Sold! One daughter for one iPhone
This has got to beat everything... a Chinese couple is facing criminal charges after
selling their daughter for an iPhone.
Look, as just about every parent knows, you don't always necessarily like your kids (sometimes you wonder why you even bothered to have the ungrateful little buggers), but you always love them - and selling off your daughter and then using part of the proceeds to buy an iPhone is just plain wrong - in anyone's language, in anyone's culture.
It's that fracking subject again... two new proposed laws
have been published regarding the environmental regulation of fracking. This seems to indicate that fracking might start sooner rather than later.
It's time to hide that moustache trimmer and get with the
Movember flow... Movember 2013 has been launched and it's your chance to help 'Change the Face of Men's Health'.
On the ICT front,
Internet Solutions is celebrating 20 years, and is predicting exponential growth for the internet in South Africa and Africa, and it's time to
enter the Ericsson Application Awards 2014. Students and small- and medium-sized enterprises from anywhere in the world are invited to submit Android and iOS apps.
Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | At the recent Pam Golding Properties Gardens on Show event, approximately R107 000 was raised for local charities in East London, far exceeding the R65 000 which was the highest amount previously raised (2011). Read more >>
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 | Issued by Private Property On 16 October Private Property hosted the first CARE Awards prize-giving at the plush Durban Country Club. Attendees were treated to a sunny breakfast spread before proceedings took over. Read more >>
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 | Waterfall Business Estate is proving popular, as new tenants sign up with Atterbury Property Developments. Read more >>
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 | Redefine International PLC, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and plans an inward listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange later this month, has secured a significant transaction with Aviva Commercial Finance Limited. Read more >>
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 | Investec Property Fund (IPF) has acquired a portfolio of 17 properties which were acquired for an aggregate consideration of almost R600 million. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Apple's plan to build a verdant new campus crowned with a shimmering flying-saucer shaped headquarters was cleared for 'lift-off' Tuesday, 15 October. Read more >>
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 | Adjunct Professor Graham Paddock The Sectional Titles Act, 1986, allows a body corporate to purchase a unit when this is essential for the proper fulfillment of its duties. The Act does not distinguish between units in the scheme administered by the body corporate and those in other schemes. Read more >>
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 | Beware of over-capitalising on your home. The South African property market is a far cry from a bubble waiting to burst. However, most real estate experts will confirm that the industry, although recovering, has still got a long way to go and is expected to remain on a slow incline for quite some time. Read more >>
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 | Alistair Anderson Arrowhead Properties on Wednesday (16 October) announced its first foray into residential property‚ which it hopes will be a catalyst for future deals in that property sector. Read more >>
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 | Lindile Sifile The resolution to the dispute over housing for intern doctors at Tembisa Hospital will cost the cash-strapped Gauteng health department another R123,900 in rentals. Read more >>
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 | Alistair Anderson Calgro M3‚ a builder specialising in Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) houses‚ grew its headline earnings per share by 26.96% to 40.16c in the six months to August. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Real Estate Magazine The ideal platform from which to reach high-nett-worth readers, the launch of REAL ESTATE magazine heralds a new era in South African property-lifestyle publishing. Read more >>
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 | Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has condemned the murder of two children in Diepsloot, calling on the community to work together with police to find the perpetrators. Read more >>
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