July 2021

South African airlines have suffered severe pandemic-induced financial losses over the past 15 months, with the latest round of lockdown restrictions grounding major carriers. Passenger volumes between Cape Town and Johannesburg – Africa’s busiest domestic route – halved in 2020. Losses incurred by the continent’s airlines topped $10 billion (more than R140 billion). Ongoing restrictions and […]

With more of us working, learning, and staying entertained at home over the past 18 months, it’s never been clearer that being without a fast, reliable internet connection for even just an hour can be intolerable. As South Africa grapples with a third wave of Covid-19 infections, some children are returning to home-schooling, and adults

Most of the time airports are nothing impressive – runways, terminals, baggage carousels and all the usual jazz. But in some parts of the world, engineers had to really think outside the box to make a functional airport a possibility. Some are built on brand-new pieces of land, some have roads or railways run right