Kubayi-Ngubane pleads with Presidency to improve comms around vaccine rollout

by Travel Trade April 5, 2021, 7:26 am 865 Views

Kubayi-Ngubane has been engaging the international community to sell the country as a suitable tourist destination open to foreign travellers.

Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane. Picture: GCIS.

JOHANNESBURG – Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane is pleading with the Presidency to improve communication on the vaccine rollout.

Kubayi-Ngubane has been engaging the international community to sell the country as a suitable tourist destination open to foreign travellers.

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Kubayi-Ngubane pleads with Presidency to improve comms around vaccine rollout

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