The Karoo Array Telescope
Although the host country of the Square Kilometre Array is yet to be announced, South African science is already reaping the benefits of the massive international radio telescope project in the form of a prototype, the Karoo Array Telescope.
Museum that bridges past, future
The Red Location Museum of the People's Struggle in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth - winner of three major international awards - was designed both to mirror South Africa's fight for freedom and to form an integral part of community life in a township that acted as a crucible for the struggle.
JSE launches International Derivatives
The JSE has partnered with Deutsche Bank to launch International Derivatives, a new asset class that allows South African investors to trade single stock futures on internationally listed companies for the first time.
Joint venture to boost SA auto industry
South African auto parts supplier Feltex and Luxembourg-based International Automotive Components have formed a joint venture to support and grow production requirements for Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Volkswagen South Africa.
Lennox sings for HIV/Aids
Renowned international pop star Annie Lennox is set to dazzle fans during a one-night performance in Johannesburg, to raise funds for her HIV/Aids charity organisation, Sing.
Rollsing from Cape to Cairo
Driving from Cape Town to Cairo is hardly considered radical these days, but if you’re in your seventies and attempting to do so in an ultra luxury sedan, then perhaps it is.
New hotel slated for V&A Waterfront
With South Africa's tourism sector expected to grow by around 5% this year comes
the news that the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town plans to develop a mid-market,
internationally branded hotel to add to the popular tourist attraction's suite of 10
hotels.
Organisation that cares for needy
The World Aid Support Organization is an international humanitarian aid organization dedicated to tackling poverty and suffering in the world’s poorest countries – for all people around the world, irrespective of race, creed or political persuasion
Regulated horn trade ‘could save rhinos’
Establishing a well-regulated international trade in rhino horn could help to curb rhino poaching, if implemented along with other interventions, says South African Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa.
Nicholas Hlobo: art as dialogue
Nicholas Hlobo, winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Arts 2009, is gaining an international reputation for his experimental use of materials to "create conversations" around issues of masculinity, gender, race and ethnicity.