Cathy Buckle: Zimbabwe – A country in waiting. SA’s future?
Cathy Buckle returns home to Zimbabwe after a few weeks in the ‘first world’. It’s a downhill slide as soon as the journey starts given that basic rules are thrown out the window.
Tourists
Holiday from Hell – Egyptian military kills dozen innocent Mexican tourists
Egypt’s security forces accidentally killed at least 12 people in the western desert area, after mistaking a Mexican tourist group for terrorists.
Egypt tourist numbers tumble as turmoil drives visitors away
CAIRO (Reuters) – The number of tourists visiting Egypt fell 32.4 percent in March compared with the same month last year, state media said on Tuesday, as a vital source of foreign currency continues to dry up after years of political turmoil. Around 755,000 tourists visited Egypt in March, state-news agency MENA quoted official statistics … Read more