South Africa has officially moved into the top 50 powerful passports on the planet, as 11 more countries granted SA nationals visa-free entry in the last year. BusinessTech shared travel advisors Henley & Partners’ latest travel index, and it is good news for any of us with a touch of wanderlust. The total amount of..
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Over 100 visa-free travel destinations are now available to South Africans
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Tennis speler Kevin Anderson deur na Wimbledon-kwarteindronde
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Kevin Anderson is vir die eerste keer in sy loopbaan in die Wimbledon-kwarteindronde. Nie omdat hy Maandag sterker of vinniger of meer kreatief as sy teenstander, Gael Monfils, was nie. Omdat hy sielkundig beter was.
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SA swimming champion marries Greek goddess
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South African Olympic swimming champion Cameron van der Burgh married his Pretoria fiancé, Nefeli Valakelis on Monday. Van der Burgh, who became 30 in May, and Valakelis tied the knot at the luxurious Ktima 48 resort in Anavyssos in eastern Greece. Valakelis is of Greek origin and a former lawyer currently employed as account manager..
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Suid- Afrikaners wat na buiteland reis, gemaan
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Die departement van internasionale betrekkinge en samewerking het Dinsdag ʼn veldtog van stapel gestuur wat Suid-Afrikaners wat na die buiteland reis, aanmoedig om hulle deeglik te vergewis van die moets en moenies van die lande waarheen hulle reis. Dit volg ná die onlangse voorval waarin 51 jong Suid-Afrikaanse onderwysers in China gestrand was. Die departement..
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Wêreldwyd bring “Afrikaans is Lekker” na Australië en Nieu-Seeland
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Wêreldwyd het vanjaar weer hande gevat met South African Events om eg Afrikaanse vermaak na Suid-Afrikaners in Nieeu-Seeland en Australië te bring deur op te tree as hoofborg van die Afrikaans is Lekker 2018-toer. Afrikaans is Lekker is ’n jaarlikse Suid-Afrikaanse konsert wat in Australië en Nieu-Seeland deur South African Events aangebied word. Soortgelyke musiekgeleenthede..
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New visa rules good news for South Africans looking for work in the UK
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The UK Home Office has announced that it will henceforth no longer include doctors and nurses in the cap on the Tier 2 Visa cap. This is according to immigration consultants Breytenbachs, which notes that every month, since December 2017, the monthly quota for the Tier 2 Restricted Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) was reached. “Many..
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China visa scam: SA government won’t give financial relief to stranded teachers
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The 50 South Africans who fell prey to a work visa scam in China will not receive any financial help from their own government. That’s according to the parents who are fighting tooth and nail to get their children home.
Sucked in by the promises of Owen Wong – a man who claimed to represent a company called Sanda Youth International – the group thought they would be taking up a position to teach English as a foreign language to local children.
They arrived in the country without a hitch, but Wong convinced the would-be teachers that he needed their passports to finalise all of their work visas.
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Moving abroad: Five steps to making your move simpler
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Picking the right removal company will be one of the most important decisions you make when moving abroad.
Once you have decided you are moving abroad, it is vital that one of the first steps you take towards making your move as plain-sailing as possible is to choose the right removal company.
We chatted to the experts at Stuttaford Van Lines and found out the best way to approach a big move.
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Education in China: This is what you need to know
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Today it is certainly not an exaggeration to say that literally thousands of South Africans gives school in Russia, the Middle East and Asia. Only in China alone there are hundreds of teachers in the one internet group of which I am the administrator, called South Africans Living In China. But it’s not without dangers and problems, as one of the members of the group recently found out. Madri Strydom was detained in Beijing for sixteen days before being deported to South Africa.
Madri was not the first South African to have been deported. Neither the first who did nothing wrong and yet the Chinese showed her the door. She will certainly not be the last.
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Voormalige Cheeta Heelagter Coenie van Wyk wil uitdraf vir Japan in WB
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Hy kwalifiseer net voor die 2019 Wêreldbeker-toernooi in Japan om vir dié land te speel en as die afrigtingspan dink hy is goed genoeg, speel hy graag vir sy aangenome land.
Só praat die 30-jarige heelagter Coenie van Wyk, wat die vorige twee seisoene in al die Brave Lupus se ligaverpligtinge in die Japanse Topliga gespeel het. Dié seisoen het hy in 12 uit 15 wedstryde gespeel en net een misgeloop.
Hy is een van ’n rits Suid-Afrikaners wat hul rugby in Japan speel en hy maak geen geheim daarvan nie dat hy graag vir Japan sal wil uitdraf nie.
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