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South Africans flock to invest
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South Africans flock to invest in UK

Investors from South Africa have been significantly stepping up their involvement with UK assets in an attempt to protect themselves from currency volatility. The last 18 months has seen an increase of nearly 400% in South African investment in UK property.

The joys of living abroad
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The joys of living abroad

Do you ever travel to a new location and fall in love? Not just a lusting kind of love that fades once you come back home, but a heart-stopping love that makes you want to sell your things and move there permanently? For some, that thought might have crossed your mind but you quickly dismiss it.

Pamplona: It’s Ernest’s Party,
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Pamplona: It’s Ernest’s Party, And He’ll Cry If He Wants To

Hemingway’s self-importance led him to believe he’d ruined Pamplona. In 1925 Ernest Hemingway stayed in Pamplona on his third of nine visits to the festivals of San Fermines. The 1925 visit was of particular importance as it spawned the events that would shape the oftentimes-autobiographical novel, The Sun Also Rises, which you may also know as Fiesta for some reason.

The backpackers guide to… back
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The backpackers guide to… backpacking [infographic]

When you’re out on the open road, your pack becomes your wardrobe, your tool shed and your mantelpiece. But an undisciplined backpack makes for a troublesome trek; heavy and awkward, with your passport last seen somewhere between smelly socks and an unfinished bottle of flat lemonade.

Hope for South Africa
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Hope for South Africa

i was being driven home from a hockey match yesterday when my mate turned to me and asked me, “How are you feeling about South Africa right now?”

Championing South Africa’s Fut
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Championing South Africa’s Future Leaders

South Africa’s youth needs quality education in order to prepare them for the roles they will play as the leaders, entrepreneurs and social regenerators of the future. The jobs of tomorrow will be borne out of the innovations and bright ideas of today.