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.
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Europcar has launched a new travel app, Road Tripper, as a Facebook travel application. It is designed to get South Africans to share their favourite travel routes as well as tips and suggestions on the best places to visit. 
Satellite operator Avanti Communications has completed its first installation of Ka-band VSAT services for the Working for Water programme run by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA). This programme aims to combat invasive alien plants, the single biggest threat to South African biodiversity and is globally recognised as one of the most outstanding conservation initiatives on the continent. 
#GovHackSA was held recently at the BandwidthBarn in Woodstock, Cape Town and was a free, day-long coding marathon for developers and coders to create new and novel solutions to problems supplied to by the Western Cape government (Department of Economic Development & Tourism, and Department of Education), City of Cape Town and Wesgro. 
The number of mobile subscriptions in Africa will cross the 750 million mark during the fourth quarter of 2012 and reach one billion before the end of 2015, according to forecasts by Informa Telecoms & Media. 
Following on the heels of the latest Panda update, Google announced the new Penguin update - both algorithmic changes that would quash websites that offer no real value to users who are searching for relevant, quality information. 
Telkom is in serious need of a governance turnaround, Public Investment Corporation (PIC) chief executive Elias Masilela said on Friday (16 November). 
Technology group MiX Telematics has gained more than 40 000 new customers during the six months to September - double the growth it achieved in the corresponding period last year‚ it said 
Mobile maps are moving forward, as Nokia announces 'Here', a location cloud to deliver maps and location experiences across multiple screens and operating systems. Locally, mapIT together with Primedia and Altech Netstar has announced the launch of the online interactive map, route maps, race profiles and mobisite for the 2012 Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge. 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Microsoft announced that the head of its Windows unit, Steven Sinofsky is leaving after a management shake-up that comes just weeks after the release of a new generation of the computer operating software. 
MUMBAI, INDIA: Indian police said on Monday (19 November) they had arrested a woman for criticising the total shutdown of Mumbai after the death of politician Bal Thackeray. The criticism was made on Facebook. Her friend who "liked" the comment was also arrested. 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Computer chip giant Intel announced on Monday (19 November) that chief executive Paul Otellini would retire in May as a search for a new chief executive gets underway. 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Industry trackers crowned Apple and Samsung global smartphone market kings on Wednesday (14 November), saying they accounted for nearly half of handsets sold in the third quarter of the year. 
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Only nine of the 193 UN member states own Twitter accounts bearing the country name and only three of those accounts have been officially verified by the micro-blogging site, according to a report published on Thursday (15 November). 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: The latest Google smartphone sold out in the some countries within an hour of its release on Tuesday (13 November). 
