At this rate there will be very few, if any, of the current SAA board left after
CEO Siza Mzimela quit, closely followed yesterday by the resignations of
commercial general manager Theunis Potgieter, and legal and risk head Sandra Coetzee.
On the technology front, America's National Science Foundation has created a new program to
find new paths forward for sustainable energy.
Many people reckon she deserves an 'F' - despite Angie Motshekga awarding herself a very good pass mark after the Limpopo textbook debacle. Now she has to
give a report on the issue. What's the bet she comes out smelling of roses.
Think of El Nino and you usually think of wild weather. Well, according to Santam,
El Nino offers an opportunity for SA farmers.
Still on the agriculture front, in a way, Goodyear, the tyre manufacturer, has announced plans to
replace petroleum oil in tyres with soya oil.
Still on the automotive front proper, our intrepid motoring editor Henrie Geyser rates the new Chevrolet Cruze hatches as
nifty - which is just the way we rate Henrie ourselves.
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The French government on Tuesday summoned Facebook managers to explain rumours that some users' privacy had been breached with private messages posted publicly on the social network. 
The South African aerospace industry is poised for significant growth in the wake of the recent African Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition in Tshwane and the recommendations on the strategic role of Denel contained in the Draft Defence Review 2012. 
UNITED NATIONS, US: France will propose a resolution to the Security Council paving the way for United Nations approval of military intervention in Mali, the French ambassador said last week. 
PARIS, FRANCE: Talks to merge aerospace group EADS and defence contractor BAE Systems are deadlocked, sources close to the talks said on Friday, with the governments of France, Germany and Britain at odds over the outcome. 
The Department of Defence is to be congratulated for the achievement of an unqualified audit - its first in the past 18 years. However, several operational obstacles still need to be overcome. 
The South African aerospace industry is poised for significant growth in the wake of the recent African Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition in Tshwane and the recommendations on the strategic role of Denel contained in the Draft Defence Review 2012. 
