|  | | Google launches Africa tech incubator
Internet giant Google has announced the launch of Umbono, a Cape Town-based technology incubator that will provide qualifying internet and mobile technology entrepreneurs with seed capital, mentorship and six months' office space and free bandwidth. » |
| MTN, Hollard pioneer mobile insurance
South African mobile operator MTN has partnered with Hollard Insurance to pilot mi-Life, the world's first mobile money life insurance service, initially being made available in Ghana. »
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Heroes' welcome for Rescue South Africa
The sound of vuvuzelas echoed through OR Tambo International Airport on Monday as South Africans welcomed the brave men and women of Rescue South Africa back home from their mission to tsunami-ravaged Japan. »
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New R2bn dam for KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa is to spend more than R2-billion on the construction of the massive Spring Grove Dam, which is expected to provide water to more than two-million people in KwaZulu-Natal when it is complete around 2014. »
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New social housing for Cape Town
Launching the R75-million Drommedaris Brooklyn Social Housing project in Cape Town this week, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said it was important to house people closer to their place of work as well as other amenities. »
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Army to tackle Kruger Park poachers
Some 165 South African National Defence Force soldiers have been deployed to patrol the border between the Kruger National Park and Mozambique to combat poaching and smuggling. »
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Comair to fly Joburg-Maputo, Gaborone
Comair, the operator of British Airways in southern Africa and low-fare airline kulula.com, is expanding its African network by launching flights from Johannesburg's Lanseria Airport to Maputo in Mozambique and Gaborone in Botswana. »
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South Africa plants 4-million trees
The South African government, in partnership with companies and non-governmental organisations, has exceeded its national greening target of one-million trees a year for the last three years running, planting over 4-million trees in total. »
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Bafana down Egypt with last-gasp goal
Bafana Bafana scored a vital 1-0 victory over Egypt at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg on Saturday, Katlego Mphela striking the winner in the last move of the game to keep South Africa on top of African Nations Cup qualifying Group G. »
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SA to host African Youth Champs
African football's governing body has decided to move the African Youth Championships, which were set to start in Libya on 18 March, to South Africa. The event will now take place from 17 April to 1 May. »
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