Posts tagged with 'SOUTH AFRICA'

 

South African products brought to you, no matter where you find yourself

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South African products brought to you, no matter where you find yourself

The world is getting smaller and smaller. But despite the ease with which most of us can travel these days, shopping for uniquely South African products is not always worth an airfare across the world. So instead, there’s a company based in Bristol that is bringing South African products to you, no matter where you..
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Sprightly SA man, 81, bags bronze medal in world athletics race

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Sprightly SA man, 81, bags bronze medal in world athletics race

Jakobus (Jacques) van Zyl’s first 100m sprints were to beat the family car when the younger ones challenged him to a race during weekly visits. Little did the 81-year-old know that his running career, which only started in earnest after his 70th birthday, would end up with him clutching a bronze medal on an international..
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Chilean tourist recently disappears without a trace in SA

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Chilean tourist recently disappears without a trace in SA

Dessie Rechner of the organization Pink Ladies has made a new pamphlet with photographs showing Slavko Yaksic with short hair, as he be seen before he disappeared. A Chilean backpacker’s family is sick of worries after the missing man had not home a week ago after a visit in South-Africa. Slavko Andro Yaksic Besoaín (29),..
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Tennis: Suid-Afrika se Lloyd Harris wen sy 2de titel

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Tennis: Suid-Afrika se Lloyd Harris wen sy 2de titel

Suid-Afrika se Lloyd Harris kan hom binnekort onder die voorste 100 tennisspelers ter wêreld bevind. Die 21-jarige Kapenaar het sy goeie opgang vanjaar op die baan Sondagaand in Stockton, Kalifornië, met ’n tweede Challenger-titel voortgesit. Harris het die Stockton Challenger-toernooi gewen deur Marc Polmans (21) van Australië met 6 – 2, 6 – 2 in..
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Suid-Afrikaner steeds in Dubai gestrand oor Gupta-video

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Suid-Afrikaner steeds in Dubai gestrand oor Gupta-video

Die Suid-Afrikaner wat Ajay Gupta in Dubai in die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate verfilm het, is ná maande wat hy in Dubai gestrand is, steeds nie op pad huis toe nie. Justin van Pletzen en sy twee medebeskuldigdes, wie se name nie bekend gemaak is nie, het Donderdag weer in ’n hof in Dubai verskyn om..
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More South Africans are leaving their homes empty as they emigrate

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More South Africans are leaving their homes empty as they emigrate

A growing number of homeowners on Johannesburg’s East Rand are opting to leave their homes empty as they emigrate – with the hopes of selling the property at a later date. Speaking to BusinessTech, real estate agents from the area said that this was likely due to a combination of factors – including a desire..
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South African teachers find greener pastures in United Arab Emirates, where there are better opportunities

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South African teachers find greener pastures in United Arab Emirates, where there are better opportunities

The South African Council of Educators says it’s concerned at the number of teachers leaving the country. The Sunday Times is reporting that teachers are leaving South Africa and heading mostly to the United Arab Emirates, where there are better opportunities. Contributing factors prompting teachers to leave the country include religious intolerance, class sizes and..
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Alexa Pienaar ontvang silwermedalje by Wêreld-universiteite se muurbalkampioenskap

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Alexa Pienaar ontvang silwermedalje by Wêreld-universiteite se muurbalkampioenskap

Alexa Pienaar van die Universiteit van Johannesburg het haar eindstryd in die Wêreld-universiteite se muurbalkampioenskap vandeesmaand in Birmingham, Engeland, as ’n groot leerervaring in haar loopbaan beskryf. Alexa Pienaar (links) van die Universiteit van Johannesburg het die silwermedalje op die Wêreld-universiteite muurbalkampioenskap in Birmingham, Engeland, vroeër vanjaar verower. Lily Taylor (middel) van Engeland was die..
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Russia wants to open its doors to SA’s white farmers after ANC’s announcement of land expropriation without compensation

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Russia wants to open its doors to SA’s white farmers after ANC's announcement of land expropriation without compensation

White farmers from South Africa are being courted by Russian officials. There are motivations that stretch beyond land expropriation, though. South Africa’s white farmers are being courted by Russia, according to a report in the Washington Post. Landowners perturbed by land expropriation proposals in Mzansi are now being invited to ply their trade 6 000..
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6 KEY THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SA’S REVISED VISA RULES

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6 KEY THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SA'S REVISED VISA RULES

Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday revealed a number of changes to South Africa’s current immigration regulations, which may ease international travel for locals and foreigners. These amendments are in line with recommendations by the inter-ministerial committee on immigration regulations. Here are five key amendments Gigaba mentioned: TRAVELLING CHILDREN “The key changes will be..
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