
The 2025 Group of Twenty (G20) Summit, held at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in South Africa from 22 to 23 November, was the first G20 summit to take place on the African continent. Throughout the event, the South African Air Force (SAAF) maintained a highly visible presence.
South Africa significantly beefed up its security posture ahead of and during the summit to safeguard delegates and heads of state. Over the course of the Leaders’ Summit, numerous SAAF units played a vital role in securing the national airspace, deploying a range of specialised assets and accumulating more than 133 flying hours in support of the operation.
Drawing on lessons learned from its air-cover…
New Year’s Day: New Year’s Day is celebrated with various outdoor festivities,
including music festivals and fireworks.

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Fun South African Fact: The waters surrounding the 2,500km long coastline are teeming with life. You’ll find great white sharks, African penguins, dolphins and much much more in South Africa’s oceans. Many travellers visit the coast to watch the annual whale migrations. In Hermanus, in the Western Cape, you can see hundreds of whales from June to late November. Simon’s Town, another coastal Western Cape town, is home to Boulder’s Beach. Here you can swim alongside colonies of African Penguins!
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The only thing that a man who hangs around a beautiful lady without saying a word can do is to fetch water during her wedding day