Cape Town residents have a longer life span than Tshwane residents, Statistics SA (StatsSA) says. Men in Cape Town lived on average to 54, while their Tshwane counterparts lived to 52. Capetonian women lived up to 64, while in Tshwane the age for women was 56. The figures for the two metropolitan areas were based on StatsSA’s … Read more
Read the list of the ANC’s Parliamentary Candidates by clicking here. Or you can download the PDF from the ANC’s website by clicking here. From SAPA: The ANC submitted its list of candidates for provincial legislatures and Parliament to the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) on Tuesday, secretary general Gwede Mantashe said. The top 10 names … Read more
From SAPA The Democratic Alliance on Saturday announced its premier and Parliamentary candidates ahead of the 2014 elections.Party leader Helen Zille, was again nominated to be the premier of the Western Cape. Mmusi Maimane, who has been at the forefront for the party in Gauteng, was elected to head the province. Speaking at a media … Read more
It’s going to be quite a week for South Africans as the nation lays its favourite son to rest. This CNBC Africa Power Lunch video and transcript lists some of the visiting dignitaries – with insights, too, Â from Nelson Mandela’s deputy and subsequent successor Thabo Mbeki. Have also included a lovely tribute by GIBS Dean … Read more
Originally a focused Eastern Cape property play, Rebosis has taken full advantage of the investment community’s infatuation with the sector, successfully launching two large capital raising exercises in the past year. That has bumped its market cap to a now weighty R4.25bn. Flagship Hemingways Mall in East London is being expanded (a more profitable way … Read more
Journalism is a high pressured occupation. But it also gets into your blood. As a consequence, when many top professionals hit veteran status, they relocate to smaller centres. Often at the coast. My former boss at the SABC, Johan Pretorius, opted for Port Shepstone where he runs the South Coast Fever. A colleague from our … Read more
Do you remember Bruce Millar? I’ve been a secret admirer for decades. Got to thinking about him again this week. I matriculated in 1976, two years after Bruce’s hit song, I Won’t Give Up, had topped the local charts for six weeks. It deserved to. Right for the times, it is one of those three-and-a-half minuters with … Read more