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SOUTH AFRICA TRAVEL GUIDE - Travel Blissful

SOUTH AFRICA, officially a Republic of South Africa. It is the southernmost country in Africa. Inland safari destination Kruger Nation Park is popular by big game. South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper-middle- income economy country , and a newly industrialized country . Its economy is the second-largest in Africa and the 34th-largest in the world. Information Languages spoken: Zulu, Afrikaans, Xhosa, English Currency: Rand (R) Best time to go: Summer Concern for travelers: tour Destinations Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth is a city on Algoa Bay in South Africa’s Eastern Cape land . A major port, it’s also known for its many beaches. The Donkin proper procedure Trail takes in the Old Hill neighborhood’s Victorian landmarks. Famous in coastal boat tours , whales and rare seabirds. Most of the wildlife lovers visit Port Elizabeth , while wildlife reserves outside the m...

Ebola's catastrophic consequences on Sierra Leone’s small-scale mining sector

Wed Nov 05 08:38:00 GMT 2014 'Ebola is having catastrophic economic consequences for Sierra Leone,  where the disease is running rampant', writes Roy Maconachie in The Guardian.  The country, together with the two other Mano River Union states , Liberia and Guinea, are presently in economic paralysis. Despite being natural resource -rich countries, inflation, food prices and currency exchange rates have soared, international investors have fled, and industries have come to a grinding halt. World Bank estimates suggest that the Ebola outbreak could cost the West African econoomy $32.6bn (£20.3bn) by the end of 2015, unless the epidemic is rapidly contained. In Sierra Leone, the macro-economic impacts of the crisis came into sharp focus two weeks ago, when the country’s second largest iron ore producer , London Mining, went into administration. The London-listed company was one of the country’s largest employers , providing jobs for 1,400 local people at its mine in Marampa, ...

Charlotte set off the fight over the ‘bathroom law.’ Now it’s dealing with the fallout.

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Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts helped spearhead the city’s transgender rights ordinance that state officials fought with a law that the Justice Department is now fighting in court. (Katie Zezima/The Washington Post) This post has been updated CHARLOTTE — Shahrzad McNaughton is proud to be from North Carolina — the first tattoo she ever got was an interpretation of this city’s crown logo surrounded by dogwoods, the state flower. But since North Carolina passed a law that rolled back rights for gay, lesbian and transgender people, she has soured on the state she has called home for most of her life. “I’m proud to be a North Carolinian , but I’m ashamed of the legislation,” said McNaughton, 26, who was drinking beer on a patio on a muggy spring night , a dog curled up in her lap. “I’m ashamed of this state, and I hate to say that.” A non- discrimination ordinance passed in this city sparked the law, which became the subject of the highest levels of legal volleying Monday whe...