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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GENEVA, SWITZERLND: Airline passenger numbers are set to rise by at least 28% in the coming years to hit 3.6 billion in 2016, with China accounting for nearly one-in-four new travellers, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). 
South Africa's military forces are buckling under the strain of crippling budget and mechanical setbacks. 
Several reclaimed items from the pavilion of the Aerospace Industry Support Initiative (AISI) at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) 2012 expo are being put to good use by two Tshwane-based schools for children with special needs. 
Cellphone use on the Gautrain will be available to passengers by the middle of 2014 after an agreement was signed with all cellphone service providers to allow cellphone services at stations and on trains Beeld reported on Tuesday (4 December). 
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. 
No houses will be demolished when the development of a dug-out port south of Durban gets underway says Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba. 
According to defenceWeb, Kommer Damen, Chairman of the international Damen Shipyards Group, said that Transnet's leasing policy is hurting investment in the ship building industry. Shipbuilding required access to the waterfront, he said. However, Transnet National Ports Authority (NPA) - who owns large areas of South African waterfront -has a policy of only offering short-term leases of five to seven years. 
The volume of goods transported (payload) decreased by 3.3% in October 2012 compared with October 2011‚ Statistics SA reported on Monday (10 December) 
