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Channel24.co.za | Sofía Vergara shows off her sizzling bikini body alongside lookalike niece

Can you tell who’s who? No, nor can we.




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Channel24.co.za | 'Little Women: Atlanta' star Ms Minnie, 34, dies

'Little Women: Atlanta' star, Ashley Ross, has died after sustaining injuries in a car accident.




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Channel24.co.za | Kylie Jenner might have already moved into her new R700m home

Makeup mogul, Kylie Jenner, has recently bought a mansion in Los Angeles.




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Channel24.co.za | Prince Harry reveals first new major project since leaving royal family

The Duke of Sussex recently launched a fitness online program for the military community.




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Channel24.co.za | Ciara gives pregnant women advice during the Covid-19 pandemic

Ciara offers pregnancy advice to expecting moms during the Covid-19 pandemic




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Channel24.co.za | Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan, 53, dies

Bollywood star, Irrfan Khan, has died after being admitted to the intensive care unit at Mumbai's Kokilaben hospital.




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Channel24.co.za | Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, 67, dies

After a long battle with cancer, Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has died.




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Channel24.co.za | All the winners at the 2020 Saftas

The 14th South African Film and Television Awards (Saftas) ceremony took a different shape this year.




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Channel24.co.za | Meghan Markle said to launch lifestyle website to rival Goop

Meghan Markle is reportedly set to launch her lifestyle website to rival Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop.




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Channel24.co.za | Minister Nathi Mthethwa provides an update on the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture's Corona relief fund

On 4 May, 2020 Minister Nathi Mthethwa hosted a briefing, updating the public on the Department of Sports, Arts and Cultures Corona relief funds, and the received applications.




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Channel24.co.za | SA's film and TV industry back to work amid Covid-19 – without extras or studio audiences

South Africa's film and TV industry got the green-light to reopen but as cameras start rolling and lights flicker back on it won't be business as usual.




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Channel24.co.za | SABC granted a local TV content quota reprieve due to Covid-19

South Africa's broadcasting regulator has approved an application from the SABC for its annual local TV content quotas to be waived because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.




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Channel24.co.za | WATCH: Harry and Meghan release adorable video of Archie to celebrate his first birthday

Harry and Meghan are celebrating 365 days around the sun with Archie!




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Channel24.co.za | 'Isibaya' actress Asavela Mngqithi announces pregnancy

'Isibaya' actress Asavela Mngqithi announced that she is pregnant on Instagram.




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Channel24.co.za | Famous magician Roy Horn, 75, dies of coronavirus complications

Roy Horn, half of Las Vegas illusionist duo Siegfried and Roy, has died of complications from the coronavirus.




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Channel24.co.za | Rock 'n' roll legend Little Richard, 87, dies

Little Richard, whose outrageous showmanship and lightning-fast rhythms intoxicated crowds in the 1950s with hits like 'Tutti Frutti' and 'Long Tall Sally', has died.




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Sport24.co.za | Wenger: Liverpool are champions in everyone’s head

Arsene Wenger says Liverpool will be regarded as 2019/20 Premier League winners even if the season is abandoned because of the coronavirus.




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News24.com | KZN tavern torched near where human remains were found

An arson case is being investigated after a tavern was torched in Hambanathi, Tongaat, outside Durban, following the discovery of human remains in the nearby Wewe River, KwaZulu-Natal police say.




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News24.com | Covid-19: SA's net death rate has decreased despite Covid-19 fatalities - Mkhize

South Africa's net death rate has decreased amid the Covid-19 pandemic over the past five weeks, despite the 186 deaths thus far, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says.




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News24.com | Former UKZN Maritzburg SRC president sets the record straight

I am requesting that you publish this letter as a response to the article so that my side of the story can be heard in order to provide a balanced view.




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Industry Buzz – February 2019

Hi, sellers! In this Industry Buzz, we’re focusing on finding those strategies that will help your digital business achieve long-term growth. To that end, we’ve put together quite a list of resources on conversion rate optimization, pricing, retention, lead nurturing and growth tips and frameworks.




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Selling in Europe – How to Localize Your eCommerce Business for Local Markets

As a digital company, your business is not bound by conventional borders and has the freedom and opportunity to reach customers anywhere in the world. And just as you look outward for new markets, customers are also looking beyond their physical borders for their goods and services. As a study by KPMG shows, online buyers […]




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Industry Buzz – February 2019

Hi, sellers! In this Industry Buzz, we’re focusing on finding those strategies that will help your digital business achieve long-term growth. To that end, we’ve put together quite a list of resources on conversion rate optimization, pricing, retention, lead nurturing and growth tips and frameworks.




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Realogy, Amazon Pause Partnership, Blaming COVID-19

“In a COVID world, bluntly, it didn’t make sense to continue that pilot,” Realogy’s CEO said during its earnings call Thursday.




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AT#51 - Travel to Tanzania as a tourist

Tanzania, Africa as a tourist




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AT#52 - Travel to Tanzania as a guest

Tanzania, Africa as a guest




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AT#90 - Travel to Brazil

Brazil




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AT#100 - Travel to Rothenberg Germany, Zurich and Interlaken Swizterland

Rothenberg Germany, Zurich and Interlaken Swizterland




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AT#104 - Travel to New Zealand

New Zealand




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AT#120 - Bike Travel through Honduras, Guatemala and Belize

Biking Through Honduras, Guatemala and Belize




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AT#158 - Travel to Zimbabwe

The Amateur Traveler talks to Alex Lindsay about his adventures in Zimbabwe. Alex has been traveling to Zimbabwe twice a year for a number of years where he has built friendships with the people there including some notable artists and musicians. Alex talks about the struggles of life in Zimbabwe and the beauty of the country and the people.




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AT#164 - Travel to Zanzibar in Tanzania

The Amateur Traveler talks to Tadzio about his trip to Zanzibar in Tanzania, off the east coast of Africa. Tadzio worked as a ranger on Chumbe then toured Stonetown, the northern beaches, the Jozani forest, and Pemba. Hear about the food, the people, the snorkeling, the swimming, the beaches and the history of this tropical island paradise.




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AT#172 - Bike Travel in Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan)

The Amateur Traveler talks to Friedel from TravellingTwo.com about their continuing bike tour around the world. Friedel was on previously talking about travel to Iran and has come back to talk about the Central Asian countries of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. This region of the world offers adventure travelers deserts, tea houses, camels, wild horses, yurts, tea houses, spectacular mountains, friendly locals and fermented mares milk.




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AT#189 - Travel to Prague in the Czech Republic

The Amateur Traveler talks to Audrey Scott and Daniel Knoll of UncorneredMarket.com about Prague where they lived for 5 years. Audrey and Daniel are currently traveling around the world and talked to me from El Salvador. Audrey and Daniel talk about the touristy things to do in Prague like the Prague castle, the Charles bridge and Wenceslas Square. They also talk about the touristy things that they would recommend skipping like Karlova street and its souvenir stands (they even give us a shortcut through the university and the Karolinum to avoid it). They would not; however, skip drinking Czech beer in a beer garden like the Latna (but would pass on Czech wine). They tell us how to walk around the barkers in period costumes selling packaged concerts to tourists and find the real music scene in Prague from classical to Balkan. Since they have moved on you can’t crash on their couch but you can share in their expertise of how to cherish Prague.




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AT#191 - Adventure Travel to Venezuela

The Amateur Traveler talks to Diana Higuera who is a native of Venezuela who worked for a number of years as a tour guide on adventure tours to see Venezuela's wildlife and natural beauty. Diana takes us on a virtual tour starting in Margarita island, then heading to the Los Roques archipelago north of Venezuela, then in an indian canoe up the Orinoco river. From there we will head to the tepuis (table top mountains) in Canaima National Park in Venezuela's Amazon basin. There we will see the highest waterfall in the world at Angel Falls. We will also go behind Sapo falls. Along the way we will see birds, monkeys and anacondas. We will fish for piranas, pet crocodiles and eat street food in Venezuela.




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AT#212 - Travel to Geneva, Switzerland (with soundseeing)

The Amateur Traveler travels to Geneva and experiences the Escalade which celebrates the defeat of the Savoy in 1602. Geneva is the home to many UN agencies, an old town, a cathedral and an excellent rare book collection. You can also find lots of ways to eat melted cheese and other Swiss treats on the shore of beautiful Lake Geneva. In this unusual episode Chris overcomes a technical microphone difficulty to record an episode on the road. This episode inlcudes some of the sounds of the Escalade festival.




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AT#223 - Rafting Down the Grand Canyon, Arizona

The Amateur Traveler talks to George Wendt from Oars.com about white water rafting down the Grand Canyon which is one of Chris’s dream vacations. The Grand Canyon can be traversed in motor pontoon boats, oars rafts, paddle boats or dories. Each has different advantages and disadvantages. The water is fast and cold and the rapids get up to class 5. All the while you are drifting through one of the wonders of the world with massive red stone walls on either side. You come around the corner and are surprised by waterfalls and a green oasis. You explore the side canyons where you can see fossils and the ruins of the ancient people who called this canyon home.




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AT#240 - Travel to New Zealand's North Island

Chris, the Amateur Traveler himself, talks about a recent trip to New Zealand’s North Island where he went to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds and took a dolphin watching cruise up by the Bay of Islands. He visited the Coromandel Peninsula with Cathedral Cove and Hot Water beach, toured but can’t talk about Hobbiton near Matamata, climbed Mt Maunganui, saw (and smelled) the geysers and baths at Rotorua, journeyed south to the Capital at Wellington, visited a ski area on a volcano and rafted the caves of Waitaomo.




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AT#290 - Travel to the Azores, Portugal

The Amateur Traveler talks to New York travel writer Jeanine Barone about the Azores. The Azores are a chain of islands belonging to Portugal. Your travel agent will extol the beauty of the beaches but Jeanine says that the best of the Azores can be seen through hiking its craggy islands.

    If you want to be in a place that feels very unspoiled, but is so close actually to fly there, a place where you feel like you stepped back to another era, then that’s why you should go to the Azores.

    These are just gorgeous islands. Each island has its own personality and character. I just adore them.




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AT#307 - Travel to Kazakhstan

The Amateur Traveler talks to Mike about his recent trip to Kazakhstan.  He explored this large area on a backpacker's budget.  Kazakhstan is the 9th biggest country in the world. "In the very West end of the country you have old mosques. In the new capital Astana you have futuristic buildings."




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AT#341 - Travel to New Zealand's South Island

The Amateur Traveler talks to Erik Smith about his month long visit to New Zealand. We focus in this interview about the South Island of New Zealand. Erick started in Christchurch and then visited The Banks Penninsula, Lake Tekapo, the Dunedin, the Otago Peninsula, the Southern Scenic Route including the Catlins, Fiordland National Park (including cruising both Doubtful Sound and Milford Sound) Queenstown, the rainy west coast, Abel Tasman National Park, Kaikoura, and Picton.




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AT#371 - Travel to Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe, Zambia)

Hear about travel to Victoria Falls as the Amateur Traveler talks to Nir Ben-Dov about his trip to this spectacular falls on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. This was Nir’s second trip and his wife’s first trip from their home in Israel to this famed set of falls in southern Africa.




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AT#382 - Travel to Azerbaijan

Hear about travel to Azerbaijan as the Amateur Traveler talks to Mason Wiley of Community Based Tourism Azerbaijan about his time spent in the country during the Peace Corps. Even though he has come back to the USA he still loves and misses Azerbaijan and its people. Mason had not even heard of Azerbaijan until he was posted there by the Peace Corps.




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AT#383 - Travel to the Navajo Nation (Arizona)

Hear about travel to the Navajo Nation as the Amateur Traveler talks to Mark Carrara from markstravels.com about his recent visit. The Navajo Nation is a semi-autonomous Native American-governed territory the size of the state of Connecticut located mostly in Arizona. It can be described as desolate, majestic, barren and spacious.




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AT#394 - Travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hear about travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as the Amateur Traveler  talks to Kay from TheKayDays.com who is a University student in Rio.

"Rio has a culture and a aura that is completely different from anywhere I have seen before."




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AT#405 - Travel to The Pantanal, Brazil

Hear about travel to The Pantanal in Brazil as the Amateur Traveler talks to Daisy about her recent trip to this vast wetlands area. The Pantanal is south of the Amazon in Eastern Brazil and also extends into Bolivia and Paraguay.

“The Pantanal is a basin that is the world’s largest wetlands. It is about ten times the size of the Everglades. It’s really a great site to see wildlife.” The Pantanal is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.




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AT#412 - Travel to Mazatlan, Mexico

Hear about travel to Mazatlan, Mexico as the Amateur Traveler talks again to Craig Zabransky about this Mexico seaport. Mazatlan is on the west coast of Mexico.




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AT#427 - Travel to Lazio, Italy

Hear about travel to Lazio, Italy as the Amateur Traveler talks to Nancy Parode from about.com and sixtyandme.com about one of her favorite regions in Italy. Lazio is the region of Italy that includes Rome but this episode will feature all the things outside of Rome.




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AT#432 - Travel to Salzburg, Austria

Hear about travel to Salzburg, Austria as the Amateur Traveler talks to Gina Czupka about her time living in Salzburg. Salzburg is a "compact walkable city. Everywhere you go there is incredible architecture. It's got a beautiful mountain setting. It's just a picturesque easy place to experience the old-world feel of Europe."




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AT#465 - Travel to the Czech Republic

Hear about travel to the Czech Republic as the Amateur Traveler talks to Anthony Hennen from anthonyhennen.com about his trip to the areas of the country outside of Prague.