South Africa: Cape City is World’s Best Metropolis, Survey of Travellers Says – South African Information Briefs

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South Africa the Finest Nation within the World to Journey To, Survey Says

Cape City is the world’s biggest metropolis and South Africa one of the best nation to journey to, in line with a survey of its readers by The Telegraph, a British newspaper. TimesLive reports that South Africa dethroned the decade-long favorite New Zealand within the newest Telegraph Journey Awards. New Zealand is now second on the Telegraph checklist, with the Maldives in third place. Different African international locations that made it into prime 10 embody Kenya at no 7 and Botswana at no 10. Runners-up for the “Best Metropolis” title have been Venice adopted by Seville. Established in 1998, the awards are voted for by well-travelled readers of the UK newspaper the Telegraph.

New Zealand Courtroom Tries South African Girl for Killing Her Three Kids

A South African lady is on trial in New Zealand after allegedly killed her three kids, News24 reports. Physician Lauren Dickason, 41, is accused of strangling and smothering Liané, 6, and 2-year-old twins Maya and Karla on September 16, 2021 whereas her husband, Graham Dickason, was out for dinner with colleagues. Lauren appeared for the beginning of her trial within the Excessive Courtroom in Christchurch on Monday. News24 beforehand reported that the household had moved to Timaru from Pretoria a number of weeks earlier than the triple killings. Graham had acquired a job as an orthopaedic surgeon at Timaru Hospital.

A lot-Liked Soapie to Finish After 23 Years

After 23 years on air, SABC 2 and Danie Odendaal Productions introduced on Monday that the long-running standard soapie 7de Laan will finish after season 24, News24 reports. The final episode can be aired on December 26, 2023. 7de Laan (Afrikaans for Seventh Avenue) was first broadcast on 4 April 2000 – initially with just one episode per week earlier than it grew to 5 days per week – making family names of quite a few actors and their characters who inhabited a fictional suburb in Johannesburg.