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United Airlines has today started selling tickets for new direct flights between Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) and Cape Town, becoming the first airline to provide nonstop roundtrip service from the US capital to South Africa. The US Department of Transportation granted the airline three weekly direct flights, which will commence on November 17, 2022. The flights will depart from IAD on Monday, Thursday and Saturday, and from Cape Town on Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.

Proud moment for South Africa

In third place, and highest-ranking city in Africa, is Cape Town. The newspaper says its “topography and geography alone make [it] stand out above the others” and that its beaches, copious sunshine hours and towering Table Mountain, the latter providing the highest view and the biggest green space out of any city in the list, bumped it into a podium position.

Cape Town named third greatest city on Earth A ranking using objective measures has put the Mother City above heavy hitters including Paris, Tokyo, London and New York.

So good to be back doing what I love the most... travel trade shows

Zanzibar scraps PCRs for vaccinated guests

Fully vaccinated visitors to Zanzibar will no longer be subject to PCR testing on arrival from Friday (April 1).

Proof of a valid vaccination certificate with a QR code is essential. All travellers must also now complete the Travellers Health Surveillance Form within 24 hours of arrival.

Unvaccinated visitors must still present a negative PCR test result, from a test taken within the 72 hours prior to departure.

Unvaccinated children aged five years and younger, as well as transiting passengers, are exempt from the PCR requirement.