South Africa’s 9 hour race to be revived at Kyalami in 2019
2019 will see the return of a full nine-hour race which will put the much-loved Kyalami circuit in Midrand firmly back on the international calendar.
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Gautrain extends airport service, now serving OR Tambo 16 hours a day
If Gautrain ever needed an Ambassador, I’m up for it. Most days Gauteng’s underground gets me to work and home with the minimum of fuss. It’s so slick that you can set your watch by it. The one irritation has been the early close-off of the evening service from OR Tambo. That has been addressed … Read more
Kyalami race track sold for R205 million
Kyalami Race Track went on auction yesterday – with much speculation going around that it would land up in the hands of a property developer, thereby destroying South African motorsport history in the process. But it was Toby Venter of Porsche SA who snapped up the track for a cool R205 million, just R5 million more … Read more
More People Power: Court forces Eskom to dismantle 4.5km of power lines, but it now threatens to erect them again
A few weeks ago attorney Anthony Norton told us about a court action where Midrand homeowners took Eskom to the High Court because the State utility illegally erected power lines on private property. Norton’s clients won the case and Eskom was instructed to remove the structures. As you’ll read below in the transcript of today’s … Read more