Calls intensify for SADC to quit CITES

pho Tebele in Gaborone and Sinikiwe Marodza in Harare A decision by the recent meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to reject a proposal by some Southern African member states to resume sales on ivory stockpiles has renewed calls for Southern African Development Community (SADC) to quit the organisation. Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and…

New SA tourism ad branded ‘ageist’, sad

The South Australian Tourism Commission’s latest advertising campaign featuring an older man crying has been labelled “bizarre”, “ageist” and “depressing”. Titled “Don’t feel sorry for old mate …”, the visual footage features an elderly man walking at iconic South Australian locations and crying was produced by Melbourne-based agency TBWA. Opposition tourism spokesperson Zoe Bettison labelled…