diversity

September is Heritage Month, when South Africans celebrate the country's rich diversity in art, performance, history, customs and traditions, language, food, and the spoken and written word.

South Africa's beautiful coastal city of Cape Town is worth more than London, more than Paris, and much more than Athens. Well, it is if you're playing Monopoly.

South Africans are being urged to plant a tree to help save the planet this Arbour Week, starting on 1 September. Tree planting remains one of the most cost-effective ways of addressing climate change, thanks to trees' ability to absorb carbon dioxide.

South Africa has launched a three-year clinical associate programme designed to produce a new category of mid-level health professionals in the country.

The 2008 International Media Forum South Africa brought together journalists, marketing specialists and government officials to discuss ways to improve media relations and the branding of South Africa.

Whether you want to experience the sights and sounds of the bush from an upmarket lodge, safari tent or a host of other affordable accommodation facilities, the world-renowned Addo Elephant National Park - home to five biomes and the Big Seven - has it all.

Using decades of expertise as a chemical engineer, Dr Hans Hahn runs a Soutpansberg-based eco-tourism lodge that is detached from Eskom's grid and powered entirely by alternative, renewable and sustainable energy, from solar power to thermal gasification.

The goverment is finalising a greenhouse gas inventory which will inform South Africa's first ever long-term national climate policy.

Johannesburg has opened a migrant helpdesk to provide legal migrants and asylum seekers with information on basic services such as housing, education and healthcare in the city.

The Star Alliance airline network has unveiled a "Visit Southern Africa" campaign to promote the region to US and Canadian travellers, underscoring the wide choice of flight connections to Africa offered by the network's member carriers.