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Feeding your kids just got easier
Hands up all you mothers who have been longing for a guide to quick and easy, but healthy and nutritious meals your children will love. That many? Well, here's a book designed just for you. 8 Oct 2007
The World Bank has approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit US$46.65 million for Nigeria, under the West and Central Africa Air Transport Safety and Security project. 5 Oct 2007
For adults and children with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), sometimes finding the right medication is more difficult than getting diagnosed in the first place. 5 Oct 2007
French scientists say that anorexia is comparable to the drug Ecstasy as both appear to activate some of the same brain pathways. 5 Oct 2007
Predictions by Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank Governor, Gideon Gono, that empty supermarket shelves will soon be packed with goods are being received somewhat sceptically by Zimbabweans. 4 Oct 2007
The women complain of abuse and neglect before and during delivery. 3 Oct 2007
What used to be viewed as choices for a ‘niche' market only, are now big business as consumers increasingly want to go green and eat, drink and use natural products. 3 Oct 2007
Tile Africa, a leading supplier of local and international tiles and bathroom and kitchen fittings, is to launch a new concept store in Paarden Eiland, Cape Town. 3 Oct 2007
New vehicle sales continued to decline in September with Naamsa reporting a 12% decrease over the corresponding month last year. Total industry sales for September were calculated at 55,733 (including “unreported” AMH sales) which represents a 14% decline over the previous month. 2 Oct 2007
American airline - Delta Air Lines has announced it will launch daily direct flights between Nairobi and New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, via Dakar, Senegal effective 3 June 2008 (subject to government approvals). 2 Oct 2007
Online retail in South Africa has finally turned around, according to a new report from World Wide Worx. By the end of this year, online spending on retail goods in South Africa is expected to have grown by more than 35%, after 33% growth in 2006. 2 Oct 2007
During Eye Care Awareness Week from 8 to 12 October, eye specialists will again do free cataract operations as part of an annual nationwide programme to restore the sight of people suffering from cataracts. 2 Oct 2007
GE Healthcare, one of the world leaders in digital mammography technology and radiologist Dr. Sanet Botha of Bloemfontein's newly-established mammography and sonar centre, Medical Imaging, have installed the region's first Senographe® DS full field digital mammography system. 2 Oct 2007
It is barely six months since the first full colour newspaper Nairobi Star hit the news stands. Now Kenyan readers are welcoming yet another full colour newspaper - The Daily Metro. The first edition rolled off the press last week on Wednesday, 26 September. 2 Oct 2007
Influx of new buyers at winemakers guild auction
Keen bidding from a host of new buyers as well as faithful followers from as far afield as Denmark, Belgium, USA and the UK, can be expected at the 2007 Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction to be held in Somerset West on Saturday, 6 October. 1 Oct 2007
With 17% less wine on auction and 16 fewer participants, overall income at the 33rd Nederburg Auction in Paarl on Saturday, September 29, was R5,13-million compared with last year's R6,96-million, but the auction still saw a number of successes. 1 Oct 2007
Air Zimbabwe announced on Friday, 28 September, that it will introduce two more flights to London to fill the gap left by British Airways (BA) which will be pulling out of Zimbabwe at the end of October. 1 Oct 2007
OUAGADOUGOU, 28 September 2007 (IRIN) - Five-year-old Salamata Compaore in Burkina Faso suffers from a malformation of the heart that leads to shortness of breath, stunted growth and sometimes heart failure. 30 Sep 2007
JOWHAR, 27 September 2007 (IRIN) - Once known as the bread basket of Somalia, the central regions of Lower and Middle Shabelle are today gripped by the worst malnutrition emergency seen in this part of the country for many years. 30 Sep 2007
Soweto for mobile giant's first retail store
With Internet access becoming an increasingly necessary commodity for South Africans, MWEB today announced the opening of its first retail store – in the new Maponya Mall in Klipspruit, Soweto. This will be the first time the ISP will have its own retail presence and reflects the growing need for consumers to interact face-to-face with their service providers. 28 Sep 2007
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