Brand South Africa Blog http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Aurecon enables Khayelitsha students to participate in the UCT Maths Competition http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5870 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5870#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:20 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5870 Continue reading →]]> The University of Cape Town (UCT) Mathematics Competition is an annual mathematics competition for schools in the Western Cape. The competition, which began in 1977, sees high school learners write multiple-choice maths papers as individuals or in pairs with the goal of attaining top honours in this prestigious contest.

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5870 0 Getting to know an underdog can help http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5869 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5869#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:19 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5869 Continue reading →]]> Being a business woman, Jenna da Silva Pinto saw a unique opportunity. She made a connection which now seems so obvious. But this would not be a lucrative business, delivering large returns on investment. “I’ve always marveled at the therapeutic power of animals and I decided to start a project that could bring together troubled youth and troubled dogs – two sets of underdogs coming together to help each other.”

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5869 0 Obama visit to highlight SA, US ties http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5868 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5868#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5868 South Africa’s growing importance in regional and international affairs as well as its relations with the United States will come under the spotlight when US President Barack Obama visits the country later this month.

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5868 0 Drug abuse ‘enemy of freedom’: Zuma http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5867 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5867#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5867 Drug and alcohol abuse are the enemies of South Africa’s freedom and democracy, President Jacob Zuma told young people gathered in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal
for national Youth Day celebrations on Sunday.

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5867 0 Graca thanks world for Mandela wishes http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5866 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5866#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5866 As Nelson Mandela’s wife, Graca Machel, thanked people from across the country, the continent and the world for their well wishes, South Africa’s former president began his 11th day in hospital on Tuesday.

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5866 0 South Africa moves to stabilise mining http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5865 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5865#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5865 Key players in South African mining, during a meeting chaired by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe in Pretoria at the weekend, agreed on a draft plan to ensure the long-term sustainability of the sector.

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5865 0 World Cup qualifying hope for Bafana http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5864 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5864#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5864 A 2-1 loss in Ethiopia on Sunday left Bafana Bafana five points behind the Walia
Antelopes in qualifying for the 2014 Fifa World Cup with one match to play, but their
hopes of reaching Brazil might not be over.

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5864 0 Banyana in 1-1 draw with Zimbabwe http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5863 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5863#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5863 Banyana Banyana played to a tough 1-1 draw with Zimbabwe in a friendly
international at Sinaba Stadium in Daveyton, east of Johannesburg on the weekend.

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5863 0 SA vs England in Champs Trophy semis http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5862 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5862#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:00:18 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5862 South Africa will face England in the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy after a better overall run rate saw the Proteas edge the West Indies despite the two sides’ drawing in Cardiff on Friday.

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5862 0 NDP is South Africa’s roadmap: Zuma http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5861 http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5861#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:01:50 +0000 admin http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?p=5861 President Jacob Zuma has reiterated the government’s support for the National Development Plan as South Africa’s “long-term socio-economic development roadmap”, saying the plan “ensures certainty with regards to the direction of the country in the next 20 years”.

]]> http://www.brandsouthafricablog.com/?feed=rss2&p=5861 0