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SA's motor industry on the mend
The worst seems to be over for the local automotive sector, as new vehicle sales continue grow – albeit from a low base - employment in the industry starts to pick up and export projections are revised upwards.
"Expected improved economic activity levels ...
SA surgeon to head up International Society of Surgery
Professor Ken Boffard, chief specialist and clinical head of surgery at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, has been elected world president of the International Society of Surgery (ISS).
Founded in 1902, the ISS represents general and s ...
South Africans break bread for peace, unity
People of all races, cultures and religions came together on Sunday at events across the country to join hands and break bread in pursuit of peace and goodwill in South Africa. Simultaneous events in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Polokwane served meals from ...
Telkom to go mobile with MTN
Telkom and MTN have announced the conclusion of a national roaming agreement between the two, which will see Telkom entering the mobile voice and data market in the country.
"I am delighted to make known the conclusion of a roaming agreement with MTN tha ...
World Cup: 130 000 more tickets sold
More than 130 000 tickets for the 2010 Fifa World Cup™ have been sold in less than two days as soccer fans rushed to the counters during the fifth and last ticketing phase, which kicked off on Thursday at the 11 ticketing centres and 600 FNB branches coun ...
Super 14: Now it gets really interesting
The Bulls may have lost their last match on tour to the Reds, but they are still in the pound seats in the battle for home ground advantage in the Vodacom Super 14 semifinals.
While the Bulls return home this week for a sequence of three home matches bef ...
Sharks survive Lions onslaught
There was a massive groan of disappointment over Coca Cola Park on Saturday night as the Sharks defence held out to stop the Auto and General Lions from recording their first win of the Super 14 tournament.
The visitors scored four tries to take maximum ...
Cheetahs smashed in Christchurch
If the Vodacom Cheetahs have one wish, it will be for their tour to end quickly after they went down in another massive lopsided scoreline, this time 45-6 to the Crusaders in Christchurch.
The writing was on the wall way before the game began, with the C ...
Run and walk for water
The Dow Live Earth Run for Water, to take place around the world on 18 April 2010, will consist of a series of 6 km run/walks taking place over the course of 24 hours in countries around the world, featuring concerts and water education activities aimed a ...
Life to the limit on an island in SE Asia
South African Huena Solsona is the brainchild behind an idea to create a 'survivor style' challenge called Life 2 the Limit where for a month a group of ten live on an island in south east Asia with not much more than a 5 litre bag they could take with th ...
Durban's new King Shaka Airport ready to take flight
The newly constructed King Shaka International Airport situated outside Durban came out with flying colours during a trial exercise on Thursday, says the Airports Company South Africa (Acsa).
The mass trial at the airport in La Mercy involved the partici ...
100,000 WC tickets sold within 24 hours
The demand for tickets within the 2010 FIFA World Cup host country continues to grow as the fifth and last sales phase enters its second day.
The first 24 hours saw a total of just over 100,000 tickets sold as thousands of football fans queued at the ele ...
Baker sets Big Wave nominations record
South Africa's Grant "Twiggy" Baker has set a record by being nominated for five different categories in the 10th annual edition of the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards, the "Oscars" of big wave surfing.
Baker, 36, who hails from Durban, has been sel ...
Sleepless soccer fans queue for WC tickets
Over-the-counter ticket sales for the Fifa World Cup started today with hundreds of soccer fans camped outside the Sandton Ticketing Centre since yesterday afternoon to get the best shot at their dream tickets.
At opening time a long queue reached down t ...
SPOTLIGHT: What's on - week 14
The middle of April is here and spring is on its way. Many South Africans are stranded between getting back to the UK, some in Paris and many in Dubai and other parts of the world. For those who are watching this odd ash phenomenon ground air traffic from ...
SA moves to secure water supply
South Africa is shoring up the security of its water supply by ensuring the completion of seven major new water projects around the country by 2014, Water Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said at a pre-budget briefing in Cape Town this week.
The seven ne ...
Local music to feature big during World Cup
Fifteen radio stations will broadcast only local and African music during the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup, the SABC announced on Wednesday.
The corporation's public broadcasting service division's 15 stations would play 85 percent local South African musi ...
2010 World Cup tickets made easy
Half-a-million tickets for the 2010 Fifa World Cup™ go on sale from Wednesday, when the fifth and final round of ticket sales for the tournament kicks off, coinciding with the opening of ticketing centres in all nine South African host cities and the star ...
Anti-racism group has South Africans seeing green
In a week where the spotlight has been on racial division and polarisation, a Facebook group to unite South Africans against racism has grown to more than 35 000 members in just five days.
Creator of the Green Skin Initiative, Christoff Smuts, says he st ...
Vote for SAMA Record of the Year
Twenty songs have been shortlisted for the Record of the Year as part of the 16th annual MTN South African Music Awards and now it is down to the SA public to vote for their Record of the Year. The awards take place this weekend at Sun City.
The selectio ...
