Flights to three cities in South Africa will open in the first week of October DUBAI: The UAE’s carrier Emirates has announced it will resume flights to five African cities, raising the current operational network to 92 destination. Flights to South Africa’s Johannesburg and Cape Town will resume on Oct. 1, and Oct. 4 for Durban flights. The airlines will also open flights to Harare in Zimbabwe on Oct. 1, and to Mauritius on Oct. 3. The new announcement comes as the Dubai-based airlines gradually returns to normal operations after a months-long shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The UAE earlier announced the resumption of entry permits for visitors to any of its seven emirates, in a bid to restart the country’s tourism industry.