Developer wants to turn EL into 'golf tourism mecca'. 17 Jan 2008
The government is reviewing import tariffs on wheat and wheat flour in a move apparently triggered by high bread prices. 17 Jan 2008
Shoprite said in a trading update that its turnover for the six months ended 31 December 2007 increased by 21.8% to R23.3bn. 17 Jan 2008
A new advertising concept puts cashiers' conveyor belts to work as an advertising medium – and your target customer is right there… watching your advertisements. 17 Jan 2008
Effective 11 February 2008, Airlink will be introducing an additional Monday to Thursday early morning return flight departure between Johannesburg (JNB) and Phalaborwa (PHW). 17 Jan 2008
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline recently repeated a one-year contract with outdoor advertising contractor, ComutaNet to promote Aquafresh. Local soccer hero Lucas Radebe will once again lend his face to the campaign. 17 Jan 2008
One of the main purposes of the Irish trade mission to South Africa was to continue strengthening relationships in business and trade, says Irish Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Michael Martin. 17 Jan 2008
An innovative video gaming venture, has seen two entrepreneurs win the Branson School of Entrepreneurship Soweto 2007 Business Plan competition. 17 Jan 2008
Enchanted, a Walt Disney motion picture classic, had a high profile on Primedia Outdoor billboards to strengthen its above-the-line advertising campaign in time for its Ster-Kinekor launch on December 21. 16 Jan 2008
Beijing - A set of fixed English translations for Chinese menus is set to be published before the Spring Festival in February, the Beijing Municipal Tourism Bureau said. 16 Jan 2008
Young & Rubicam Advertising Group has appointed Fraser Lamb as Group CEO for South Africa. Formerly the MD of Wunderman, Lamb succeeds Yossi Schwartz with effect from January 2008. 16 Jan 2008
In a move that will give another banking and financial option to SA companies and individuals doing business in Tanzania, Groupe Bank of Africa has announced the opening of BOA Bank-Tanzania). 16 Jan 2008
The ResearchBrief for today is forward looking from newspaper executives who identify the current trends they believe will have an impact on the future of businesses. 16 Jan 2008
Cadbury P.S., one of South Africa's favourite chocolate brands, is spreading the lurv in 2008, kicking the year off with an exciting and interactive competition that invites South Africans to ‘holla yo lurv'. 16 Jan 2008
This is the new Sahara Digital Camera, which the company says is a complete digital hand-held camera solution to allow the user to record and store material in both photo/still shot and motion video format. 16 Jan 2008
The announcement of the Centres of Expertise (CoE) Pilot Program at The Innovation Hub, Africa's first internationally accredited Science Park, includes a Call for Proposals from prospective consortiums to promote collaboration between industry, research, academic institutions and government in projects from the Aerospace, Information Communications Technology (ICT), and Biotechnology sectors. 16 Jan 2008
The most overlooked open source security vulnerabilities, according to Palamida researchers, occur in Apache Geronimo, JBoss Application Server, Libtiff, Net-SNMP and ZLIB. "The most popular projects appear in every test. This always surprises companies. There is from three to 10 times the use of open source code [in software enterprise uses] than companies realize," said Theresa Bui-Friday, cofounder of Palamida. 16 Jan 2008
By now, the case for SaaS is not only well established, but also growing stronger, as analysts incorporate intangible benefits into their ROI models. So, it is welcome to hear at least one blogger question whether the model is applicable to every situation. 16 Jan 2008
What triggered such impressive gains in home network adoption in Europe? The answer is in the patterns of growth. The number of households gaining a home network between 2004 and 2006 far exceeded the number stating an intention to do so at the beginning of 2005. This pattern held true across the world. 16 Jan 2008
Distell is to strengthen ties with US wine and spirits importer AV Brands in an effort to increase focus on the US market. The closer relationship means that in addition to representing two of Distell's global lifestyle wine brands, Two Oceans and Obikwa, AV Brands is to carry Amarula Cream Liqueur and Durbanville Hills, formerly with Brown-Forman. The announcement was made last week by Don Gallow, head of the Stellenbosch-based producer's international operations. 15 Jan 2008
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