It's going to be a good festive season for Jelly Beanz after they were handed a cheque for R500,000 by Bernhard Maier, a member of Porsche's executive board. It's the
second sizeable donation by Porsche in as many years.
On the agriculture front,
farmers and unions have been urged to negotiate in good faith. Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has urged representatives of Agri-SA and unions to negotiate in good faith for the minimum wage demand for farmworkers. That's all very well, but in the meantime perhaps she can also urge farmworkers to remain peaceful and also not damage crops and equipment.
Come fly with me... if you can afford it!
IATA says airlines will carry 3,6bn passengers by 2016 - a rise of at least 28% in the coming years to hit 3.6 billion in 2016, with China accounting for nearly one-in-four new travellers. Keeping ticket prices reasonable would go some way towards ensuring that that prediction comes true.
Don't come fly with me...
Budgets and mechanical setbacks are hurting SANDF, which is buckling under the strain of crippling budget and mechanical setbacks. We have submarines up on blocks and Gripen fighters flying only a tiny portion of the time they should be flying. So we have all these shiny new weapons platforms... but we can't afford to run them. Brilliant!
Equally brilliant, but in a good way, is our tame motoring editor, Henrie Geyser, who waxes lyrical on the new Honda CR-V, which he reckons has
added market traction. And a lot of attractions... in action, and even when not in action.
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Since 2009, Anglo American's dedicated CSI arm, the Chairman's Fund, has donated over R800 000 towards the Teddy Bear Clinic's core costs. The funding has proved critical in allowing the non-profit organisation to mobilise change, and provide therapy, counselling, assistance, love, comfort, safety and on-going support to children who have been abused. 
Bernhard Maier, member of Porsche's executive board: sales and marketing in Germany has visited South Africa to hand over a R 500 000 cheque to Jelly Beanz, the second sizeable donation by Porsche in as many years. 
Several reclaimed items from the pavilion of the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2012 expo are being put to good use by two Tshwane-based schools for children with special needs. 
JOHANNESBURG: Samsung Mobile South Africa has confirmed a multi-million rand sponsorship of Team MTN-Qhubeka for a three-year period, starting January 2013. 
The R20-million Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) loveLife Youth Centre in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage was unveiled on Friday, 30 November 2012.The KwaNobuhle loveLife Y-Centre opening coincided with World Aids Day on 1 December. 
The Unlimited Child recently took the opportunity to spoil the caregivers from the crèches involved in the programme by hosting a festive Christmas party. The non-profit organisation provides equipment and training to boost early childhood development at over 310 crèches in the Valley of a 1000 Hills in KwaZulu-Natal. 
