South Africa’s Capitec Bank is the only African brand to crack the list
of “Great Brands of Tomorrow”, issued by the renowned Swiss-based
financial services group Credit Suisse.
Capitec named among ‘Great Brands of Tomorrow’
Manuel appointed to UN panel
National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel has been appointed as a member of the High-Level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing.
South African wins global philanthropic award
South African entrepreneur and philanthropist, Marc Lubner, has been presented with a Global Recognition for Philanthropy Award by the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a global network of business leaders in over 100 countries.
Zuma’s charm wins over Britons
Despite Britain’s disapproval of President Zuma’s polymagous ways,
Africa’s man of the moment seems to have quietened his British media
critics during his three day visit to South Africa’s closest European
ally.
The president can be seen in photographs of his visit, totally at ease signing
autographs with scholars, smiling broadly while presenting Queen
Elizabeth with a handcrafted South African chess set, and charming
photographers with his grin outside the state banquet at Buckingham
Palace held on Wednesday evening. There are few photographs of the president not smiling.
While President Zuma engaged with Britain’s most important people, the wife that
accompanied him, Thobeka Madiba-Zuma was at ease in her chic outfits
and at one point shared a coach with Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Semenya lawyer wins global “Lawyer of the Year” award
Gregory Nott, the lawyer who has been defending Caster Semenya pro bono, has won the Lawyer of the Year award at the Legal Business Awards 2010 that took place on February 11th at a gala ceremony in London.
South Africans donate to Haiti quake victims
South Africans pledged nearly $100,000 (about R760 513) to help Haiti’s
earthquake survivors during a telethon hosted by the state broadcaster
on Thursday.
South Africa’s 2010 World Cup squad named
Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Parreira named his 23 men squad on Tuesday to play in the upcoming Fifa Soccer World Cup.
Starbucks in SA in time for World Cup
Starbucks coffee will be served in SA in time for the World Cup, it was announced on Monday.
It would be available at select hotels and casinos in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.
We’ll have enough power for Cup: Eskom
Eskom is confident it will have enough power to avoid load shedding during the World Cup, a spokesman said on Monday.
Informal traders to score on World Cup
Johannesburg’s informal traders stand to score big during the 2010 Fifa
World Cup if they adhere to the international soccer body’s by-laws,
the city’s 2010 office said on Wednesday.