Simba is launching a new competition, ‘What's Your Lekker Flavour?', where contestants send their lekker flavour suggestion and the inspiration for the flavour along with their name, address and contact details. The winner gets R200 000 in cash and 1% of sales of the winning flavour. Entries close on the 28 February 2010. 3 Dec 2009
The official opening of the Bloemfontein based Homsek Dairy's UHT (Long Life Milk) factory comes as a culmination of a true partnership between Homsek Dairy, Woolworths and packaging company Nampak Liquid. 3 Dec 2009
Following over 93 000 entries to the Hansa World Festival Tour competition, five winners were announced at Summer Place in Hyde Park late last month. Based on the brand's ‘Stepping out of the Ordinary' campaign, the tour provides the winners and their partners with a once in a lifetime experience at renowned festivals around the world. 3 Dec 2009
Play and Learn is a newly released educational trump card game that encourages players to become experts on 40 of the more common larger land mammals most likely to be encountered during a visit to a game park in Southern Africa. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). 3 Dec 2009
BEIJING, CHINA: China on Tuesday, 1 December 2009, announced it had lifted a ban on pork imports from countries including the United States, following through on a pledge made at high-level Sino-US trade talks in October. 3 Dec 2009
The public should be on the look-out for card skimming as well as other forms of fraudulent activities this Christmas. 3 Dec 2009
The professional fees that pharmacists may charge in 2010 have been published, the SA Pharmacy Council said on Wednesday, 2 December 2009. 3 Dec 2009
The fashion world is used to coming up with something new - it's what those people do every season anyway, to keep you and me coming back to the malls. 3 Dec 2009
MADRID, SPAIN: Spanish giants Real Madrid, the world's richest football club in terms of income, will launch its first lingerie line for women next year, sports daily Marca reported on Wednesday, 2 December 2009. 3 Dec 2009
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: Coca-Cola Israel announced on Tuesday, 1 December 2009, it was recalling several products because of "quality problems". 3 Dec 2009
USA: Online sales were up almost 14% year over year for 2009's Cyber Monday, the first Monday after Thanksgiving and traditionally a big selling day for online retailers. Shoppers spent over 38% more per order compared to 2008's figures, and they bought nearly 10% more items per order, according to market research firm Coremetrics. 2 Dec 2009
Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said Tuesday, 1 December 2009, it has filed suits against several leading liquid crystal display makers - including Philips, Toshiba, Sharp and Samsung - for alleged price fixing. 2 Dec 2009
Second-hand book dealers are protesting that the speaker of the National Assembly, Max Sisulu, has turned a deaf ear to their complaint that incorrect procedures followed by the portfolio committee on safety and security resulted in second-hand books being erroneously included in the Second-Hand Goods Act. 2 Dec 2009
Sandton City has a blog site, Sandtonista.co.za, which allows viewers to find out what's hot and trendy at what is seen as the most fashionable shopping centre in South Africa. 2 Dec 2009
The South African wine industry won the UK trade publication, The Drinks Business', Ethical Award for 2009 and many trophies and prizes in the Fairtrade Wine Committee's competition for best wines of the year, held in London within the past few weeks. 2 Dec 2009
Said to be the first of its kind in South Africa, the national Bake-Off Competition has been launched by Pillsbury Bakeries and Foodservice Division and is open to anyone working in the food service industry. 2 Dec 2009
Cape Union Mart stores across South Africa selected Xanita's X-Board for its festive season visual displays primarily based on the fact that the boards are a fully printable, eco-friendly alternative to the traditional vinyl and PVC used in signage and point of sale displays. 2 Dec 2009
Brand activation specialists, Zinto Marketing Group, presented the Baby Soft toilet tissue Win-a-Car promotion as an in-mall activation in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town during October and November. 2 Dec 2009
A more stable food price environment is expected to contribute to an improved operational performance for the full year, though upward cost pressures persist, said food and beverage group Pioneer Foods on Monday, 30 November 2009. 1 Dec 2009
With World Aids Day having arrived, Ukhozi FM radio personality Phumlani Dube is setting a new fashion trend in an educational way. 1 Dec 2009
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