Five Things You Need To Know As You Wake Up: FlySafair proposes longer weekends
Do you support the idea of moving public holidays?
A happy midweek to you, you're almost there! We have a few stories to get you started this morning and one of them includes having longer weekends. We shall end with that one.
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And here we are!
South Africa’s low-cost airline, FlySafair, wants the Public Holidays Act to change by moving midweek off-days to Monday or Friday. Long weekends promote travel and this change will aid in the tourism sector’s recovery efforts. What do you think about this?
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