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Manuel appointed to UN panel New!
National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel has been appointed as a member of the High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing.
Launched last month, the group was established by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to mobilise financing to assist devel ...
Marthinus nominated for top UN job New! Popular
President Jacob Zuma has nominated Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk for the post of the United Nations' new climate chief.
Van Schalkwyk has been tipped as a strong contender to take over from Yvo De Boer who headed the UN Framework Convention on ...
Cape Town's spectacular cycle tour New! Popular
South Africa's Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Tour, the world's largest individually timed cycle race – and the first event outside Europe to be included in the International Cycling Union's Golden Bike Series – sees over 35,000 cyclists tackling a 109km rou ...
Zuma's talks with Gordon Brown New!
President Jacob Zuma arrived back to South Africa last week after a three-day state visit to the United Kingdom, where he shared international priorities with his British counterpart, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and reached agreement on a number of bilat ...
Handspring horse puppets off to Broadway New! Popular
Hit West End play, War Horse, which uses life size hand spring puppets as made by the South African Handspring Puppet Company, is to transfer to Broadway next year.
War Horse will run at New York’s Lincoln Centre from 17 March 2011. It was first seen in ...
Special SA tartan for clan South Africa New! Popular
Helen Zille was spotted wearing it at the opening of Parliament on 11 February and then on 27 February, SA designer Craig Native incorporated it into a fashion show at the Cape Town International Convention Centre.
We’re talking about the new South Afri ...
15 000 pray for government at Union Buildings New!
About 15 000 people gathered at the Union Buildings on Saturday to pray for the government, Rapport newspaper reported.
Democratic Alliance leader Helen Zille and Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Mulder joined evangelist Angus Buchan on the stage as he p ...
Dynamic South African - St Claire Adriaan New! Popular
St Claire Adriaan, the co-founder and co-principal of Success Preparatory Academy in New Orleans, Louisiana, has won many awards including the Disney Teacher Award Honoree (2006), San Diego CW5 Dream Classroom winner (2006) and University of Kentucky Teac ...
A perfect stop off to Antarctica New! Popular
The Rezidor Group, responsible for the International Radisson hotel chain, have firmly set their sights on the African continent, with South Africa at the forefront. The World Cup is not the draw however, it’s Antarctica. Unlike the Soccer World Cup, this ...
Will SA be Oscar victorious tonight? New!
It is March already, two months into the year and the culimination of the movie season around the world! We've had the British BAFTAs and the South African SAFTAs, as well as the American Golden Globes amongst many other variations of awards. But now the ...
African Music Awards set for Wembley in 2010 New!
The African Music Awards (AMAs) have been set for 15 October and will this year be held at Wembley Arena in London.
After its successful launch in 2008 the awards have become a fixture in the London entertainment calendar and have attracted some of Afric ...
SA, UK 'to tackle global issues together' New!
Following a meeting between South African President Jacob Zuma and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London on Thursday, South Africa and the UK agreed to work together in the run-up to international conferences on nuclear non-proliferation, climate ...
South Africa’s Cyclist; Hunter wins again in Spain New!
South Africa's Robert Hunter won his second consecutive stage of the Tour of Murcia in southeastern Spain on Thursday, with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong five seconds back in 35th place.
Hunter, who rides for the Garmin team, beat Aust ...
Zim edge Windies in thrilling first ODI New!
Zimbabwe edged home by two runs in a thrilling finish to the first of five one-day Internationals against the West Indies at the Guyana National Stadium on Thursday.
Earlier, Vusimuzi Sibanda struck 95 to help Zimbabwe set West Indies a target of 255.
O ...
Sweet sixteen SAMA nominees New!
The 16th South African Music Award (SAMA) nominees have been named for 2010, with many categories and artists to get your head around. Announced in Sandton, SA last night, some of the big categories include Album of the Year, Best Female Solo Artist, Best ...
SPOTLIGHT: What's on - week 9 New!
March is off to a fine start and we are proud to have SA PROMO Magazine’s latest issue on the streets of the UK – The Green issue! Check it out for an interview with the head of Greenpeace International, some Saffas who went in search of the craic in Dubl ...
Afro-pop duo Malaika tour US
The multi-award winning SA afro-pop duo, Malaika, will start a mini tour of the States in March. Organised by a Texas entertainment company Metropark Productions, the three-city tour will see the top selling duo (Bongani Nchang and Matshediso Mholo) perfo ...
Ntini leads Warriors into Pro20 final
Makhaya Ntini turned in a masterful bowling performance as the Chevrolet Warriors advanced to the Standard Bank Pro20 final thanks to a 10-run win over the Nashua Cape Cobras in their semifinal second leg at Sahara Park Newlands in Cape Town on Wednesday. ...
Zuma's first state visit to UK
South Africa's 67 year old president will be needing his thermal gloves on his first UK state visit taking place 3-5 March. Only two world presidents a year get invited to make a state visit to the UK.
Jacob Zuma's visit is the first South African state ...
Splashy Fen announces 2010 line up
Supported by Tourism KwaZulu-Natal, Splashy Fen will mark its coming of age this Easter from 1-5 April with its most exciting line-up yet, rumours of which have been causing a stir around the country for the last couple of months. Many of the faces who ha ...
