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Vroom: From R228* for a Chev Spark from the 1st to the 2nd Dec from Lanseria Airport. *Navigate to Drive South Africa to see if it's still available

The Buy 1 get 1 free is the best cruise special there is for a couple sharing a cabin . Here's a list of the cruises on which this offer was still running.

Cruise news: Kudos to Natasha: "You are the BEST. Your service is outstanding. I have travelled lots, NOBODY can beat you for quality assistance. If the trip is going to be as good as your service that can only prove EXCELLENT"

MSC Opera Buy 1 Get 1 Free's

* Navigate to MSC Opera to check whether these prices, for a couple sharing a cabin, are still available.

Cruise	Itinerary	Departs	Returns	Prices From:
OP 002	Cape Town, Durban	20 Nov 2012	23 Nov 2012	R 4 450*
OP 003	Durban, Nowhere, Durban	24 Nov 2012	26 Nov 2012	R 4 610*
OP 004	Durban, Maputo, Inhambane, Durban	26 Nov 2012	30 Nov 2012	R 7 220*
OP 005	Durban, Portuguese Island, Durban	30 Nov 2012	03 Dec 2012	R 7 470*
OP 006	Durban, Maputo, Inhambane, Durban	03 Dec 2012	07 Dec 2012	R 9 690*
OP 013	Durban, Maputo, Inhambane, Durban	07 Jan 2013	11 Jan 2013	R 8 540*
OP 014	Durban, Portuguese Island, Durban	11 Jan 2013	14 Jan 2013	R 6 260*
OP 015	Durban, Portuguese Island, Barra Lodge, Durban	14 Jan 2013	18 Jan 2013	R 7 020*
OP 016	Durban, Portuguese Island, Durban	18 Jan 2013	21 Jan 2013	R 6 070*
OP 018	Durban, Maputo, Inhambane, Durban	21 Jan 2013	25 Jan 2013	R 7 020*
OP 019	Durban, Portuguese Island, Durban	25 Jan 2013	28 Jan 2013	R 6 070*
OP 020	Durban, Maputo, Inhambane, Durban	28 Jan 2013	01 Feb 2013	R 7 220*
OP 022	Durban, Portuguese Island, Barra Lodge, Durban	04 Feb 2013	08 Feb 2013	R 7 020*
OP 024	Durban, Maputo, Inhambane, Durban	11 Feb 2013	15 Feb 2013	R 6 820*
OP 026	Durban, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town	17 Feb 2013	21 Feb 2013	R 5 570*
OP 027	Cape Town, Walvis Bay, Luderitz, Cape Town	21 Feb 2013	26 Feb 2013	R 8 220*
OP 028	Cape Town, Mossel Bay, Cape Town	26 Feb 2013	01 Mar 2013	R 5 850*

* Prices include port and service charges and mandatory insurance. Prices are subject to availability of cabin category and change. (E&OE.) Please note that specials can be retracted at any time without prior notice. Prices only guaranteed once a booking has been made and terms and conditions pertaining to the booking are met.

photo by John Ambler of the MSC Opera leaving Southampton

Upton Hall is one of the most highly rated Guest Houses in Durban.

London flight prices
Hopefully we'll be back to exploring London's magical streets soon! South Africa is currently on the UK's Red List, which means only British nationals are allowed to travel from South Africa to the UK and then they have to complete 10 days quarantine in a hotel. There are no direct flights connecting South Africa to the UK currently.

flight path from London to Johannesburg

Cheap JNB-London from R7,487*
(British Airways- depart 9 April, return 16 April 2019)

Cheap CPT-London from R9,184*
(Emirates- depart 9 April, return 16 April 2019)

Cheap DUR-London from R8,134*
(British Aiways- depart 9 April, return 16 April 2019)

Direct JNB-LON from R10,577*
(Virgin Atlantic- depart 11 April, return 18 April 2019)

Direct CPT-LON from R7,837*
(British Airlines- depart 14 May, return 21 May 2019)

Premium Econ. JNB-LON from R14,747*
(Virgin Atlantic- depart 14 May, return 21 May 2019)

B. Class JNB-LONfrom R22,571*
(Kenya Airways- depart 14 May, return 21 May 2019)

B. Class CPT-LON from R23,791*
(Kenya Airways- depart 16 May, return 23 May 2019)

1-way JNB-LON from R5,229*
(Emirates- 18 April 2019)

*This is not an offer, but merely a snapshot of cheapest airfares as we saw them. There was very limited availability (don't expect it to be on every date, it was the cheapest we could find) when we checked & prices may have increased already. Click through the link on the price to check whether the price is still available. Remember to change class once page has loaded to check prices for Premium Economy and Business Class. For Direct Fligth prices, select direct flights once page has loaded.

JNB-Abu Dhabi R6408*

JNB-Amman R6854*

JNB-Amsterdam R6254*

JNB-Berlin R6676*

JNB-Geneva R5957*

JNB-Hong Kong R7513*

JNB-Jeddah R6018*

JNB-Madrid R6218*

JNB-Moscow R5829*

JNB-New York R8464*

JNB-Rome R6139*

JNB-Windhoek R2846*

* 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-Bangkok R7682*

CPT-Dubai R6118*

CPT-Geneva R6132*

Voyager members - get your pals to join the SAA Voyager program between 1 Nov and 31 Dec 2012 and make sure they use any of the Voyager Partner services and you’ll stand to win 20,000 Voyager Miles. Terms & Conditions apply.

The renaming of Bloemfontein International Airport to Bram Fischer International Airport has been gazetted. Check it out on your next flight to Bloemfontein.

The Purple shall rule! Platothefish decided to drive from East London to Cape Town:

- "A phenomenon known as rural roadification is occurring across Africa . Where villages used to spring up along rivers or close to water, they are now almost all being built along main roads. This is a result of the fact that these days people need money in order to eat and live. As you can't hunt, catch or grow money, you have to exchange your labour for it. To do this you have to get to somewhere where the more affluent (economically) people are, those who have enough spare folding stuff that they want to use the only thing you have to sell - your time and effort. The people with the money don't want to live around the people without the money, the people without the money have to live where they can find a place that they can get to the people with the money."

- "We pass through Kinklebos, where they train the traffic police and guess what, a police road check. Luckily it's on the other side of the road today. For a place that is the centre for road traffic police, no petrol station."

- "South African N roads have a runoff strip in the left a bit like the emergency lane on the UK motorways. Slower vehicles often move over into this runoff to let faster cars pass.The delineation between this and the carriageway is a continuous yellow line and if you are lucky orange cats eyes. Obviously only those lucky enough to have headlights powerful enough to reflect back at you are able to see these. Lulu can just about manage one or maybe two cats eyes dimly lit in front of her, as long as they are closely spaced. This is fine on the open road. When the N2 goes through townships most of the cats eyes decorate the exterior walls of the nearby hand made houses."

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The Bottom Line: "Following the announcement on 5th Nov 2012 of the completed FastJet branding and the launch of FastJet operations in Tanzania with three A319 aircraft, the Company is now progressing with establishing the second hub location for FastJet in the continuing plan to build the FastJet network into the Low Cost Carrier for all of Africa. These additional funds will be deployed in assessing an earlier than expect opportunity open to FastJet to interact with the Southern African market place and progressing with the opening of further operational hubs for the FastJet network across Africa." said the Executie Chairman of Fastjet

Fastjet plans on launching operations on the 29th Nov 2012, with flights from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza & Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro.