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Steyn powers Bulls to victory
Inspired by another exceptional performance by Springbok sharpshooter Morné Steyn, the Vodacom Bulls stormed home in the second half to beat the Brumbies 50-32 in their Vodacom Super 14 match at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Steyn contributed 35 points with another display of pinpoint kicking, and added a brace of tries to his tally as the Bulls took home all five points on offer, with the Brumbies leaving ...
Saffa married to a Brit
It’s the month of love and SA PROMO Magazine did some investigation into South Africans dating non-South Africans.
Carine is married to a British guy who she met at Waterloo station when he joined her and a friend for a drink in a pub. And the rest is history!
What are the main cultural differences between you and your partner?
Hmm... they have turkey on Christmas Day and only open presents in the aftern ...
SA to host T20 Champions League
The Board of Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced on Friday that it had accepted an invitation for South Africa to host the second season of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament at three venues from September 10 to 26 this year. CSA is a shareholder in the Champions League, along with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Australian Cricket Association (ACA), and it is South Africa's ...
SA scores at 'green' drinks awards
South Africa came up trumps at the inaugural The Drinks Business Green Awards, which are designed to highlight and reward leadership on environment, sustainability and climate change, by drinks companies worldwide.
Organised by leading European drinks trade publication The Drinks Business, the awards were held in central London on 14 February.
'Significant moment'
Paul Cluver, founder of Paul Cluver Wine ...
SPOTLIGHT: What's on - week 7
By now you have all survived Valentine’s Day and the Chinese new year as the year of the tiger began on 14 February.
With the Super 14 and Winter Olympics full steam ahead, there is more of that this weekend. If you’re wanting to get out and about, here are a few SA suggestions:
1. Sokkie in Scotland this Saturday
A fun night for the whole family, search ‘sokkie’ on the SA PROMO site for more details of ...
Saffa dating a Kiwi
It’s the month of love and SA PROMO Magazine did some investigation into South Africans dating non-South Africans.
Annelise is dating a guy from New Zealand and now living in Auckland after meeting him while they were both living in London. They met in France while skiing on Christmas day three years ago.
What are the main cultural differences between you and your partner?
Hard one, have to say the Kiwi ...
Saffa dating an Irishman
It’s the month of love and SA PROMO Magazine did some investigation into South Africans dating non-South Africans. And with a month until St Patrick's Day we focus on dating an Irishman.
Tamzen is dating a guy from Dublin who she met through friends at a comedy night in London.
What are the main cultural differences between you and your partner?
His sense of humour and outlook on life is probably the m ...
Saffa dating a Brazilian
It’s the month of love and SA PROMO Magazine did some investigation into South Africans dating non-South Africans.
Matthew is married to a girl from Brazil who he met at Cheers Bar in London.
What are the main cultural differences?
Language obviously, she speaks Portuguese, which I don’t. Also, the dancing... she can and I can’t, well, not like them!
What is the best thing about your partner not being S ...
Saffa dating a Dane
It’s the month of love and SA PROMO Magazine did some investigation into South Africans dating non-South Africans.
Ian is dating a girl from Denmark. They met in a pub in Northfields in London when she was visiting a relative who happened to be dating a good friend of his.
What are the main cultural differences between you and your partner?
She's pretty relaxed and easy going. Don’t really notice any cul ...
Saffa dating a frog prince
It’s the month of love and SA PROMO Magazine did some investigation into South Africans dating non-South Africans.
Monique is dating a guy from France.
Quite recently, I was searching the internet and asking mom’s advice on boerewors recipes, thinking up ways to ‘cook South African’ for my boyfriend. I started to think pap and wors, boerie roll, boerewors and mash, boerewors and curtain? Boerewors c ...
Soweto Choir add African flavour to charity song
The Soweto Gospel Choir will be adding an African flavour to a new charity song called 'Oh Africa', partnering with acclaimed US R 'n B stars Akon and Keri Hilson.
The song, which is written by an American hip hop duo, Rock City, also features 16 aspiring musicians from across the world. The Soweto Gospel Choic add chants that make the backbone of the catchy chorus.
Since starting out in 2002, the Soweto ...
SA best housing market over long-term
South Africa is the best performing housing market in the world over the longer-term, latest figures from British news magazine The Economist reveal.
The magazine’s global house price index shows that SA house prices rose by a cumulative 418% over the past 12 years (1997 to 2009). That far outstrips any of the other 20 housing markets tracked by the index. The next best performers were Australia, Britain a ...
Saintfearless - Conventional Lovesong video
Saintfearless are a new young band from Cape Town. In time for Valentine's Day, their first video is for Conventional Lovesong.
Stormers win game of two halves
The Stormers have gone into the season with high expectations and if you had stopped watching at half time, you would have left Coca-Cola Park feeling the hype was justified.
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SPOTLIGHT: What's on - week 6
A busy weekend ahead, of both sport and all things Valentine. The Winter Olympics start today in Vancouver,Canada, but more to the matter for South Africans – the Super 14 kicks off!
Then its Valentine’s Day this Sunday and there are many places to go and things to do – for a SA touch, see the article ‘Places to go for Valentine’s Day in London’ on the website.
1) Super 14 starts today
Catch it where ...
SLXS's list of things to do in 2010
"I drew up a list of things for 2010 which I think are quite worthwhile. As with all lists, I guess you can’t really believe them and you have to take into account your lifestyle, but I think I put down some good points," says Sean.
From getting offline, to updating your Twitter less, listening to more good music, leaving work at work and not worrying about what other people think to statements such as ...
SA’s unemployment rate stabilizes
South Africa's official unemployment rate edged lower in the fourth quarter of 2009, halting the massive job losses that had accompanied the first recession in nearly two decades.
Statistics South Africa said on Tuesday unemployment fell to 24.3 percent from 24.5 percent in the third quarter, with the economy creating 89,000 new jobs during the final three months of last year.
Africa's biggest economy reg ...
Sokkie in Scotland
The first official ‘open to all’ sokkie in Scotland for South Africans living in Scotland. Of course non-South Africans are also welcome if they wish to experience this South African tradition. A sokkie is a type of dancing style, similar to Ceilidh dancing is for the Scots.
The sokkie event will be held on 20 February at The Scout Hall in Livingston which is a short train journey from Edinburgh or Glasgow ...
SA artists support Haiti
South Africa's Mango Groove, Rebecca Malope, Prime Circle, Steve Hofmeyr and Watershed have joined the relief effort in the aftermath of Haiti's devastating earthquakes.
They are among the more than 50 recording artists from EMI Music around the globe who have teamed up with the Red Cross for the ‘Answer the Call’ campaign. It features audio and images from musical artists encouraging fans to take action b ...
Shen Winberg - City of Might video
The City of Might music video by Cape Town artist Shen Winberg.
The song is filmed in Cape Town, with Table Mountain in the background. Shen sounds like South Africa's version of the uber talented John Mayer!
