Features
SA PROMO Magazine Features
Leading Greenpeace SA style
As Greenpeace surges into this new decade at a time when climate change is critical, with it comes a new leader. Kumi Naidoo, Oxford educated and from Durban, is the first South African to hold the International Executive Director role in Greenpeace. Appo ...
Is the grass greener?
It has long been common for South Africans to move overseas and explore the world. The reasons for leaving South Africa vary, from the desire for international work experience, earning foreign income and being able to travel, to the reality of leaving to ...
Cross-cultural dating
Shakespeare asserted that ‘the course of true love never did run smooth’. In A Midsummer Night Dream, we see an ultimatum, a magic potion, a series of mishaps and some confusion before harmony is restored and the lovers are paired as fate would have it. ...
I love South Africa
We asked some of you for the low down on what you love about South Africa, how you promote it to non-South Africans and why they just must go visit, as well as what makes you most proudly South African.NINA HILL, FROM CAPE TOWN, LIVING IN LONDONI LOVE SA: ...
Broadband for Africa
Connecting Africa to accessible internetSince recently spending three years in the UK, I had forgotten how behind South Africa was when it came to internet connection and speed. I got a shock when I arrived home and was unable to do the things I usually d ...
Togetherness & Traditions at Christmas
Christmas is a time of family and friends, a time to connect with loved ones and be together while celebrating the reason for the season and sharing memories, laughs and a special meal. For some South Africans, it will be a braai all the way on Christmas ...
HERITAGE EXPRESSED THROUGH ART
Art in South Africa goes back thousands of years to cave paintings done by the Khoisan who used earth pigments such as ochres and iron oxides crushed and mixed with animal fat, blood or plant juices to bind them. Rock art shows the Bushman’s view of his w ...
SA MOVIE TOP FIVES
South Africa has an enormous and varied cinematic history. But where films are talked about, lists are never far behind, so we’ve taken it upon ourselves to put together a set of the Definitive SA Movie Top Fives. Everything from the biggest SA films ever ...
SA ON THE BIG SCREEN
The crest of the movie wave You can roll the names off your tongue with ease – District 9, Tsotsi, Yesterday and dozens of others. For a country with the second oldest film industry on the planet (only America is more venerable), South Africa has certainl ...
SOUTH AFRICANS AND THE GREAT OUTDOORS
The great outdoors! There is so much meaning packed into that little phrase. To most South Africans, this is more than just a saying. South Africans tend to get itchy when cooped indoors for long periods and need to be aired at regular intervals to preven ...
GLOBAL MIGRANTS South Africans the Seekers
I AM A SOUTH AFRICAN born and raised; a New Zealand citizen; and based in London. No doubt if you are reading this, you have a similar, if not more colourful cultural background! As is evident in SA PROMO’s blogger pages, South Africans have spread themse ...
GET CLEAR ON YOUR GOALS
It's the middle of the year and all the potential and promise that you felt in the New Year, all those feelings of 'hey, this is 2009 and fine, mine - divine' have probably given way to the same old nine to five routine that leaves you a little wanting. E ...
INTO THE LIGHT The state of the SA economy
After months of denials, clever word play and side-stepping the question, SA Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni and Head of National Planning Commission (previously the Finance Minister)Trevor Manual, have finally relented that South Africa is in a recess ...
KING OF HIS FIEFDOM or SERVANT OF THE NATION
For all of the public scrutiny and the drama of the last several years what do we know about Jacob Zuma and what kind of President is he likely to be? Msholozi (Zuma’s clan name) has been described as a unifier; somebody who seeks consensus and an individ ...
THE COLOURFUL POST-ELECTION SA
The colourful post-election landscape of South Africa
The general election of April 22nd has come and gone, and apart from a few administrative glitches, was largely a free and transparent process. Notwithstanding the continuing dominance of the Afric ...
A MOTHER'S LOVE
Each Year in South Africa, the second Sunday in May brings with it a day in which children all over the country scuttle in a flurry to prepare their mothers a delicious breakfast in bed. They wake up early to pick fresh flowers from the garden, spend time ...
LET THE BRAAI SEASON BEGIN
TO BRAAI, OR NOT TO BRAAI. In every South African respect, the answer is quite simply; to braai. Many a meal has been spent around the coals of a top quality South African flame grill. It is one of those unique occasions that can be shared with anyone at ...
UNITED WE STAND Rugby
The build-up to the Rugby World Cup final was a phenomenal experience, just observing and taking in what was going on with South Africans worldwide was inspiring. The internet gives us all access to the world and by surfing around on YouTube, Facebook, Ne ...
SA FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATIONS
March rolls over and April blinks in the reality of 2009. South African’s start firing up the braai, cracking open a few castles and zone in for the pre-winter swims. Breathing out a relaxing sigh of relief and wrapped in the glory of the Super 14 Rugby, ...
SURVIVE THE CRUNCH
If I had £1 for every time I either heard the word ‘Credit Crunch’, then this so-called recession would be the furthest thing from my mind (cos I’ll be sipping pina coladas on my yacht somewhere in the Caribbean)
On average, economic recessions occur onc ...
