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R500m boost for SA parks
South African National Parks has been allocated R574.9-million to develop infrastructure and improve facilities in the country's nature reserves for the 2010 Fifa World Cup and beyond.
Germans invest in boiler-making
German-based civil construction and industrial services group Bilfinger Berger has approved a R100-million investment in building a pressure part manufacturing facility near Pretoria.
SA’s IT market in good health
South Africa's information technology infrastructure outsourcing market earned between US$2.78-billion and $3.5-billion in 2006 and will reach a projected $5.6-billion by 2012, according to US consultancy Frost & Sullivan.
WAN told of SA’s successes
Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka highlighted some of South Africa's successes at the 2007 World Association of Newspapers congress in Cape Town.
2010 Fifa World Cup squads: Group B
The final 23 players for the 32 squads competing in South Africa's 2010 Fifa World Cup were announced after the deadline for confirmed teams passed on 1 June.
2010 Fifa World Cup squads: Group D
The final 23 players for the 32 squads competing in South Africa's 2010 Fifa World Cup were announced after the deadline for confirmed teams passed on 1 June.
BEE still dominant in mergers
Ernst & Young has released its annual review of merger and acquisition activity in SA, which indicates that black economic empowerment deals remain a dominant feature of the country's economy.
US group in $3.5bn Edcon buyout
US group Bain Capital has successfully clinched the biggest private equity deal yet in South Africa, with shareholders in retailer Edcon voting in favour of Bain's R25-billion takeover bid. The buyout is expected to give impetus to a number of other private equity deals in the pipeline in SA.
Brand South Africa website hits new record
Brand South Africa's official website -http://www.southafrica.info/- posted record figures last month, achieving 2.5 million page impressions in March. And in another record, the number of unique visitors going to the site, which is managed by BigMedia, increased to a record 247 000 in March.
SA firms score for innovation
More than half of South Africa's companies engaged in innovative activities between 2002 and 2004 - well above the European average of 42% - according to the first official South African Innovation Survey.
