Black Bottle, one of the favoured drinks of the people of Islay, an island renowned for its charismatic single malt Scotch whiskies, is now available in South Africa for the first time in its 128-year history. 23 Oct 2007
Tile Africa's Contracts division is giving Johannesburg's inner city a makeover through a major rejuvenation phase. 23 Oct 2007
The seductive art of pole dancing has literally been brought into the open through JWT Cape Town's innovative campaign for sophisticated adult store Kink, to promote its ongoing classes in the medium. 23 Oct 2007
The Linux-based mobile device marketplace is growing and thriving, and Nokia is but one beneficiary, though a strong one indeed. 22 Oct 2007
USA - Sony continued its seemingly weekly shuffle of models and pricing Thursday, 18 October - this time shifting focus to stateside and announcing the imminent arrival of the 40GB PlayStation 3 as well as lower pricing for the 80GB model. The news comes after similar changes were made first in Europe and then in Japan in the first two weeks of October. 22 Oct 2007
On Halloween night, kids across the writer's neighbourhood where she lives in the United States can be heard howling with delight. Veins spiked with sugar and goody bags overflowing with chocolate bars propel tiny devils, ghouls and goblins from door to door. 22 Oct 2007
A leading southern African grassroots awards program, the Jet Community Awards, honoured six outstanding community-based organisations for their inspirational contributions to community upliftment at a ceremony in Johannesburg recently. The six 2007 winners were selected from 31 exceptional regional finalists from across southern Africa. 22 Oct 2007
Members of Bakers and Cricket South Africa (CSA) recently toured some of the outlaying areas of KwaZulu-Natal to see the development of the Bakers Mini Cricket program in the region. 22 Oct 2007
Levi's® Rage for the Revolution, a live music concert that forms part of the Levi's® Red for Life Initiative, the call to action where the public get to hear core HIV messaging from the mouths of their musical heroes, is back. 22 Oct 2007
Wiehan Brink was recently named champion Master Bartender in South Africa during the final of the Pilsner Urquell Master Bartender program. 22 Oct 2007
While South Africa's official unemployment rate remained virtually unchanged at 25.5%, the Mogale City community is set to experience a rise in employment with the opening of Silverstar Casino later this year. 22 Oct 2007
Stellenzicht has just launched their first Cellarmaster's Release Pinotage - a double gold medallist that has already impressed international judges. 22 Oct 2007
MTN has prepared a jam packed summer feast that they reckon will ensure that every consumer makes this a summer to remember. Activities will range from football, cricket, music and 'Rock, Shop and Recover' competition. 22 Oct 2007
The Cape Times of the 25th April 2007 carried the story of a local man who encountered difficulties when trying to dispose of toxic waste. He was advised by a council official that he should discard of this waste (poisons, old medicine, pesticides and old batteries) in his bin, as everyone else does. 19 Oct 2007
Our planet is sick, and we will not be able to heal it unless we all take steps to reduce and eliminate everything that we and others are doing that is harming the earth. 19 Oct 2007
The Western Cape has generated almost R9.5 billion of the R49.7 billion earned by large scale farming units in 2005/06, making it the biggest contributor to agriculture in South Africa. 19 Oct 2007
Displaysense, UK supplier of retail display products, has announced it's development of a new mannequin with a larger rear end to meet changing demands in the clothing industry and to help promote the image that big is beautiful. 19 Oct 2007
Shopping centre owners and managing companies have agreed on a number of measures to reduce the risk of organised crime in shopping centres. 19 Oct 2007
Representatives of Ogilvy Africa paid a visit to the Central Methodist Church in Johannesburg recently – with a trailer-load of food items and clothing. 19 Oct 2007
Linking a product to a celebrity or TV show can work well, but can be problematic if the popularity of the celebrity or show falters – or in the case of some celebrities, goes from hero to zero. And that applies in South Africa as much as it does anywhere else – in this case, the UK. 19 Oct 2007
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