3 Sep 2013

Environment & Conservation

King to pawn...

In an expensive "game of chess", Dave King has finally sorted out his tax issues with SARS and will end up paying over R700m to SARS. As he puts it: "When this tax dispute arose many years ago, I took a conscious decision not to cooperate with the authorities. That was a mistake."

Still on the money front, Satawu says SAA can afford the 12% increase the union is demanding, but if you want to get away from it all... the strikes, the demands, the claims and counter-claims, then Mango has come to your rescue with a scheduled service between Johannesburg and Zanzibar.

Talk about a captive audience... but a nice gesture, so one hopes the inmates took the lessons to heart when Ligwalagwala FM set out to motivate the inmates of Middelburg Prison with a live radio show aimed at discouraging criminal elements and activities amongst youths.

Finally, while no show-off himself, and with no hint of a swagger (but still quite the charmer), our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser reckons the Renault Clio is a swaggering charmer.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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Weekly top stories

Plaudits for Coca-Cola's container programme
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Nkanyezi Luthuli just loves electricity
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Slowing the plunder of Madagascar's fish stocks
TAMPOLOVE: Thin government regulation of Madagascar's fisheries industry has disguised a steady and unsustainable rise in the sector's production over the past two decades, which threatens both the long-term survival of key marine species and the livelihoods of fishing-dependent coastal communities, according to local conservation groups. Read more >>


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Howden Africa interim earnings up to 162.46c
Howden Africa has reported a 24.4% increase in diluted headline earnings per share‚ from 130.6c to 162.46c for the six months to June. Read more >>


Sustainable development
Eskom WESSA Energy and Sustainability Programme receives award
The Eskom WESSA Energy and Sustainability Programme has won the 2013 SANEA (South African National Energy Association) Energy Education Award for the best energy education programme in South Africa. Read more >>

200 indigenous trees planted at Victoria Falls
Zambian vice president, Dr Guy Scott led UNWTO delegates in planting 200 indigenous trees at the Victoria Falls World Heritage site at an official event hosted by treeplanting social enterprise organisation, Greenpop. The United Nations World Tourism Organisation 20th General Assembly is being co-hosted by Zambia and Zimbabwe between 24-29 August 2013. Read more >>

Hotel Verde opens its doors
Having set themselves the target of building Africa's greenest hotel, owners Mario and Annemarie Delicio are thrilled by the opening of Hotel Verde. The hotel was officially opened by the Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic Development & Tourism Alan Winde on Tuesday, 27 August 2013. Read more >>

Road to reducing time, money and environmental effects
Road construction has evolved considerably, as have the resources involved. Appropriate road-building materials are expensive and thus, the costs of road construction are not viable for many local authorities. Read more >>


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