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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The Minister of Trade and Industry (dti), Dr Rob Davies, officially launched the Kuvusa maize mill, as part of the industrial policy action plan (IPAP) small-scale maize milling initiative, which forms part of the dti's contribution to improving food security by reducing the cost of maize meal. 
According to BDLive, global energy company Shell's upstream international director Andy Brown said the company expects demand for natural gas to double between 2010 and 2050, driven largely by demand from Asia. 
ROSSLYN: Following the company's announcement of intent to introduce a third production shift in February this year, BMW South Africa's Rosslyn production facility is now officially a 24-hour a day operation. 
Winds of positive change at South Africa's national brickmaker have pushed performance to new heights in a very constrained economy and Corobrik's employees are reaping the rewards of their efforts. Reward came in October 2012 when all Corobrik staff with a year's service or more received their first dividend payment as shareholders of the company. 
The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 3.3% in October 2012 compared with October 2011‚ Statistics SA reported on Monday (10 December) 
New vehicle sales increased to 7.3% year-on-year (y/y) in November to 53‚134 units after rising by 10.5% y/y in October to 57‚845 units‚ according to the latest National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) data. 
FRANKFURT, GERMANY: German car manufacturer Daimler said on Wednesday (5 December) that its Mercedes-Benz division is on target for its best-ever year in 2012 after achieving record sales in November. 
ROME, ITALY: Italian private equity fund Investindustrial has bought a 37.5% stake in British car manufacturer Aston Martin for £150m, the companies said in a joint statement on Friday (7 December). 
FRANKFURT, GERMANY: Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture between Finnish and German engineering giants Nokia and Siemens, said on Wednesday (5 December) it is shutting down one of its German units with the potential loss of 1,000 jobs. 
Durban's import capacity will increase sharply once a multi-billion rand project to feed an ever-increasing appetite for goods from overseas gets off the ground. 
The defence minister must intervene to save the future of aircraft specialists at Denel Aviation, trade union Solidarity said on Tuesday (4 December). 
