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Ever since I learnt that South Africa is a whole country (at an embarrassing late age because geography in the UK school system misses out a lot) and additionally learnt it’s full of big cats, elephants, rhinos and more I’ve been dying to go. Johannesburg, once home to Nelson Mandela, is South Africa’s biggest city and boasts 8 completely vegan restaurants. 1. Vegan Travel in Johannesburg In this blog post we’re going to look at some of those, we’ll talk about traditional South African foods and recipes that are vegan, we’ll touch on vegan activities to do whilst travelling in Johannesburg and hopefully dispense some useful vegan travel tips! As always, please enjoy, if you have any questions or comments let me know on Instagram and if you feel like it, please share 🙂 2. What to Eat in Johannesburg As a Vegan Unluckily, many of the top foods in Johannesburg are meat centric – like biltong, droewors and boerewors. Luckily, by avoiding these you...

The New Zealand Government  has offered its support to the newly established Papua New Guinea Parliamentary Election Committee to address election related  issues encountered in this election. New Zealand  Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta said this in a joint press conference between both countries this morning in Port Moresby. Her PNG  Counterpart , PNG’s Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkatchenko  says the New Zealand government will provide advice and support to the committee to get the election reform process right. ”We have just come out of an election and we have just set up a Parliamentary Committee to address election related  issues encountered in this election and East Sepik Governor Allan Bird will Chair the Committee. ”We are pleased that the New Zealand government is very keen in offering it’s assistance in providing advise and other necessary support as we have many electoral issues such as the common roll,” said Tkatchenko.      Meantim...

Toyota Ireland has added a second version of the Corolla Cross hybrid SUV to its lists, with a smaller engine and some modifications that include more cargo space, writes Brian Byrne. Though pricing isn’t available until March, potential buyers of the 1.8 hybrid version can register their interest and book now for deliveries in the summer. The addition follows the launch of the 2.0 hybrid Corolla Cross last year. The 1.8 hybrid will offer 140hp and a 0-100km/h acceleration of just under 10 seconds. The switch to a torsion beam rear suspension of the new variant allows the addition of 46 litres more to the cargo capacity of the SUV. More than 90pc of Toyota’s passenger cars sold in Ireland have hybrid electric powertrains.