A family of three Dutch tourists were hijacked near their home on Monday night. They were later rescued by foresters where they wandered in a plantation between Sabie and Hazyview.
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Foreign visitors are not safe in South Africa – Dutch tourist family holiday ends in nightmare after attack & hijacking in Lowveld area
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Tourists Cancelling SA Trips Due To Violent Attacks – at least 14 people were attacked at Table Mountain since January
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A tour guide said a number of foreigners have cancelled trips to South Africa after hearing of attacks on tourists. The Table Mountain Watch group said at least 14 people were attacked in the park since January, significantly down from the 42 attacks during the same period last year. Over the weekend, Ukrainian Ivan Ivanov..
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Chilean tourist recently disappears without a trace in SA
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Dessie Rechner of the organization Pink Ladies has made a new pamphlet with photographs showing Slavko Yaksic with short hair, as he be seen before he disappeared. A Chilean backpacker’s family is sick of worries after the missing man had not home a week ago after a visit in South-Africa. Slavko Andro Yaksic Besoaín (29),..
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When does a tourist become a traveller?
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To be a tourist is almost as bad as to be a terrorist, some smart people say. Tourists are eating, swallowing, consuming zombies who visit attractions and leave a place without understanding a thing about it. A traveller, on the other hand, will drink in the local culture like a connoisseur. Recently, I was a..
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