Archive for June, 2008

Working Elephant

Thursday, June 26th, 2008 Posted in Oddities | No Comments »

Harry, a 3.5 tonne resident of the Knysna Elephant Park, crushes the grapes for Boplass Winery's Elephant red. The trick is to stop him eating them first. Read more..

How not to make money: ignore Africa

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Investment, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Ignoring Africa today is like not investing in emerging markets in the 1990s, Southeast Asia in the 1970s and 1980s and Japan in the 1950s, argues Frances Beddington, head of ... Read more..

Homeward Bound

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Diaspora | No Comments »

Lovely feature in the Financial Mail profiles eight recently returned South African emigres. Typical quote, this from Donovan Brown, 36, project manager: "I left in 1997 with a backpack. London was ... Read more..

With BEE, She’s Got Game

Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Posted in Successes | No Comments »

Patience Bogatsu is the first black woman to qualify as a game tracker and bush guide. She's in line to manage the Madikwe Game Reserve where she now works. The ... Read more..

They’re Off

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Riders in the the 2300 km Freedom Challenge bike race set out from Pietermaritzberg Monday bound for Paarl over cow tracks and dirt roads through some of the roughest -- ... Read more..

Small Fish in Big Pond

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Sardine Run, a unique and unexplained phenomenon of millions of sardines traveling up the east coast of South Africa between May and July, is causing a frenzy ... Read more..

Win-win Bioenergy

Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

J&J Bioenergy, a subsidiary of Jay and Jayendra Naidoo's J&J Group, which is part-owned by trade unions and grassroots groups, is looking to build two bioenergy plants inland from the ... Read more..

Crossroads

Friday, June 13th, 2008 Posted in How we're seen | No Comments »

This link will take you to a series of reports currently running on National Public Radio in the US. The reporter is the highly regarded Charlayne Hunter-Gault. NPR reaches an ... Read more..

Investing in Africa’s “Good News Story”

Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

NESTLÉ, one of the biggest food groups in the world, has invested more than R1bn in SA in the past three years, and will continue investing in the country and ... Read more..

Mr Fuel Cell

Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Innovations | No Comments »

Rolf Papsdorf, CEO of Randburg-based Alternative Energy Development Corp., talks about how his zinc-air fuel cells are transforming rural lives in this IMC video. Read more..

Green Submarine

Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Bloggers | No Comments »

South Africa is putting its submarine fleet to good use, according to this blogger. Read more..

FNB TV

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Innovations | No Comments »

First National Bank has launched its own TV channel on You Tube. Videos posted so far include a good SABC interview with FNB Brand Director Derek Carstens visiting a xenophobia ... Read more..

A Tourist Asks

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Oddities | No Comments »

Should a Wiccan visit SA? Yes, says Doc Paranormal of Las Vegas, but watch out for Sergeant Malgonza in the North-West. Read more..

Where The Values Are

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Investment | No Comments »

A new fund sees promise in African property development as values fall in developed markets. Money quote: “There is a new middle class fuelled by the commodities boom with nowhere to ... Read more..

Transformed Soweto

Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Newsclips | No Comments »

The Times (of London) reports on the first Soweto motor show. Read more..

Look at Blook

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Bloggers | No Comments »

A-list South African bloggers use their blogs to contribute a chapter each on why this is a great country and why it's going to succeed. The project is called SA ... Read more..

An Asset Where They Are

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Diaspora | No Comments »

The global competition for skills is fierce, but in this connected age talent doesn't have to be based locally to make a contribution. That's the reasoning behind IMC's Global South ... Read more..

Bagging the Bad Guys

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 Posted in Encouragement | No Comments »

Yes, there are a lot of them to be caught, but this site offers heartening news from all over the country that policemen are hard at work and proud of ... Read more..