At this rate there will be very few, if any, of the current SAA board left after
CEO Siza Mzimela quit, closely followed yesterday by the resignations of
commercial general manager Theunis Potgieter, and legal and risk head Sandra Coetzee.
On the technology front, America's National Science Foundation has created a new program to
find new paths forward for sustainable energy.
Many people reckon she deserves an 'F' - despite Angie Motshekga awarding herself a very good pass mark after the Limpopo textbook debacle. Now she has to
give a report on the issue. What's the bet she comes out smelling of roses.
Think of El Nino and you usually think of wild weather. Well, according to Santam,
El Nino offers an opportunity for SA farmers.
Still on the agriculture front, in a way, Goodyear, the tyre manufacturer, has announced plans to
replace petroleum oil in tyres with soya oil.
Still on the automotive front proper, our intrepid motoring editor Henrie Geyser rates the new Chevrolet Cruze hatches as
nifty - which is just the way we rate Henrie ourselves.
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Would-be home buyers in all price brackets are still experiencing considerable difficulties in getting bonds, despite a much publicised easing of bank loan criteria. In general, these difficulties are encountered most seriously at the lower end of the income scale. 
The former chief executive of the National Home Builders Registration Council has been found guilty of three charges of financial misconduct and corruption and has been removed from his post. As yet, however, there has been no indication of how much money was lost. 
South Africa's secure gated estates account for more than a quarter of the value of South Africa's total residential property market says Jeff Gilmour, president of the Association of Residential Communities (ARC). 
Home owners can reduce the term of their homeloan and the total that they pay in with careful budgeting and clever tricks. 
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale has spoken out against labelling houses as "RDP" houses and more recently "BNG" (Breaking New Ground) houses, saying that such names should not be attached to the houses built by government for its people. He said these names dehumanised the people who lived in these communities. 
