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Lights switched off across the globe for Earth Hour 201...
Thousands of South African homes and institutions, and many more across the world, turned off their lights on Saturday night at 20h30 for an hour in support of Earth Hour 2010.
Earth Hour, a global World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) initiative to raise awareness about climate change, began in Australia in 2007 with two million people turning off their lights. In 2008, 50 million people participated in th ...
Alexandra gears for Football for Hope
During the final week of the 2010 Fifa World Cup™, 32 teams from across the globe will converge on Alexandra township in Johannesburg for a very different festival of football. On Thursday, the 2010 Football for Hope Festival site was officially inaugurated.
From 4 to 10 July, in a specially built stadium in the heart of Alexandra, mixed teams of boys and girls aged 15 to 18 will compete in a fast-paced to ...
a European victory for Louis
South African Louis Oosthuizen finally made his European Tour breakthrough when he took the Andalucia Open title in Málaga, Spain, on Sunday.
A week after finishing runner-up in the Hassan II Trophy, Oosthuizen made no mistake with a final-round three-under 67 for a 17-under 263 aggregate that left him three shots better than Britons Peter Whiteford (66) and Richard Finch (67).
As well as his maiden title ...
Late penalty wins it for Sharks
When Ruan Pienaar is hot, he is very hot, and he proved it with an outstanding all-round performance to drive an exciting 29-26 win for the Sharks over the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday.
There would have been hearts in the mouths in both teams when the Sharks were awarded a penalty near the halfway line in the final minute. It was going to be the last act of the game, the scores were level at 26-all ...
Bulls maintain 100% record
The Bulls got the job done but looked everything but the best side in the tournament as they beat the Western Force 28-15 in their Vodacom Super 14 match played at the ME Bank Stadium in Perth on Saturday.
The Bulls, in spite of dominating every phase of play, were shocked to be in arrears (10-12) at half time but took full advantage of a yellow card against Ryan Cross to finally batter the Western Austral ...
Earth Hour is upon us
Earth Hour is a global WWF climate change initiative. Individuals, businesses, governments and communities are invited to turn out their lights for one hour on Saturday 27 March 2010 at 8:30 PM to show their support for action on climate change.
The event began in Sydney in 2007, when 2 million people switched off their lights. In 2008, more than 50 million people around the globe participated. In 2009, ...
New South African phrasebook to assist 2010 tourists
A new pocket-sized phrasebook of South Africa’s 11 official languages will be useful for tourists while visiting South Africa in June for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, and anyone who wants to get by travelling throughout the diverse country.
The Hello South Africa phrasebook translates over 600 English phrases into South Africa’s other ten official languages, namely Afrikaans, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swati, Tshon ...
Private sector backing for new HIV plan
South Africa's private healthcare sector has pledged millions of rands in support of the government's new HIV Counselling and Testing (HCT) campaign.
Their support will be through funding and free services during the campaign's launch on 15 April, when millions of South Africans are expected to visit sites across the country to get tested for HIV.
Discovery Medical Scheme has pledged R5-million for the ca ...
Cape Town to start selling ‘green electricity’
The City of Cape Town today announced its imminent plans to sell Green Electricity Certificates, which will give Capetonians the opportunity to buy green electricity from the city.
Alderman Clive Justus, Mayoral Committee Member for Utility Services and various partners of the Darling Wind Farm project briefed the media on this historic first step to ‘green’ Cape Town’s energy usage. The energy will be gen ...
$9m boost for SA's most beautiful wetland
The Isimangaliso Wetland Park, a World Heritage Site that spans 332 000 hectares along the north eastern coast of South Africa, on Wednesday received a US9 million grant (about R65.7 million) for empowerment projects in the area.
The grant came from the Global Environment Facility through the World Bank. "The financing will help support in-depth programs that engage local communities and lead to significan ...
South African art bags £2.6m in London
South African Art continued its march onto the world stage as a newly appreciated art form and investment at Bonhams seventh sale of South African Art in London on Wednesday.
Out of a total of 135 works by 42 artists, 82% sold, bringing in £2.6-million (R28.5-million) in total. This was Bonhams seventh South African art sale in five years. Read More...
Free 2010 tickets and financial advice
Five thousand low income workers in the hospitality and tourism industries are in for some special treatment thanks to the 2010 Fifa World Cup. The workers will learn how a debit card can improve their quality of life, and will receive free World Cup tickets.
World Cup partner company, Visa, today launched the Visa Ticket Fund, which will distribute free World Cup tickets through a financial literacy road ...
50% More broadbank users in SA
A new study on internet access finds that the number of South African accessing the internet via broadband connection has grown by more than 50% in the past year – a direct consequence of the growing need for round-the-clock connectivity.
The Internet Access in South Africa 2010 study, conducted by World Wide Worx and Cisco, shows that most of the growth in fixed line broadband comes from small and medium ...
SA economy creating jobs again
Eighteen thousand jobs were created in South Africa's formal non-agricultural business sector between September and December 2009, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced in Pretoria on Tuesday.
Reporting on its December 2009 Quarterly Employment Statistics, Stats SA said the survey had shown that the number of people employed in the formal non-agricultural sector of the country's economy increased by ...
Huge Comrades entry confirmed
The Comrades Marathon Association has completed capturing and processing all entries for the 2010 race and has pegged the final entry number at 23 565 runners.
"This is the second largest 'potential' field of runners in History of the Comrades Marathon as in 2000 we had 24 500 at the start," said the Race Director Johan Van Staaden.
"The CMA expects to have a decrease of 8% from runners that do not make t ...
Top three strengthen their hold
Two South African teams are safely ensconced at the top of the Vodacom Super 14 leg as the competition reaches the halfway mark this weekend – and the good news is that is how it will stay for at least the next fortnight.
The Stormers take their bye this coming weekend, but so do the third placed Crusaders, who have the same number of log points as the Cape team but lag significantly in the points differen ...
Superbike World Champs back at Kyalami
The FIM Superbike World Championship returns to the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit from 13 to 16 May for the sixth round of the 13-round series. Last year's World Superbike racing at the Midrand circuit was the first time it had taken place there in seven years.
With 53 000 spectators in attendance, the racing was dominated by Ducati, with Japanese rider Noriyuki Haga winning both races and his team-mate Miche ...
CSIR laser technology a 'world-first'
Researchers at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have demonstrated a world-first laser cladding system that offers a permanent solution to sealing leaks and repairing cracks at power stations.
According to a statement by the CSIR last week, the provisionally patented laser beam-welding and leak-sealing technology was developed for Eskom in collaboration with Eskom welding engineers. ...
Dice falls right for Sharks - at last!
The Sharks hit the straps in the second half to power to a 30-16 win over the Highlanders at Carisbrooke in Dunedin that finally broke their duck in the 2010 Vodacom Super 14.
It has been a tough couple of weeks overseas for the Sharks, and the refereeing errors that cost them almost certain victory over the Waratahs in the second match must still be an unhappy memory. Indeed, there was refereeing controve ...
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 ...
