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The South African cruise industry has grown considerably in recent decades, recording an expansion of over 100% in recent years. The greatest growth came between the 1990s and 2010, led predominantly by Starlight Cruises, a household name in South Africa and the owner of the market share in the South African cruise industry.

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Friday 18th May, 2012

    • Police boss moves against Richard Mdluli

    Mail and Guardian

    Acting national police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has given embattled crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli and his ally, the manager of the police secret services account, Major General Solly ...

    • Malema's millions: Juju ally resists tax probe

    Mail & Guardian

    A former business associate of expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, Lesiba Gwangwa, has taken the South African Revenue Service (Sars) to court in a bid to set aside the judicial ...

    • March blows up in DA's face

    Mail & Guardian

    Despite the sympathy and outrage, the Democratic Alliance still lacks street cred, writes Phillip de Wet, who attended the DA march earlier this ...

  • DIARY-Southern & South Africa to March 2013

    Reuters

    There are many reasons for being angry with Africa ’s strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into the eye of the storm and threatened to undo the democratic ...

  • African Markets - Factors to watch on May 18

    Reuters

    NAIROBI, May 18 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday. - - - - ...

  • DIARY-South Africa corporate events to Nov 2012

    Reuters

    This diary of South African corporate events is updated every business day. If you would like to contribute corporate events, please email david.dolan@thomsonreuters.com. For Southern & ...

  • Sanef: Show proof of dirty journalists

    News 24

    Johannesburg - The SA National Editors' Forum (Sanef) has asked the police for more information about allegations that Crime Intelligence paid journalists to write articles, it said on ...

  • Japan govt: Trawler owners must co-operate

    News 24

    Johannesburg - The Japanese embassy is concerned about a 50 metre-long fishing trawler that ran aground off First Beach in Clifton, Cape Town, it said on Thursday."The government of Japan has ...

  • DA to meet police over march

    News 24

    Johannesburg - The Democratic Alliance will meet Gauteng police to discuss Tuesday's DA march on Cosatu offices which was marred by public violence, the party said on Thursday. DA spokesperson ...

  • Education group hails textbooks ruling

    News 24

    Pretoria - A ruling by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria on Thursday on the non-supply of textbooks for Limpopo schools has been welcomed by research organisation Equal Education. "This ...

  • MEC condemns Sexual Offences Act

    News 24

    Albert Fritz said on Thursday."Of the 29 sexual offences described in chapters 2, 3 and 4 of the Sexual Offences Act, none carries any penalty. In other words, these heinous crimes are not ...

  • South African leaders strike out at gay rights

    Daily Nation

    Photo/FILE Bathini Dambuza (left) and Lindiwe Radebe, a lesbian couple, celebrate their engagement on Constitution Hill in Johannesburg on November 14, 2006. South Africa is the only African ...

  • Tales of a female gangster girl

    Mail & Guardian

    Click here But it is the one just under her fringe that reveals more about her journey than anything else. On her forehead "Allah" is written in Arabic script. It is the prison engraving ...

  • Rugby-Rebels sign Australia international Higginbotham

    Reuters

    n">May 18 (Reuters) - Australia loose forward Scott Higginbotham has joined the Melbourne Rebels from the Queensland Reds on a two-year contract, the Super Rugby franchise said on ...

  • South Africa won't bully its way to AU top job: Zuma

    Daily Nation

    South African President Jacob Zuma said Thursday his country would not "bully" its way into the top job at the African Union, a key post also being contested by ...

  • UPDATE 1-Golf-Pacesetting Palmer eyes redemption in Texas

    Reuters

    n">May 17 (Reuters) - Twelve months after losing a playoff for the Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, Ryan Palmer had redemption on his mind after taking control of the tournament ...

  • Girard-Perregaux Honors Desmond Tutu

    Forbes

    Also in attendance as an event sponsor and supporter of the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation was Girard-Perregaux. The luxury Swiss watch brand presented Archbishop Tutu with an engraved 1966 ...

  • ANC to go to court over Zuma painting

    News 24

    Jacob Zuma with his genitals hanging out, removed from a Johannesburg gallery. "The African National Congress is extremely disturbed and outraged by the distasteful and indecent manner in ...

  • Sisulu - SANDF de-linking pay from rank

    News 24

    Location Settings News24 allows you to edit the display of certain components based on a location. If you wish to personalise the page based on your preferences, please select a location for ...

  • Golf-Leishman soars with two eagles at the Byron Nelson

    Reuters

    n">May 17 (Reuters) - Australian Marc Leishman soared into an early one-shot lead with a pair of eagles on the back nine in Thursday's opening round of the Byron Nelson Championship ...

  • Mali interim govt raises gold sales tax

    Reuters

    BAMAKO May 17 (Reuters) - Mali's interim government has raised the combined sales tax on gold by 2 percentage points to 8 percent, a move aimed at bringing it in line with peers in the West ...

  • Minister defends quality of matric

    News 24

    Angie Motshekga has defended the quality of the National Senior Certificate, saying its standard "can be attested to". Motshekga said in her budget vote speech in Parliament on Thursday ...

  • Joburg uncovers R10m corruption scam

    News 24

    Johannesburg - A Johannesburg municipality employee has been suspended after he and several others allegedly pocketed about R10m of council funds, the city said on Thursday.The amount was taken out ...

  • Renaming not to obliterate history - Zuma

    News 24

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