Nationals of these countries can apply for a Saudi visitor visa ahead of their journey via the official e-visa portal
The country is the UAE’s second-largest trading partner in Africa, accounting for 8 per cent of total non-oil trade with the continent
The project will sell electricity to state utility, Eskom, under a 20-year power purchase agreement
The airline will increase its operations on the Dubai-Johannesburg route with three daily flights, starting March 1, 2023
Rajesh and Atul Gupta were arrested in the UAE in June
The Dubai police made the arrests after receiving a red notice for the Gupta brothers from Interpol
Emirates currently offers double daily flights to Dubai from Johannesburg, daily flights to Dubai from Cape Town and five weekly flights to and from Durban
The agreement aims to boost visitor arrivals and inbound traffic to South Africa from key markets across the Emirates network
The local service providers will have a location within the country where they can store business-critical data for their clients
All passengers travelling from the carrier’s African network with Dubai as their final destination require a 48 hour PCR test
The authorities will conduct contact tracing only in case of a cluster outbreak
The protection is maintained across age groups and in the face of a range of chronic illnesses
Here’s a list of eight participating country pavilions and their offerings
The kingdom has banned flights to and from 14 African countries in total, including Seychelles and Mauritius
Flight will however continue to transport passengers from the UAE to these countries
The new variant, called B.1.1529, carries an unusually large number of mutations
The airline will also restore its strategic South African Airways partnership from the end of September
Cemair has become Emirates’ fourth airline partner in South Africa
The move comes as Emirates resumes flights to South Africa
Regular services between Dubai and South Africa and Nigeria will remain suspended until August 7, 2021
The deal is expected to close by the first quarter of 2022
UAE residents who have received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, are allowed to travel to Dubai
Agricultural and food products were the main commodities in Dubai’s trade with South Africa
Those who have been to or connected through Nigeria in the last 14 days are not allowed entry into the UAE, including connecting to onwards flights through Dubai
Flights to South Africa have been suspended until March 10
The airline will halt flights between the UAE and South Africa from January 16-28
Emirates resumed its operations into Johannesburg and Cape Town on October 1, and Durban on October 8
Emirates customers will now have access to 25 domestic destinations in South Africa and over 20 regional destinations in Southern Africa
The carrier’s global passenger network will grow to 92 destinations in October
The UAE ranks among the top 10 countries worldwide