Public service strike suspended

Local govt 'needs skilled workers'

Turning around local government to provide effective service delivery will require skilled, responsible and accountable workers, Cooperative Governance Minister Sicelo Shiceka says, adding that making local government administration more professional had become critical to ensure a stable and functioning system.

Universities 'key to Africa's development'

African universities are key to remaking the continent, former president Thabo Mbeki says, adding Africa will overcome the challenges of poverty and underdevelopment not because of its wealth in natural resources, but because of its intellectual ability properly to manage and utilise these resources.

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.

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.

SA second at World Surfing Masters

Team South Africa finished second to Australia and picked up six medals – three gold, one silver and two bronze – at the 2010 ISA World Masters Surfing Championship at Santa Catalina in Panama.

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