Now in its third year, the Juicy Lucy Classic race organisers have signed up several key sponsorships for the 2010 event taking place on 25 April 2010 at the Mid Illovo Club in KwaZulu-Natal. 12 Apr 2010
“For the past 30 years, only members of Leisure Books/Leserskring were able to order books and other products from us. Now we give everyone the opportunity to buy these items from us, although members still enjoy advantages, including discounted prices," says Lana Barnett, CEO of the clubs. 12 Apr 2010
The Alliance Francaise of Port Elizabeth will be hosting its first ever Fashion Design Showcase, starting at 11am on Saturday, 10 April 2010 and running until 29 April. The showcase features local designers, each of whom brings creative and unique inspired designs to his/her plate. 9 Apr 2010
Middelvlei Wine Estate has released its latest red, Free Run Pinotage 2008, a deep ruby red wine with violet edges, sweet raspberry aromas on the nose, mulberry undertones and elegant oak spices - a medium-bodied wine packed with fruit flavours. It retails at approximately R84.50 per bottle from most outlets countrywide. 9 Apr 2010
Appletiser is making it possible for one lucky woman to win a deliciously good life for three months to the value of R1 million. Entrants also stand the chance of winning one of more than 20 000 instant prizes during the promotion that runs during April and May 2010. 9 Apr 2010
The ‘Market Places', two of the components of the Troyeville and Kensington Fan Village, are looking for talented young caricaturists and buskers to add value to the event, taking place daily from 10 June 2010 until 12 July 2010. 9 Apr 2010
CashSend, a money transfer system from Absa, is expected to have sent R200m by end of April 2010 with 33 500 transactions occurring in March 2010 alone. The transfer system allows Absa customers to send money to anyone in South Africa with a cellphone number, regardless of which mobile network or which bank they use. 9 Apr 2010
Purity, owners of the Elizabeth Anne's brand has launched Baby Hair Oil reportedly the first of its kind specifically developed for baby's scalp and hair. 9 Apr 2010
South Africa's Business Confidence Index (BCI) increased by 0.2 index points to 83.2 in March says the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI). 9 Apr 2010
There is no reason to change the current fixed spread between the repo and the prime rate, both the Reserve Bank and the Banking Association of South Africa (BASA) announced on Thursday, 8 April 2010. 9 Apr 2010
KWV Holdings confirmed on Wednesday, 7 April 2010, that it has received formal notification from Zeder Investments that Zeder and Rootstock Capital (Proprietary) Limited will make a joint offer to acquire the ordinary shares of shareholders in KWV Holdings. 8 Apr 2010
The Competition Tribunal on Wednesday, 7 April 2010, confirmed a consent order agreement between the Competition Commission and Keystone Milling in terms of which Keystone Milling has agreed to pay a penalty of R6.7 million in connection with alleged price fixing in the white maize milling industry. 8 Apr 2010
The new Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services (FAIS) Ombud is Noluntu Bam, who has been appointed by the Financial Services Board to take over from Charles Pillai. 8 Apr 2010
LONDON: Ukash, reportedly the world's largest prepaid-cash issuing estate, which enables consumers around the world to shop, pay and play online safely using cash, has signed a deal with Shoprite to enable South African consumers to purchase its vouchers from the group's outlets. 8 Apr 2010
South African Breweries Limited (SAB) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010, announced that the closing date for participation in the retailer component of its broad-based empowerment transaction, called SAB Zenzele, has been extended. 8 Apr 2010
Retailers will be hugely exposed to liability actions once the Consumer Protection Act comes into effect later this year, and product recalls are likely to increase substantially. 8 Apr 2010
Moya, a South African beauty range made with fynbos essential oils, has revamped its look and feel with new packaging design from At Pace Brand Design and photography by Russell Smith. 8 Apr 2010
A free competition involving all adidas retail outlets began this month [April 2010] to find 384 youths 12-16 years old to become flag bearers for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The competition, which closes on 16 May, requires entrants to motivate in less than 100 words why they should be chosen. 8 Apr 2010
The Disney Channel announced the three finalists for the Hannah Montana nationwide T-shirt design competition earlier this week. They are Jennifer Ueberberg, aged 14 from Empangeni; Hana Garnie, aged 9 from Bedfordview and Samantha Lawrence, aged 13 from Warmbaths. 8 Apr 2010
Telecoms provider Neotel has called on the market to continue putting pressure on the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to implement local loop unbundling (LLU), arguing that it is a key enabler to true competition in the market. 7 Apr 2010
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