The farming community outside Butterworth is expecting to harvest a whopping 5000 tons of maize this season - a 200% improvement from last year. 25 Feb 2010
To assist consumers manage their debt, Octogen, personal financial wellbeing and debt counsellor specialists, have introduced the 35:25:35 budget principle to manage the three main categories of debt. 25 Feb 2010
bidorbuy has developed its Auction Challenge, in which the students attend a workshop on auctioning; get a cash loan to buy items for re-sale; list the items on bidorbuy auctions starting from R1; receive payments and organise delivery; and reconcile their income and expenses (and get to keep any profits made). 25 Feb 2010
Bridal Africa, which last year announced it would team up with SA Fashion Week, is producing its own show at the Sandton Convention Centre from 6-7 November 2010. The exhibition will both acknowledge and award local specialist bridal designers and couturiers, reputedly a first for South African bridal shows. 25 Feb 2010
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose marginally to 6.2% in January, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday, 24 February 2010. 25 Feb 2010
National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) has announced that electricity tariffs will go up by 24.8%, 25.8% and 25.9% over the next three years. 24 Feb 2010
TOKYO, JAPAN: Japan, which is one of the world's biggest consumers of cigarettes, plans to call for a nationwide ban on lighting up in bars, restaurants and other public places, officials said. 24 Feb 2010
SA's economic recovery is gathering momentum, but will stay vulnerable until there is a clear revival in consumer demand, the main growth engine, analysts say. 24 Feb 2010
Wits University Professor Francois Viruly, head of the school of Construction Economics and Management, in conjunction with the SAPOA Property management committee, developed the Property Management Programme (PMP) in 2009 and, as applications for 2010 have nearly doubled, has proved the need for the course. 24 Feb 2010
Theo Rutstein, the man who introduced both affordable TV and cellular phones to South Africa, started Teljoy Solar, which has introduced a new initiative to ensure that all South African homeowners can install solar water heating systems immediately and save between 30-50% of their electricity bill. 24 Feb 2010
The annual franchising directory from the Franchise Association of Southern Africa (FASA) will go on sale at selected bookstores countrywide. This is the first time the directory will be made available to the public and it will cover such articles as what franchising is all about and how to evaluate a business opportunity. 24 Feb 2010
FIFA will increase the number of Category 4 tickets for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, says General-Secretary Jerome Valcke. 24 Feb 2010
As music has been Louise Carver's vocation for so many years, she wanted to extend her voice and creative love for all things timelessly ‘South African' into a jewellery range. Her debut range, aptly entitled ‘Jingle & Chimes', launches today, Wednesday 24 February 2010 at the Menlyn Shopping Centre in Pretoria in conjunction with American Swiss. 24 Feb 2010
South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the fourth quarter of 2009 grew by 3.2%, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) announced on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. 23 Feb 2010
Income generated by the food and beverage industry in South Africa declined 7.0% year-on-year (y/y) in December 2009 compared with December 2008, according to data released by Statistics South Africa on Monday, 22 February 2010. 23 Feb 2010
The declared goal of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to see SA become one of the top three emerging biotechnology nations by 2018 came closer last week with the launch of Biosafety South Africa, based in Somerset West. 23 Feb 2010
Calling all individual pizza makers in a stand-alone pizzeria, restaurant, take-away outlet, linked to a hotel, suburban hot spot or home enthusiast to turn up the heat and enter the Global Pizza Challenge by 1 March 2010. 23 Feb 2010
The sixth annual new designer search pioneered by Carrol Boyes, Metal 2010, is open for entries. This year's theme ‘Vase - a lifestyle' should inspire creative, original prototypes that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing from aspirant designers, who have until 30 June 2010 to enter. 23 Feb 2010
Global brewing giant SABMiller plc's (SAB) local unit, The South African Breweries, announced Monday, 22 February 2010, that the retailer component of its broad-based empowerment transaction - SAB Zenzele - is now open for participation by retailers. 23 Feb 2010
Pioneer Foods, the maker of Sasko bread and Bokomo cereals, faces a slow start to the year as people buy more staple foods which have dropped in price, but hold off on luxury items. 23 Feb 2010
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