Hospitality Property Fund announced on Tuesday 31 August 2010 it had acquired Westin Grand Cape Town and Arabella Western Cape Hotel and Spa for R715.2 million. 3 Sep 2010
SAA chairwoman Cheryl Carolus said this week she was convinced that significant amounts of money misspent by former SAA CEO Khaya Ngqula had yet to be uncovered. 3 Sep 2010
Clicks' 250th pharmacy has opened at the Gardens Centre, Cape Town, which is part of the company's plan to open a pharmacy and clinic in every one of its 374 stores, nationally. 3 Sep 2010
LONDON, UK: Corporate assets are set to overtake cash as main financing source for pension scheme shortfalls as companies looking to repair defined benefit pension scheme deficits begin using assets more than cash contributions over the next year, according to analysis by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC). 3 Sep 2010
SA Marketers are not getting the best bang for their marketing communications bucks - and here's why. 2 Sep 2010
Mobile telecommunications group Vodacom says it will target 10 million customers in the next three years in South Africa for its M-PESA money transfer service, which was officially launched on Tuesday in collaboration with banking group Nedbank. 2 Sep 2010
All tenders awarded in Gauteng will be published on the finance department's website in a bid to promote transparency and end tender corruption. 2 Sep 2010
The 10 finalists of the Pantene Woman Award 2010 have been selected. Amy Putman, Danicka Riehl, Delmonique Dewrance, Kim Rivalland, Kirsten Jade Ho O, Lauren Sartor, Michelle Oosthuizen, Nadia van der Merwe, Shannon Smith and Renate Arndt now stand a chance to win R100 000 and be featured in a Pantene advertising campaign. 2 Sep 2010
Vodacom South Africa maintained uninterrupted services throughout the 2010 FIFA World Cup with Nokia Siemens Networks' Special Event Support (SES) services providing network planning, optimization, operations support and care for the influx of half a million visitors 2 Sep 2010
The second annual Green Supply Chain Awards, which took place on 19 August 2010 at the Consumer Goods Council of South Africa (CGCSA), recognised and rewarded top companies for their efforts for greening their supply chains. The awards are a joint initiative of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport: South Africa (CILTSA), the CGCSA and Supply Chain Today magazine. 2 Sep 2010
Every year, thousands of users fall victim to Internet scams. Being able to identify them is the best defence. 2 Sep 2010
Branch offices of Metropolitan in Botswana and Namibia will be able to deliver centralised communication from its 17 branches back to its head office in Cape Town, following the award of the tender to MTN Business to deliver a fully managed Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network. 2 Sep 2010
The Imvelo Responsible Tourism Awards programme, now in its ninth year has received 219 entries for its 2010 competition. 2 Sep 2010
Softworx Ignite 2010 will be held in Sun City from 6-8 September 2010 and will include presentations on proprietary software, extending clients' performance management software investment to leverage corporate wide information, assuring operational, financial and environmental excellence with asset management software and other solutions to optimise business investments. 2 Sep 2010
Members of the SA Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) employed at retailer Pick n Pay plan to strike over wages, the union said on Monday, 30 August 2010. 1 Sep 2010
ElchimR Professional Hairstyling Tools, will sponsor Miss Earth South Africa together with Bijan Boutique Hairdressing, as mainline hairstyling sponsor. This year's event will be held at Emperor's Palace on 11 September, 2010. 1 Sep 2010
For the first time Gewürztraminer, albeit only 2%, has been used to round off Nederburg's Ingenuity White. This gives the wine the faintest trace of sweetness and polishes the palate. 1 Sep 2010
The South African clothing retailer Edcon has become title sponsor of the 2010 Readathon Programme, with the theme: "Readers are Leaders". 1 Sep 2010
FNB's eWallet, which launched in October 2009, has been processing transactions worth R1 million a day since May 2010, predominantly because it speaks to people's needs to replace cash easily and safely. Since inception, more than 150 000 such accounts have been created with over R100 million sent to friends and family from FNB accounts. 1 Sep 2010
Vogue could be described as nothing more than a glossy catalogue. Every fashion ad follows the same formula. Sexy models draped in a fashion house's latest range, shot and styled by a big name photographer and finished off with the logo. However, the print ads confirm the prestige of the brand. 1 Sep 2010
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