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Go for gold in 2011
Go for gold in 2011Up close with the KrugerrandBy Merle O’Brien
Hilton Davies, founder and chairman of SA Bullion, has the view that investors should view Krugerrands as money - a form of currency - similar to the way they view cash in the bank. “They will find gold is a serious competitor to cash in the bank. In good times, gold is a commodity and in bad times gold is used as a currency in an investment p ...
Glittering BaaBaas backline revealed for 4 Dec clash
Several of the world’s best backs, including last weekend’s Bledisloe Cup hero James O’Connor, have been called up to the Barbarians side that will play South Africa in the MasterCard Trophy Match at Twickenham in London on Saturday 4 December.
Kiwi legends Joe Rokocoko and Ma’a Nonu, Aussie sensations Drew Mitchell and Will Genia, and French maestro Francois Trinh-Duc, will join O’Connor, to take their pl ...
Guinness World Record BRAAI Attempt
Guinness World Record Attempt
As a warm-up to 24 September, when the whole country will be covered in a cloud of braai smoke, I will attempt to break a Guinness World Record by braaing for the longest officially recorded time ever. The historic braai will take place at the V&A Waterfront amphitheatre in Cape Town on 16 and 17 September 2010, exactly one week ahead of Heritage Day, otherwise known ...
Getaways where the women can play
“Roll on those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer. Those days of soda and pretzels and beer...” this is the one song that, in my opinion, captures the essence of summer. Although pretzels and beer have been replaced with wasabi peanuts and martinis, Nat King Cole couldn’t have said it better. Summer is here, and yours for the taking, it really just depends on what you’re after – lazy, hazy or crazy?
Whatever ...
Games give SA hope in fighting woes
As host of the most-watched sporting event on earth, South Africa set out to reinvent itself in the eyes of the world, casting off its reputation as a place defined by violent crime, poverty and AIDS. To a remarkable degree, it succeeded. But as the World Cup ended on Sunday, what most surprised South Africans was how much the monthlong sporting extravaganza had changed the way they see themselves.
“This W ...
Gautrain set to open on 8 June
The Gautrain, Africa's first high-speed rail line, will launch on 8 June in South Africa three days before the opening match of the 2010 football World Cup, the developers said on Friday.
French construction giant Bouygues said the train's first segment, linking OR Tambo International Airport and the posh Johannesburg suburb of Sandton, will open in time for the 11 June kick-off of Africa's first World Cup ...
Gauteng residents get behind national HIV campaign
Gauteng's chilly weather could not deter hundreds of South Africans from taking part in the country's HIV, Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign launch at Natalspruit Hospital in Ekurhuleni on Sunday.The campaign forms part of government's new and upscaled HIV and AIDS prevention and treatment plan, which was announced by President Jacob Zuma last December on World Aids Day.Zuma has said that every South A ...
Going green and being aware of our impact
While we are still in our ‘green issue’ month and ahead of the World Cup where it is estimated we will generate over 2 million tons in carbon emissions through air travel, infrastructure development and the hotel industries, perhaps the South African consumer’s priority-list should be revisited as we each consider the fact that our impact on the environment is only set to become worse.
A whole new market ...
Going green guy changes gears and TV shows
South Africans are familiar with the face of Simon Gear as he is beamed into living rooms every evening at approximately 730pm on SABC3 when he delivers the daily weather. Simon will soon also be hosting the re-launched version of the well-known and much-loved environmental TV show, 50/50.
In the spirit of SA PROMO Magazine’s ‘green issue’ for March, we speak to Johannesburg based Simon about a book he wro ...
Greenpeace on climate issues and conferences
SA PROMO speaks to South African Kumi Naidoo, the new Greenpeace International Executive Director, about how Greenpeace selects projects to tackle and the role it plays at international climate conferences such as the Climate Summit in Copenhagen in December 2009. This event was the 15th annual Conference of Parties (COP15). Cop16 will be held in Mexico in late November 2010, and COP17 in South Africa in 20 ...
Goldfish - Fort Knox video
A fun filled video of stick man characters, including the Goldfish guys, in this track Fort Knox as taken off their album Perceptions of Pacha.
This is one of 20 songs nominated for MTN Best Record of the Year for the 2010 South African Music Awards to be announced 17 April 2010.
Getting to know Kurt Darren...
Being an English meisie meisie, I’d never much gotten into Kurt Darren's music, the man known as the platinum-selling prince of Afrikaans pop. He’d become big in SA around the time I moved to the UK in 2002. This was when his fifth album Meisie Meisie, and the title track of the same name, catapulted Kurt into being one of SA’s biggest stars, making him a household name and the top YOU magazine poster pull- ...
Government behind the Springboks for 2011
The Springboks will go into their defence of the Webb Ellis Cup with the full backing of the South African government, who have offered “the entire arsenal” of their resources to help them retain the World Cup in New Zealand next year.
The South African Rugby Union (Saru) is currently hard at work in planning a detailed assault on the tournament next year -- one which includes the vision of Springbok coach ...
Goosala Goop book review
Trolls, snow, friendship, magic forests in Sweden and a whole lot of imagination makes this illustrated children’s book a delight for kids age five to 10 years old.The idea was conjured up by an eight year old South African girl, and captured into this story by her mother. The main character in Goosala Goop is Krissy, a young girl modeled on the author’s daughter. The other key character is Goosala Goop him ...
Good Hope
Good Hope FM is a Cape Town based 24 hour, regional, Commercial Music Station, which broadcasts within a CHR (Contemporary Hit Radio) Rhythmic format providing a music mix of R&B, Ballads, Pop, Hip Hop, Dance, Contemporary Jazz and Old School.
The intrinsic service offering is:
•Entertainment (music, competitions, entertaining features) •Information (News, weather reports, sport, financial news, traff ...
Greater Good SA
What is Greater Good SA?
Greater Good SA is a non profit organisation that works to make it easy for South Africans to make a meaningful contribution to development and charity work in South Africa.
Through its website http://www.GreaterGoodSA.co.za and various public call-to-action campaigns, GreaterGood SA makes it possible for both individuals and businesses to support bona fide non profit organisation ...
Green Point Stadium Photos
Cape Town's Green Point stadium photos!
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GPS Creative
GPS CreativeA local company called GPS Creative came up with a fresh idea to record celebrity and novelty voices that can be installed onto certain Garmin devices. This means that instead of receiving generic navigations from the standard robotic voice, some of the country’s most loved celebs will now make your trip lots of fun with their unique personalities and sayings.
GPS Creative started selling these ...
Going Green Starts With You
GOING GREEN STARTS WITH YOUA whole new market is starting to emerge in South Africa with the environmentally conscious consumer niche slowly starting to grow. Many manufacturers have realised that the grass is potentially greener on the other side and have started to focus on creating products that are environmentally friendly. Yet, to many, buying in a way that supports “green initiatives” is just not very ...
Grindrod sails the boat for Maritime Education
It’s that time of the year again. South Africa’s matric students all across the country are taking their seats and lifting their pens to complete their final examinations. With the constant criticism the South African education system faces over syllabus and curriculum changes, the distribution and management of funds, as well as safety and security within schools, the achievements of our country’s educatio ...
