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Dear Mr President by Gareth Cliff 5 FM SA
October 28, 2010 – 10:24 am | No Comment

OK, I get it, the President isn’t the only one in charge. The ANC believes in "collective responsibility" (So that nobody has to get blamed when things get screwed up), so I address this to …

Blind driver to race GP circuit
February 7, 2010 – 10:27 pm | No Comment
Blind driver to race GP circuit

Blind Capetonian Hein Wagner is back with the need for more speed. This time Hein and his navigator Ray Wakefield will attempt to race a Grand Prix circuit.
In October of last year Hein claimed the …

No More Allergies and Asthma
November 22, 2009 – 11:24 pm | No Comment
No More Allergies and Asthma

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step toward crafting pharmaceuticals to …

Final Repatriation for Riemvasmakers
November 1, 2009 – 5:04 am | No Comment
Final Repatriation for Riemvasmakers

OVER 120 Riemvasmaak families will be repatriated to the area formerly occupied by the community northwest of Upington in the Northern Cape as the South African government wraps up what was started in 1995.
Already more …

Just how good are SA wines, really?
October 18, 2009 – 10:26 pm | No Comment
Just how good are SA wines, really?

The crème de la crème of SA wine take on the world. Given a budget of R9K by Spar liquor executive Ray Edwards, Cape Town retailer Caroline Rillema presented a selection of currently available …

Exxaro upbeat about solar power future
October 15, 2009 – 8:37 pm | No Comment
Exxaro upbeat about solar power future

High carbon taxes would drive the development of solar thermal power in South Africa and coal would become a “thing of the past”, Thomas Garner, Exxaro’s growth and energy manager, said yesterday.
Exxaro is conducting a …

Blind man hits 322.5km/h
October 8, 2009 – 12:46 pm | No Comment
Blind man hits 322.5km/h

Upington – A South African man set a new world land speed record for the blind in Upington on Tuesday, when he reached a speed of 322.5km/h in a Mercedes-Benz SL 65 Black series.
Hein Wagner, …

Bay boss and stand-in like peas in a pod
September 28, 2009 – 10:20 pm | No Comment
Bay boss and stand-in like peas in a pod

ACTING Nelson Mandela Bay municipal manager Elias Ntoba and de facto manager Graham Richards – on special leave while various service delivery allegations are investigated – might seem to be worlds apart, but they have …

State steps up H1N1 campaign
August 13, 2009 – 7:42 pm | No Comment
State steps up H1N1 campaign

Government is launching an intensive information campaign to help people cope with the swine flu pandemic as the number of infections in South Africa rises, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday.
Motsoaledi said he would …

Power shortages threaten as Eskom puts five projects on ice
August 13, 2009 – 7:27 pm | No Comment
Power shortages threaten as Eskom puts five projects on ice

Cash-strapped Eskom has put five projects, requiring more than R54-billion in capital expenditure, on ice as a result of its funding shortfall, raising the threat of future power crises.
Cornelis van der Waal, a Frost & …