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South Africa’s national football squad captain Aaron Mokoena will be honoured at a high-profile dinner in Johannesburg on 7 June. The event will also help to raise funds for Mokoena’s charity foundation, and wish his team well for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
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An art auction in May 2008 saw a new record price set for a painting by Russian-born Vladimir Tretchikoff, who lived in South Africa for most of his life.

South African wines continue to show growth in the markets of the world, with a reported 35% increase in overseas sales for the first three months of the year, and exports outstripping local sales for the first time.

South African company IncuBeta wasted little time in taking the gap offered by keyword-sensitive advertising on the internet's biggest search engine. Founded in 2003, the firm already has 50 staff, offices in SA and London, turnover of over R50-million a year - and, now, venture capital backing for highly ambitious growth plans.