The Square Kilometre Array Radio Telescope (SKA) and its precursor, the MeerKAT,
will create enormous opportunities and alter the image of South Africa and the continent. So says Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor.
On the taxing issue of finance, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan is taking
urgent steps against what he calls "significant tax avoidance schemes" in connection with the new dividends tax.
It's not surprising that companies are doing this - the dividends tax, which came into effect on 1 April this year at 15%, has pushed company tax in SA above an international norm of around 30%.
While the armed forces are not democracies and orders have to be obeyed, not debated, there's discipline... and then there's discipline - and when soldiers die or commit suicide, it's no wonder
SANDF discipline is in spotlight. This comes after a woman soldier apparently committed suicide after her commanding officer allegedly humiliated her.
Finally, for you petrol heads out there, our own little cookie, Henrie Geyser reckons the new Chinese offering from Great Wall Motors, the C10 has
promising fortune cookies. He likes the neat little hatch from the land of noodles and Mao's
Little Red Book.
Rod Baker, content director
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STOCKHOLM: Global food security starts with ensuring access to water, the head of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said at the beginning of World Water Week Monday (27 August 2012). 
Agricultural commodity prices are spiralling upwards, with the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) at the University of Pretoria warning that prices for maize meal and bread over the next 18 months could increase as much as 10% and 20% respectively. 
Investment in South Africa's water resources needs to double in the next 10 years if the country is to meet the growing demand, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said on Monday. 
The Eastern Cape development financier Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC), together with its partner, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) intends to launch a national bamboo industrial body on 18 September 2012. 
Many South Africans dream of owning land and making a living from it yet it is extremely challenging. Welcome to De Deur in Southern Gauteng, where three women are shining examples of a farming programme which has empowered smallholder farmers to overcome agricultural hardships and create viable, sustainable farming businesses. 
