England’s winter is starting to take shape with the South African government privately giving the go ahead for a tour next month and the Indian board meeting this weekend to discuss a Test series in Mumbai next year. The South African government has told its cricket board it will issue […]
Africa
Cricketer Kevin Pietersen says Africa travel ban is ‘discriminatory’ (AP) As travellers and the travel industry wait to see which countries might be added to – or subtracted from – the UK government’s “no-go” list, pressure is growing for the blanket restriction on Africa to be eased. At present, the […]
Africa has some of the lowest Covid infection rates in the world, so why is the UK Government snubbing it? Britain is discriminating against Africa by refusing to set up a travel corridor to the continent despite it having some of the lowest Covid rates in the world, says a […]
England’s tour to South Africa next month is in the hands of the government in Pretoria with a decision expected by the end of the week. The England & Wales Cricket Board remains confident the tour will go ahead and the team will be granted special dispensation to enter South […]
(Bloomberg) — South Africa may reintroduce tighter regulations on the movement of people and curb sales of alcohol as coronavirus infections soar, the Sunday Times reported. Hungary is also restricting travel after spikes in neighboring countries. Thailand plans to start human trials for a locally developed, potential Covid-19 vaccine as […]
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The Daily Beast Postmaster General Taunts Dems: You’re Stuck With Me for Good Jim Watson./GettyLouis DeJoy had a defiant message on Wednesday for those craving to see him ousted as U.S. Postmaster General: “Get used to me.”The comment came after Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) asked the embattled U.S. Postal Service […]
Tim Howell is a 31-year-old BASE jumper and climber. BASE is an acronym for building, antenna, span and earth — each being a structure these extreme athletes might jump from. Howell, a former member of the Royal Marines, leaped from Mount Kenya, the second-highest mountain in Africa at 17,057 feet high. […]
The British and Irish Lions have been offered a lifeline after Rugby Australia formally offered to host this summer’s series against the Springboks Down Under. The viability of the tour, scheduled to take place in South Africa throughout July and August, has been in jeopardy for some time due to […]
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On the face of it, the rules regarding travel are clear. According to the Government’s guidance: “If you live in a Tier 4 area, you must not leave your home unless you have a reasonable excuse (e.g. for work or education purposes). If you need to travel you should stay […]
England had no justification for abandoning their tour of South Africa, the chairman of Cricket South Africa’s interim board has proclaimed. Judge Zak Yacoob attacked the tourists’ “negative” attitude after their trip was curtailed because their players were not in a fit state mentally to play the remainder of the […]
Africa is to get its first quarantine-free travel corridors from the UK opening up the prospect of winter safari holidays in Namibia and Rwanda once national lockdown ends. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the two countries will have quarantine lifted from Saturday at 4am, along with other winter sun […]
England arrive in South Africa on Tuesday to start their winter of bio-bubble touring with an eye on building towards next year’s Twenty20 World Cup. England will play three T20s and three ODIs against South Africa spending all their time in one hotel in Cape Town and splitting the matches between […]
A new tour soaks up the inextricably linked cultures of Oman and Zanzibar It’s a hot, sticky afternoon and I’m lost among Stone Town’s maze of narrow streets and tall, mildewed houses steeped in stories of the past. But this is a place where you should get lost, where you […]
The rain came down strong and steady in what was otherwise a mild Cape winter, washing away the fear, the smell of sanitiser. It filled the dams, the wet earth spawning the best wild-flower season in living memory. We endured one of the world’s toughest lockdowns but emerged blinking in […]
Standing on the rim of Ngorongoro, I looked down into the crater scanning the layers of haze through my binoculars. There was a solitary hippo grazing; a herd of zebra; and the distinctive shape of three rhinos, but I saw not one other safari vehicle. Remarkably, it turned out it […]