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Weed tourism lights up global travel
BizNews
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Marijuana-inspired travel is the next big thing in the global travel industry as the world begins to realise that ganja really is the new tourism gold. Knowing that cannabis and the tourism dollar are fast friends would most likely have Bob Marley...
MaMkhize in talks to buy Eswatini giants Mbabane Highlanders
Briefly
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July 3, 2025
Businesswoman and socialite, Shauwn "MaMkhize" Mkhize, is reportedly looking to buy a new football club after Royal AM was liquidated MaMkhize is said to be engaged in ongoing negotiations to acquire the club, which is based in the Kingdom of...
Oman Optimist team ready for Africa challenge
Oman Observer
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July 30, 2025
MUSCAT: Five members of Oman’s Optimist Team are currently preparing to travel to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the 2025 Optimist African Championship. Getting underway on August 2, the week-long event will bring together 75 of the best Optimist...
Airline ticket tax: Tunisia among cheapest African countries
African Manager
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July 30, 2025
Why does traveling to Africa often cost more than elsewhere? And above all, which countries on the continent impose the highest airport taxes… and which spare their travelers the most? To answer these questions, the African Airlines Association...
The gospel in Africa
The Nassau Guardian
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I recently completed my ninth tour of Africa, primarily focused on sharing the gospel. From my very first trip to that continent, I came to the realization that everyone in the African diaspora should make it a point to visit some part of Africa...
Oman’s Optimist Team ready for the 2025 Optimist African Championship in Tanzania
Times of Oman
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Muscat: Five members of Oman’s Optimist Team are currently preparing to travel to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the 2025 Optimist African Championship. Getting underway on 2 August 2025, the week-long event will bring together 75 of the best...
Community celebrates court's decision to deny bail to Tiffany Meek, mother of murdered Jayden-Lee Meek
IOL
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July 29, 2025
There were reactions of joy and jubilation outside the Roodepoort Magistrates Court on Tuesday as the court denied bail to Tiffany Meek. The decision was welcomed by City of Joburg Speaker, Margaret Arnolds, and other activists who have been...
South Sudan seeks sanctions relief in US deportation talks
Al Mayadeen
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July 30, 2025
The US is pressuring fragile states like South Sudan to accept deportees, offering little in return while ignoring human rights and fueling political instability. South Sudan has expressed willingness to receive more migrants deported from the US,...
State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records
The Intercept
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July 29, 2025
The United States is building an unprecedented network of deportee dumping grounds, pursuing deals with around a third of the world’s nations to expel immigrants to places where they do not hold citizenship. Once exiled, these third-country...
Heartbreaking ritual Richard E Grant performs for his late wife every night since her cancer death
Entertainment Daily
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July 26, 2025
Eswatini-born actor Richard E Grant still has an “ongoing conversation” with his late wife, Joan Washington, who died in 2021. Her death plunged him into an “abyss of grief”. They met in 1983, and married three years later. There is one dying wish...
Groundbreaking new book by ‘Maritzburg author, Yunus Carrim
Witness
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July 30, 2025
Pietermaritzburg resident Yunus Carrim has penned a new book, Attacking the Heart of Apartheid: The ANC’s MK Special Operations Unit, which aims to tell the remarkable stories of those involved in the armed struggle. Formed under the direct...
Constantine Chiwenga: get lost!
Bulawayo 24 News
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July 29, 2025
Mrs. Merry Chiwenga is a victim of Zanu PF dirty politics. The young woman was used to the point of becoming mad. She is accused of trying to murder Chiwenga: question is, who gave Merry orders to temper with the hospital gargets put on Chiwenga...
Morocco and South Africa: Twisting Toward a Common Ground
Morocco World News
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July 29, 2025
Rabat – The scoop could be misleading. Jumping to conclusions is a move that might serve a scoop in this summer period when the brain is on standby. People are looking to rest a bit. However, there are events that shake intellectual idleness and...
Harare drug kingpin convicted over 175kg of mbanje
The Masvingo Mirror
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July 26, 2025
SIMBARASHE MTEMBO MIRROR REPORTER MASVINGO – Drug kingpin, Ali Allan Mamudu (55) found with a trailer load of 175kg of mbanje imported from Swaziland enroute to Malawi through Zimbabwe has been convicted of the crime and will be sentenced on...
Ivermectin Reduces Malaria Infections by 26%
Precision Vaccinations
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(Vax-Before-Travel News)In a significant stride toward combating one of the world's deadliest diseases, which is spread by mosquitoes, a large-scale, cluster-randomized clinical trial has demonstrated that mass administration of ivermectin, a drug...
Tanzania bars Nigerians, other foreigners from 15 small, medium-scale businesses
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 29, 2025
The Tanzanian government has issued a new directive barring non-citizens, including Nigerians, from participating in a wide range of small and medium-scale business activities across the country. The move, announced on Monday, is aimed at...
Which third countries is the US deporting migrants to?
The New Arab
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Activists protest outside of the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building, where Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court, detaining immigrants for deportation on 24 July 2025, in New York City. [Getty] On Friday, Florida governor Ron DeSantis...
State argues Jayden-Lee Meek’s mother rode public sympathy until the horse bucked
The Citizen (South Africa)
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July 28, 2025
Tiffany Meek is better off staying in custody, according to the state. Tiffany Nicole Meek, the mother of Jayden-Lee Meek, rode on public sympathy following her son’s death, until her arrest, the state argued in the Roodepoort Magistrate’s Court...
Paarl at your leisure — heritage, big rocks, big flavours and big cats
Daily Maverick
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July 28, 2025
In 1657, Jan van Riebeeck sent Abraham Gabbema, the public treasurer for the Dutch settlement in Table Bay, to scout the interior. While out and about he saw a giant granite outcrop glistening in the sun after a rainstorm, and named it “de...
Africa’s top 10 most powerful passports in 2025
The Sun Nigeria
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July 24, 2025
By Seyi Babalola A strong passport can make international travel more seamless and provide greater access to the world. Globally, some nations provide their citizens with more powerful passports, making travel easier and opening up broader...