The new Blackberry Curve 8520 smartphone launched in South Africa on Wednesday, 9 September 2009, for both MTN and Vodacom customers. 11 Sep 2009
Lower confidence readings in wholesale and retail trade dragged the RMB/BER confidence index further down in the third quarter despite improvements in other sectors, says economist from Citigroup, Jean-Francois Mercier, in a note on Wednesday, 9 September 2009. 10 Sep 2009
Pioneer Foods faces the cold reality of paying a R1-billion fine after a bruising battle with the Competition Commission. 10 Sep 2009
The 2009 Standard Bank Soweto Wine Festival showed a 20% increase in attendance, when 5520 people flocked to taste over 800 wines this past weekend (4-5 September 2009). This is an increase of 1000 on last year's attendance. 10 Sep 2009
In the month of October 2009, Collect-a-Can hopes to break its 2007 Guinness World Record for ‘The Most Steel Cans Collected in One Month'. It is calling on all schools to register at their nearest Collect-a-Can branch. 10 Sep 2009
Joining Discovery and Edgars, Absa clients are the latest to get benefits from Ster-Kinekor. It announced on Wednesday, 9 September 2009, that moviegoers get a 10% discount every time they use their Absa debit, cheque or credit card to pay for movie tickets at any Self-Service Terminal (SST) inside cinema complexes. 10 Sep 2009
Following on from the very successful 2008 LG Life Tastes Good Cooking Competition, LG Electronics is again calling all the best amateur chefs in South Africa to enter their favourite recipes online with a photo of the dish. 10 Sep 2009
African Sun Limited announced on Tuesday, 8 September 2009, its expansion plans for its local and Zimbabwe operations to meet the influx of fans for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Totalling US$ 60 million, it will raise the hospitality group's capacity to 8500 rooms by 2012 from the current 3000 rooms. 10 Sep 2009
Baby food brand, Purity has launched two new organic teas for babies and toddlers: Organic Rooibos & Strawberry Tea and Organic Good Nights Rooibos & Chamomile Tea. 9 Sep 2009
The Taste of Joburg hospitality event is back in full force from 30 September - 4 October 2009, with a showcase of 16 of the city's best restaurants and top-end speciality fine food and drink companies. 9 Sep 2009
NEW YORK,USA: Expect glamorous belts to be drawn tight when New York's Fashion Week kicks off this Thursday, 10 September 2009, with designers and consumers still hurting from the recession. 9 Sep 2009
Global brewing giant SABMiller Plc announced on Tuesday, 8 September 2009, that it had been granted a license by the Namibian government to brew and bottle beer in Namibia. 9 Sep 2009
NEW YORK, USA: US chocolate maker Hershey could jump into a takeover battle with a bid for Cadbury after the British confectioner rejected an offer from food giant Kraft Foods, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, 8 September 2009. 9 Sep 2009
A feature of downtown Johannesburg in Simmonds Street is the number of smokers decorating the doors of smart buildings, puffing away like mad. 9 Sep 2009
On Friday 4 September 2009, the heat Hair and Beauty Awards acknowledged Clarins as one of the favourite brands, with the most awards voted by readers of South Africa's celebrity news magazine, heat. 9 Sep 2009
The Cape Town chefs swept the boards at the 2009 Sunday Times Food Awards last Thursday, 3 September 2009. Henrico Grobbelaar of Lady Phillips restaurant is 2009 Sunday Times Chef of the Year, Leon Jones of the Table Bay Hotel is the Young Chef of the Year and Nerita Bharuth and James Gaag of Silwood School of Cookery won the Chef School Challenge. 9 Sep 2009
Exhibitors at the 14th Cape Homemakers Expo felt that the show attracted high-calibre visitors and they generated excellent leads and sales that will keep them busy for months. The 330 exhibitors at the CTICC watched more than 31 000 visitors arrive between 3 - 6 September 2009. 9 Sep 2009
Brothers Morris and Eli Ross opened Edgars (named for Swan and Edgar of Piccadilly London) in Joubert Street Johannesburg on 6 September 1929 and Eli Ross is credited with being the first to offer ‘six-months-to-pay' credit during a spring sale. 9 Sep 2009
Mortgages of 110% are now available to low income earners, Absa said on Monday, 7 September 2009, as it adjusted its lending criteria. 8 Sep 2009
BASRA, IRAQ: Alcohol vendors among the shrinking Christian community of Iraq's mostly Shiite southern oil hub of Basra fear for their future after city councillors banned the sale of alcohol. 8 Sep 2009
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