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	<title>Local Heroes in Tourism &#8211; Michael Kamerika</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 05:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Local Heroes in Tourism &#8211; Musa Mbatha</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 06:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[This gentleman is Musa Mbatha &#8211; a good proud Zulu man who is the reserve manager for Babanango Game Reserve in the heart of Kwa-Zulu Natal. We loved talking to him and he is brimming with passion for the new venture and his love for tourism and conservation.   From a young age, Musa took [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Local Heroes in Tourism – Vincent Kokomane</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2021 18:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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	<title>Local Heroes in Tourism &#8211; John Kata (Part 2)</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 16:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Part two of our journey following the lives of this amazing pair of local heroes in tourism in Africa. Towards the end of John’s proud career working at Camp Okavango, he mentored his nephew as he began his career in tourism. We hear more from his nephew, Mc Odumetse, about his early days coming into [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Local Heroes in Tourism &#8211; John Kata (Part 1)</title>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2020 19:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[For our next interview we are trying something slightly different. We’re taking you on a journey with two remarkable individuals who have made their mark on the travel industry. John Kata was born into a nomadic community living off the land in the Okavango Delta. When his family moved down to a town a few [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Local Heroes in Tourism &#8211; Barbara</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 13:11:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[If you haven’t caught our first series &#8211; Women in Travel &#8211; please do have a listen. In this first episode of Local Heroes in tourism in Africa we wanted to bring you another amazing woman. Barbara spent her childhood helping her single mother tend the fields and walk hours and hours to school every [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Introducing Series 2 &#8211; Local Heroes In Tourism</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2020 12:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Our interviews meeting inspiring people in the African travel industry is back with series 2 &#8211; Local Heroes in tourism in Africa. We have spent a lot of time getting hold of some lovely people with inspiring stories about their journey in African tourism. We bring you the people who do not normally have the platform [&#8230;]]]></description>
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