Hardex 2009, the exhibition for the hardware and related industries, which took place from 2 - 4 August 2009, reported more than 2300 visitors. The organiser, Specialised Exhibitions, has announced that it will be co-located within the Interbuild stable for 2010. 17 Aug 2009
South African chefs will be demonstrating their skills and creating "tastes from the township and around the world" at the first Soweto Food Festival in October 2009. The South African Chefs Association (SACA) will also be manning an interactive chef's kitchen. 17 Aug 2009
To suggest that MXit itself is somehow “evil” is ludicrous. You can't blame technology for problems in society. 14 Aug 2009
Microsoft and Nokia announced an agreement to make Microsoft Office software available on smartphones made by the Finnish company. 14 Aug 2009
Manufacturer Frame Vertical Textiles may be beyond salvation, along with Frame's denim and cotton yarn companies. But there is hope, it seems, for other parts of the Cape manufacturing sector. Production processes between fashion retailer Foschini and about 15 local clothing manufacturers have become so streamlined that in some cases their supply is outpacing Foschini's ability to sell. 14 Aug 2009
Africa's largest food retailer, Shoprite, said yesterday headline earnings per share for the 12 months ended in June this year would be between 25% and 35% higher than a year ago. 14 Aug 2009
Plascon announced the winner of its annual architecture and design competition, the Plascon Prism Awards, earlier this week - Chacey Eder (21), a final year Interior Design degree student at Inscape Design College in Houghton, Johannesburg. 14 Aug 2009
The Glass Recycling Company has installed 700 new glass-recycling banks and another 120 will be installed in the next few months in a bid to increase the recycling of waste glass, the company announced earlier this week. 14 Aug 2009
A vegetable peeler, a weaver and a butcher are finalists from KwaZulu-Natal in the entrepreneur contest, part of the Kickstart project, which was started by South African Breweries (SAB). They will be competing for prize money totalling R750 000. 14 Aug 2009
October is breast cancer awareness month and the Hout Bay, Cape Town-based company, Original T-Bag Designs, has designed a “pink heart” card in support of the cause. 14 Aug 2009
The first of 16 schools received their branded football kit, active education training for physical education teachers and FIFA Confederations Cup South Africa 2009 participation certificates last week, as part of Sony Ericsson's FIFA Flag Bearer programme. 14 Aug 2009
Panda Security's malware analysis and detection laboratory has released a comprehensive study on the proliferation of rogueware - any kind of fake software solution that attempts to steal money from PC users by luring them into paying to remove nonexistent threats - into the cyber-crime economy. The study was released yesterday Thursday 13 August 2009. 14 Aug 2009
As South African consumers are increasingly choosing to reduce their carbon impact and expect brands to do the same, Consol Glass has launched a “green” campaign to educate consumers about the environmentally positive properties of glass and “help them develop their relationship to green”. 13 Aug 2009
Here is some more advice on how to develop a simple CRM strategy in this, part two, of my simple steps to developing CRM for the ‘new middle class' market. 13 Aug 2009
Recently, Port Elizabeth-based Virginia Thomas submitted a complaint about an Ina Paarman product to a South African online complaints management and consumer affairs portal. Within a very short space of time, she received a response from the product's owner and brand ambassador, Ina Paarman, herself. 13 Aug 2009
Wine sales exceeding R400 000, beating last year's record, were recorded at the 2009 Stellenbosch Wine Festival held around this past weekend, 8 and 9 August, 2009. 13 Aug 2009
The 2009 Nederburg Charity Auction will be held on Saturday, 12 September 2009 in the auction hall at the close of the main event. Many local and international wines will be auctioned on an attempt to beat last year's total of R227 600. 13 Aug 2009
Marketing communications agency Ogilvy has increased its investment in EMC technology by purchasing a second EMC NS20 device for its Cape Town office, only two months after buying its first EMC NS20 multifunctional storage device for its Johannesburg office. 13 Aug 2009
During an economic crisis one might expect the trade in whisky to soar. But Department of Trade and Industry statistics for SA-UK trade show the opposite. Whisky imports to SA plunged 33% in 2007 and last year. 12 Aug 2009
Venete Klein, the influential banker, and Carol Weaving, the exhibition and events specialist, won the 2009 Businesswomen's Association (BWA) Businesswoman of the Year Awards in the corporate and entrepreneurial categories respectively, late last week. 12 Aug 2009
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