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SOUTH AFRICA: SA'S OLDEST FLYING CLUB TURNS 50.
November 20, 2003... NELSPRUIT, South Africa, Nov. 20 (AENS) - The oldest flying club in South Africa celebrates its 50th anniversary on Friday with aerial displays, sundowners and dinner. The Lowveld Aero Club will celebrate the event at the small municipal airport in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, which has one of...

SOUTH AFRICA: TRAFFIC COPS TAUGHT TOURISM MANNERS.
November 20, 2003... NELSPRUIT, South Africa, Nov. 20 (AENS) - Traffic officers in Mpumalanga are being encouraged to issue fines with a smile this holiday season. The traffic cops are being taught at workshops over two weeks to be "tourist friendly" following complaints that many are downright rude. ...

MALAWI: MALAWI WILDLIFE OFFICIALS BRACE FOR 2004 IVORY SALE.
November 18, 2003... BLANTYRE, Malawi, Nov. 18 (AENS/IPS) - Elephant numbers in Malawi's Phirilongwe forest reserve have dropped from 200 animals 15 years ago, to only 30 today, warns conservationist David Bradfield who is doing work in Malawi for the Frankfurt Zoological Society. This is despite a global ban...

SOUTH AFRICA: DISABLED WANT TO TAKE 4X4'S ONTO BEACHES.
November 18, 2003... DURBAN, South Africa, Nov. 18 (AENS) - Disabled people are lobbying to be allowed to take their four-wheel drive vehicles onto South African beaches, where their wheelchairs are unable to go. The department of environmental affairs and tourism has received 80 such applications, but has...

SOUTH AFRICA: THREE DEAD, TWO INJURED IN RECENT KRUGER ANIMAL ATTACKS.
November 13, 2003... SKUKUZA, South Africa, Nov. 13 (AENS) - Three people have been killed and two injured in animal attacks in the Kruger National Park in the past three months. Park spokesman Raymond Travers said at least two attacks, namely an attack on a suspected Mozambican poacher last month, and a...