OUTA www.outa.co.za press release 25 January 2013 OUTA (the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance) is pleased at being granted leave to appeal the High Court judgment of 13 December 2012, and expresses the alliance’s sincere belief that their case to halt eTolls has strong grounds, which we trust will eventually obtain the ruling that SANRAL’s [...]

Planeta Announcement: Responsible Travel Week 2013  Fall in love with responsible travel February 11-17 as Planeta.com hosts our fifth annual Responsible Travel Week, a week-long unconference that kicks off 2013 in fine style. A great plus: admission is free and there’s no jet lag! The friendly confab takes place online and around the world through [...]

UN World Tourism Organisation: Madrid, Spain, 13 December 2012 One billion tourists have travelled the world in 2012, marking a new record for international tourism – a sector that accounts for one in every 12 jobs and 30% of the world’s services exports. On the symbolic arrival date of the one-billionth tourist (13 December 2012), [...]

Letter to colleague Caryn Gootkin in response to  questions she posed when writing her article ”If Eusebius can’t stand the heat, he should get out of the MasterChef kitchen”

A short, short story (with notes) by Martin Hatchuel They say that Phantom Pass, which runs from the Knysna River over to Rheenendal, is named not for a phantom, but for a moth: the phantom moth, or. as it’s most beautifully known to science, Letho venus. But the French explorer and naturalist, Francois le Vaillant, [...]