|  | | Space boffins headed for South Africa
The world's premier international space gathering, the 62nd International Astronautical Congress, takes place in Cape Town in October – a first for the continent, and good timing for South Africa as it bids to host the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope. » |
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South Africa and Tanzania signed two new agreements during the state visit of President Jakaya Kikwete, as he and President Jacob Zuma moved to boost levels of cooperation between the two countries. »
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South Africans called on to help Somalia
The government and non-governmental organisations are calling on South Africans to donate whatever they can spare for people starving in Somalia, where the UN has declared a famine amidst the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades. »
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Absa's eco-friendly office tower
The Absa Campus, located in downtown Johannesburg and home to the bank's headquarters, consumes at least 12MW of electricity a day – but hardly any of this is drawn from South Africa's national grid. »
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FNB launches SA's first banking 'app'
In a first for a South African bank, First National Bank has launched the FNB Banking Application, an "app" that gives users of Android, Apple and Blackberry platform smartphones and tablet computer devices easy access to their accounts online. »
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Tata opens truck plant in South Africa
Tata Motors South Africa, the joint venture between India's Tata Motors and Tata Africa, has opened a R100-million assembly plant at Rosslyn outside Pretoria. Light, medium and heavy trucks will be assembled at the plant, at a rate of 3 650 vehicles a year. »
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Lonrho buys SA agri-distributor
Lonrho has acquired leading fresh food exporter Grindrod PCA from Grindrod South Africa for R50-million in cash, making the London-based conglomerate the leading exporter of southern African agricultural produce to the global marketplace by air. »
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Vindaba to boost SA wine tourism
As South Africa works towards positioning itself as one of the world's top 20 travel destinations by 2020, the local wine and tourism industry are uniting to present the country's first specialist wine tourism exhibition, Vindaba. »
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Eco-tourism in South Africa's winelands
Eco-tourism in South Africa's winelands is thriving, with visitors to the Western Cape increasingly as interested in exploring the wealth of eco-tourism activities on offer as they are in sampling the region's famous wines. »
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South African Sports Awards nominees
Footballer Thulani Serero, athlete LJ van Zyl, golfer Charl Schwartzel, cricketer Hashim Amla, swimmer Natalie du Toit and hockey player Pietie Coetzee are among the nominees for the 2011 South African Sports Awards, taking place at Sun City on 20 August. »
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