by gbsaadmin | Apr 16, 2012 | Featured, Germany, News, Technology
Cape Town – A research co-operation initiative between Germany and South Africa can help South Africa develop more local innovations, the Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor said on Monday. In her address to the German-South African Year of Science...
by gbsaadmin | Apr 12, 2012 | Business, Featured, Jobs, News
Pretoria – Transnet has launched a R300 billion infrastructure plan that is set to create 588 000 new jobs in the South African economy. Through its Market Demand Strategy (MDS) the company, which is the custodian of rail, ports and pipelines, will spend R300...
by gbsaadmin | Apr 4, 2012 | Arts & Culture, Cape Town, Featured, News, Women
Just when you thought the commissioning of local programming by the SABC had come to an (almost) grinding halt – a new series has just leapt onto the small screen. I Am Woman Leap of Faith, a new weekly series which launched on SABC3 on April 1st 2012, offers a...
by gbsaadmin | Mar 25, 2012 | Business, Featured, News, Tourism
Pretoria – Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has announced the appointment of the new board members of South African Tourism (SAT), which will now be headed by Frank Kilbourn, the deputy chairperson of the previous SAT board. Zwelibanzi Mntambo, the...
by gbsaadmin | Mar 16, 2012 | Featured, News, Technology
South Africa’s KAT-7 telescope – a seven-dish array which is a precursor to the much larger MeerKAT telescope and a prototype for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) – has reached another milestone by producing the first atomic hydrogen spectral line...
by gbsaadmin | Mar 14, 2012 | Business, Featured, Jobs, News
Pretoria – Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Tuesday tabled the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill in Parliament, which he said would go a long way towards helping government fulfil its growth priorities and provide support for job...