Beware of good intentions

A HOLIDAY in South Africa should be an easy sell, offering pleasures from lion-watching and diving with sharks to sipping Pinotage in front of breathtaking mountain views. With the rand at record lows, South Africa is cheerfully cheap to visit, too, for travellers with dollars or euros in their pockets. But the government’s stubborn adherence to new immigration rules is hurting tourism just when the economy needs a boost.