South Africa Travel News

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A therapist will travel to South Africa to talk at a conference about her 'groundbreaking' work with Tamil refugees in Wimbledon .

Family of South Shields student still waiting to officially hear how Jack died while on a school trip with pals from Harton Technology College An inquest into the death of a teenager who died while helping disadvantaged children in Africa is likely to be held abroad.

Ghana's opponents for the African Women Championship South Africa started camp yesterday and will hold their training sessions at the Nike Centre in Soweto and the Bedfordview FC grounds.

The spread of the deadly Ebola virus and assistance for affected countries will be discussed during an African summit in Washington next week, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.

Even from his own sickbed in Africa, American physician Kent Brantly continues putting the well-being of others before his own.

It's the deadliest recorded Ebola outbreak. There are 700 dead now across West Africa.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., The deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa has forced Grant Hofman to drastically change his summer plans.

Records of children in Jersey's care system were destroyed in the 1990s to "make space", the Independent Jersey Care Inquiry has heard.

The worst ebola outbreak in history has prompted Liberian officials to close their borders, as the governments in several West African countries raced to convince many of their citizens that ebola is a real disease.

The newly appointed Egyptian ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Badreddine Zayed has previously served as ambassador to Yemen and South Africa.

A State Department official on Wednesday said anti-gay laws in Uganda and other African countries are "inconsistent" with the continent's core values.

On Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama told a group of young Africans "brothers" and "sisters" that the "the blood of Africa runs through my veins."

When they realized one of their patients had recently traveled in Africa, doctors at Carolinas Medical Center's emergency department took precautions early Wednesday to prevent possible spread of an infectious disease.

Humanitarian agencies working in west Africa are stepping up precautions against the deadly Ebola virus as local and international health officials struggle to bring the outbreak under control.

The death of Sheik Umar Khan highlights the danger that medical workers dealing with Ebola put themselves in every day.

New Zealand health experts are making contingency plans to manage the ebola virus in case the deadly disease arrives from West Africa.

The Maslow Hotel is Sun International's new, modern hotel, providing an oasis setting within Johannesburg's premium shopping area of Sandton.

TRUE musicians hate to be categorised. Tresor Riziki is one of those musicians. Listening to his next radio single, Mount Everest, it is easy to understand why.

The Obama administration is urging federal employees to stay home during the summit of African leaders being held in Washington, D.C. next week and to monitor local news for announcement of a possible "closing of the federal government" -ostensibly over traffic issues.