Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain will
officially be inaugurated as one of the New7wonders of Nature this December, and the City of Cape Town is going all out to celebrate the occasion! Expect a free concert for the public affair followed by a Table Mountain float joining a procession through the city. A big thanks must be made to SANParks for taking such good care of the South African ecological treasure!
On trend with going green, the SA Post Office plans on
procuring 90 electric scooters by 2015 in order to reduce it's CO
2 emissions. But they're not stopping there... By 2020 it plans on being carbon neutral - now here's a sustainability goal we can all aspire to!
Wouldn't it be awesome if you could volunteer at a NPO you're passionate about,
AND get paid to do it - I bet a lot more people would get to some serious do-gooding if that were the case...
cue the Vodacom Change the World programme. Vodacom will pay you a monthly salary if you dedicate your time, energy and skills to a local NPO for a year. It's as easy as approaching a NPO, gaining their support, agreeing on an action plan and submitting your application.
Finally, gather your friends and family and head down to the
annual AFDA Film Festival student showcase this weekend in Joburg, Cape Town, and Durban. More than 50 films will be screening, produced by the school's third and fourth year students. They're also going online this year, so go forth and interact.
Sindy Peters: Group Head, Content
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There is always a direct correlation between the South African Reserve Bank's Leading Business Cycle Indicators and the number and value of mortgage bonds awarded, says Tony Clarke, managing director of the Rawson Property Group. This was clearly shown not so long ago by the increase in the number of bonds issued during the short-lived economic recovery of 2010. 
Lanseria International Airport has been sold to a consortium of investors, it was announced on Thursday (15 November). 
As part of its five-year, R40 million expansion, Pier 14 Shopping Centre on Govan Mbeki Avenue in Port Elizabeth is seeing a number of big retail brands, including a national bank, moving in for the festive season. 
Continuing its aggressive portfolio growth‚ Dipula Income Fund says it intends to buy three retail properties for R268m. 
Rawson Rentals, the Rawson Property Group's newly established rental division, has set up a report-back system for tenants and landlords which will correlate all complaints and enquiries; and deal with them in conjunction with the relevant franchisee. 
