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SA to spend billions on infrastructure
SA wine a US presidential hit
President Barack Obama is, by all accounts, a discerning wine drinker. And his palate runs to South African wine too, as on election night he chose a bottle of Graham Beck Brut NV - the same drink with which Nelson Mandela toasted his inauguration in 1994.
Shosholoza’s giant-killing act
Gautrain rolling along smoothly
The Gautrain’s airport link is on track for completion by the end of 2009 and will transport some 500 000 Fifa World Cup visitors into Johannesburg in June and July 2010.
SA charity in line for top award
A new social development project that encourages businesses to invest in carefully selected projects has been shortlisted for the Global Development Network’s prestigious Most Innovative Development Project award.
Top judges to gather in SA
Over 260 senior judges from 93 countries will descend on South African shores for a high level conference focusing on constitutional court judges.
Royal Bafokeng Stadium ‘90% complete’
Mrs Ball’s Chutney comes home
Mrs HS Ball’s Chutney is an iconic South African taste, a sweet and spicy sauce up there with biltong and boerewors. Now the great-grandson of the original Mrs Ball has restarted his forebear’s cottage industry, making the chutney from the authentic recipe.
Colourful vuvuzelas – from kelp
South Africa’s favourite trumpet, the vuvuzela blown at football matches across the country, is getting a makeover in time for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, with a Cape Town business producing creative and colourful instruments from the kelp washed onto beaches.