The premier fashion show, African Fashion International (AFI) Cape Town Fashion Week will showcase its spring/summer ready-to-wear collections at the CTICC under the theme is 'Refresh, Revive, Renew' from 12-14 August 2010. 29 Jul 2010
Woolworths' colourful reusable shopping bags not only help to reduce plastic waste going to landfills but also help a small Cape Town BEE company called Isikhwama to flourish. 29 Jul 2010
Anchored by Pick n Pay and Woolworths, Musgrave Centre in Berea, Durban, last received an updated look in 1994 but it is now beginning a R140 million revamp, starting in the ex-Stuttafords area this month. Completion is planned for winter of 2011. 29 Jul 2010
South Africa has the potential to increase exports to Japan, the July TradeProbe of the National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) reported today, Wednesday 28 July 2010. 28 Jul 2010
MILAN, ITALY: Milan Fashion Week will be true to its name, covering a full seven days in September instead of a frantic long weekend as it did in February after an agreement with top designers, organisers said Tuesday, 27 July 2010. 28 Jul 2010
The Bureau for Economic Research (BER) estimates South Africa's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will be adjusted downwards to 3.1% for 2010. 28 Jul 2010
Whilst the future of our water supply may be bleak in light of increasing consumption, the outlook for the bottled water industry is very positive. This is according to Dr Anthony Turton, who delivered the keynote address at the South African National Bottled Water Association's 'Bottled Water Business' Conference yesterday, 27 July 2010, as part of Africa's Big Seven Food and Beverage Trade Show (AB7) at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. 28 Jul 2010
Graham Beck, a pioneering South African wine producer, social philanthropist and the owner of Graham Beck Wines, passed in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 27 July 2010, in London after a battle with lung cancer. He was 80 years old. 28 Jul 2010
The Nampak Cartons & Labels Gauteng (Denver) plant joins other plants in the group in receiving the ISO 22000 food safety certification, establishing the company as one of South Africa's cleanest and therefore safest producers of lithographic and gravure printed folding cartons for the Food packaging market. 28 Jul 2010
Roman's Pizza launched its Funniest Joke of the Year Competition last week in which the winner will take home R10 000 and runners-up R5000 and R3000 respectively. The competition closes at midnight on 30 September 2010. 28 Jul 2010
Over the past eight months, the National Credit Regulator's debt review Task Team conducted an extensive consultation with debt counsellors, credit providers and payment distribution agents (PDA). It released its report yesterday 27 July 2010 with proposed improvements in the debt counselling process. 28 Jul 2010
Knorhoek has released the latest vintages in the popular Two Cubs range of playful, easy drinking wines - Rosé 2010; White Blend 2010 and the Red Blend 2008. 28 Jul 2010
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) has made R50 million available in affordable loans to suitable BEE candidates who will be identified within a period of two years. Engen, in turn, will provide the financial surety and the business support necessary for the new members of its retail service station network to thrive. This joint initiative was launched yesterday, 27 July 2010 and is aimed at increasing black entrepreneurial ownership of Engen service stations. 28 Jul 2010
South Africa's new Consumer Protection Act has worldwide implications. 27 Jul 2010
Dimitri Panayotopoulos makes it sound easy. His company, Procter & Gamble (P&G), will carve out its share in a growing African market by going for "low-hanging fruit". 27 Jul 2010
Listed wines and spirits producer and marketer Distell said on Monday, 26 July 2010, that it's continuing to lighten its impact on the environment with a new returnable glass project that follows close on the heels of its recently launched campaign to light-weight the company's wine and cider bottles. 27 Jul 2010
A donation of R55 000 has been made by the Amarula Trust to fund a research and training programme on elephant ecology and biology that is focusing on the impact of the elephant population on the biodiversity of the Addo Elephant National Park (AENP) in the Eastern Cape. 27 Jul 2010
Yesterday, 26 July 2010, FNB announced that its new payment solution, Pay Wallet, would enable employers to pay their unbanked employees' funds into a cellphone. The recipients would have immediate access to their funds at any full service FNB ATM without the need of a bank card. 27 Jul 2010
A further 800 garment makers from Seardel may soon be retrenched because the company says it cannot compete with cheap imports, the erosion of the industry due to unscrupulous business operations that under invoice and bring in illegal apparel as well as its inability to produce due to the technical complexity of bra manufacturing. 27 Jul 2010
The Wholesale and Retail Sector Education and Training Authority (W&R SETA) has taken up the platinum sponsorship and naming rights to the Soweto Festival, replacing the City of Johannesburg whose three-year sponsorship ended in 2009. The event, to be known as the Soweto Festival Expo, will run from 23-26 September 2010 at the University of Johannesburg, Soweto Campus. 27 Jul 2010
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