, for example, is recruiting 33 black cadet pilots and only seven white cadets. Statistics indicate that SAA has 793 pilots and out of these 667 (85%) are white and only 124 (15%) are black (Africans, Coloureds and Indians put together). These statistics highlight the blatant fact that the rate and levels of transformation in this sector has been taking place at a painfully slow rate, and that there is critical need to increase the pace of transformation to address the significant levels of demographic and gender imbalance that are embedded in the aviation sector."