What’s best after the dazzling Christmas season than starting to plan your very next holiday experience somewhere around South Africa, Cambodia or even Laos ? These are some of the 7 travel destinations for winter suggested here along with the best period to visit them.

Numbers show that Africa is steadily gaining ground in the global business landscape with evident signs of striking economic development in 6 sub-Saharan countries including Congo, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and South Africa. Educational advancements and improvements to infrastructure have been proved instrumental to this big shift.

Get to know some interesting historical facts about lunchtime, table etiquette and ingredients used in meal preparation for lunch in Japan, Brazil, France, Spain, Italy and South Africa.

Violence against women keeps blotting societies around the world without cultural, social or economic boundaries. United Nations report on the situation presenting shocking global statistics.

South Africans shine in tourism growth despite the global hard economic context. SA tourism has rised twice as much as the worlld tourism growth rate for the 1st semester of 2012. It seems that their efforts with 2010 FIFA World Cap didn’t fall flat. See the facts as reported from Fly First.