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Upgrading Of Kaaimans Pump Station Should Boost Water Supply By Year-end

15th March 2007

The rehabilitation and upgrading of the Kaaimans Dam will add 7,3 megalitres to the daily production of drinking water for George

George Bypass Options Proposed

15th March 2007

Engineers have identified five possible areas around George for the proposed road that will bypass the town and link the Outeniqua to the N2.

Get Online To Boost Tourism - Un

14th March 2007

Governments and private operators should make greater use of the Internet to promote Asia-Pacific tourism, the United Nations said Tuesday as the industry gathered for its first regional etourism conference.

Telkom Drops Adsl Rates

14th March 2007

Telkom have responded to the recent broadband price cuts by Vodacom, MTN and Sentech by dropping wholesale ADSL rates.

First Mobile 8g Chip

14th March 2007

Bigger and better: Samsung Electronics has developed the industry's first eight-gigabyte flash memory card for mobile handsets. Photo AFP.

The New Battle For Your Buck

14th March 2007

Changes to the usury rate came into effect recently and herald a new era of competition among banks, especially in the credit card market. Moreover, the introduction of the National Credit Act will open a whole new market for the banks. Says Sim Tshabalala, CE of personal and business banking at Standard Bank, banking will never be the same again.

Calling Sa’s Brightest Young Student Minds

14th March 2007

The search for this year’s Brightest Young Minds has begun and with only 100 places up for grabs, competition between students from South Africa’s top 14 universities is set to be intense. Brightest Young Minds selects final year or postgraduate students based on academic talent, passion, leadership and ambition.

Weather Has Yacht Race Postponed – Once Again

14th March 2007

Yachting enthusiasts will have to wait a little longer to see the competitors of this year‘s Vodacom Offshore yacht race from Cape Town to Mossel Bay.

Croc Park Ensnared In Legal Scandal

14th March 2007

The controversial George Crocodile Park may have thousands of its crocodiles sold off by the courts to pay the R140 000 in legal fees it owes George municipality.

Sa Amateur Wins R17.8m At Poker

13th March 2007

South African-born lawyer and tournament poker amateur Eric Hershler shocked the pros by winning first prize at the L.A. Poker Classic, coming from behind to defeat highly regarded J.C. Tran, who was chip leader throughout most of the five-day World Poker Tour event.

Hybrid Battery 'breakthrough'

13th March 2007

After beavering away in his Somerset West workshop for seven years, electrician and inventor Jan Human has come up with an invention that he believes will revolutionise energy usage, cut climate-changing carbon emissions and give a major boost to the use of renewable energy.

Breakthrough: Jan Human of Somerset West shows his invention, the hybrid battery, which can charge and discharge simultaneously. Photo: Sophia Stander, Cape Times

High Cost Of Garden Route Life Threat To Services

13th March 2007

Civil servants are shying away from taking posts in the Southern Cape because they can‘t afford to rent or buy property – and service delivery is suffering as a result, say local authorities.

Landmark Court Ruling On African Customary Law

13th March 2007

A high Court judge has made a ground-breaking ruling based on indigenous African customary law which will see a Plettenberg Bay mother receive compensation for the monthly payments she used to receive from her son, who died in a vehicle crash

Wow!

12th March 2007

Crooner Michael Bolton put on a show stopper that had all the girls going weak at the knees.

Two Die In Knysna Accident

12th March 2007

Two people were killed when their vehicles collided with a truck at Brenton outside Knysna, Western Cape police have said.

R2-billion Knysna River Reserve Gets Green Light

12th March 2007

Plans for one of the most ambitious developments ever seen on the Garden Route took a step forward yesterday when Knysna‘s public amenities and housing committee gave the nod to the R2-billion Knysna River Reserve.

Budget Approved For Cape Stadium

9th March 2007

Cape Town city council on Thursday afternoon approved a R2,9-billion budget for its 2010 Soccer World Cup stadium at Green Point.

Cape Town Tourism Body Is Floundering

9th March 2007

Cape Town Routes Unlimited is meant to play a leading role in promoting tourism in the Mother City and across the Western Cape, but the sudden resignation of its chief, Sheryl Ozinsky, has put the group's "lack of performance" under the spotlight. Dominique Herman reports.

Oudtshoorn Asks For Secondment From George After Sacking Official

9th March 2007

George municipal administration director Godfrey Louw has been seconded to the Oudtshoorn municipality, where he will serve as acting municipal manager from next Monday.

New Access Road For Goukamma Reserve

8th March 2007

The Goukamma Nature and Marine Reserve, between Sedgefield and Knysna, has been closed to the public for the past six months, but plans are afoot to build a new access road to the reserve.

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