Video: SA Legacy – put your soul into it!

"During the 2010 Fifa World Cup, we showed that together, we can achieve anything. We showed that ubuntu is more than a word ..." Brand South Africa's latest video calls on South Africans to "keep wearing the flag with all your heart ... keep making ours the greatest country in the world. Put your soul into it!"

R&D spending rises, but short of target

Despite spending R21-billion on research and development last year - R2.4-billion more than the year before that - the amount still falls short of the government's target of research and development activity contributing one percent to the country's gross domestic product.

German firm launches solar power plant

German-based Concentrix Solar has inaugurated its first facility in South Africa, with the commissioning of a 60 kilowatt solar power plant at the Aquila Private Game Reserve in Touwsrivier in the Western Cape.

Football for Hope in Nairobi

In the dusty streets of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, dreams were nurtured as the young people of the township celebrated the opening of the Mathare Football for Hope Centre – the second of 20 such centres being built across Africa as a legacy of the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

Business confidence continues to improve

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry Business Confidence Index for August shows a jump by 3.3 points to 87.6 - the highest level so far this year - and the chamber expects the index to continue ints generally positive trend in the medium term.

Pinotage on Tap hits the road!

Think of South African wine and you think of the Western Cape. However, Diemersfontein's Pinotage on Tap festival is taking wine to four venues around the country in a move that is set to ignite the 2010 wine calendar.