Solve air link issue to unlock Africa tourism potential – Richard Quest CNNå

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CNN editor-at-large Richard Quest is back in South Africa where he chaired sessions at the 2023 African Indaba in Durban and ended up befriending Tourism Minister Patricia de Lille. During a visit to Cape Town in February this year he told Alec Hogg that his big takeaway was the “unimaginable” power outages. In this interview with Linda van Tilburg the CNN anchor said that until Africa gets to grips with its air links issue, it will continue to “hobble with one hand behind its back, a patch on one eye and a shot in one foot. Quest also commented on South African Airways and on demands from some South Africans that the Cullinan diamonds that were prominent in King Charles III’s sceptre and Queen Camilla’s crown during the King’s coronation should be given back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12 May 2023 9AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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