BEE benefit for SA Chinese
The Pretoria high court has ruled that South African Chinese may be reclassified as black. This ruling will enable the group to benefit from the country’s employment equity and black empowerment legislation.
Acclaim for SA sommelier
Young Luvo Ntezo, budding wine expert at Cape Town's Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa, has turned his passion for fine wine and food into international acclaim. Ntezo recently came in fourth in the prestigious Chaîne des Rôtisseurs international competition for young sommeliers.
China-Africa relations to deepen
More opportunities for Chinese investment into Africa are to open up, with the announcement that China is to bolster its China-Africa Development Fund by an additional R19.8-billion ($2-billion).
SA restaurant best in the world
South Africa’s Rust en Vrede restaurant, located in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, has been named international best restaurant in the annual Best of Wine Tourism awards.
South Africa showcases its boat-building excellence to 73 000 international investors in France
China deal: a new day for Africa
The recent acquisition by China's largest bank of 20% of South Africa's Standard Bank is a watershed event in the growing relationship between China and the development of the African continent, writes John Battersby.
China signals a new day for Africa
Sasol: 100% synthetic jet fuel
New airport nears completion
India-South Africa trade booming
Two of the world’s most promising emerging economies, India and South Africa are enjoying an increasingly lucrative trade relationship, valued at $5-billion in 2007 and set to rocket to $15-billion by 2015.
