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After weeks of speculation, members of the Square Kilometre Array Organisation have announced that South Africa and Australia will jointly host the world's largest radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA).
Brand Finance, together with Brand South Africa and Brand Africa, have launched Brand Finance South Africa 50, a study of the most valuable brands from South Africa, with MTN coming out on top with a global brand value of R43.3-billion.
African and the Caribbean governments are set to invest more resources and energy towards developing and promoting stronger linkages between the two regions in the fields of trade and investment, science and technology and tourism.
Bafana Bafana are preparing for two 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifiers and an international friendly match, with a lot of attention being focused on the return of striker Siyabonga Nomvethe, the PSL's leading scorer, after a two-year absence from the national team.
The South African Reserve Bank has decided to maintain the current monetary policy stance and keep interest rates unchanged at a 30-year low of 9%
Marsha Marescia will captain the best prepared South African women's Olympic squad yet at the London Olympic Games. Now aged 29, she has been a member of the national team since 2001.
With the uncertainty over supply of oil from Iran, South Africa is looking to Nigeria to purchase its oil, the Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said, following a meeting with the Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo.
Following a recent successful six-week European stint, Team Bonitas, one of South Africa's leading professional men's road cycling teams, is primed to defend its Tour de Free State title this week.
President Jacob Zuma says governance is beginning to stabilse in both the Eastern Cape and Limpopo after national government intervention in the administration of the two provinces, adding however that further work still needs to be done.
49m, South Africa's biggest energy saving movement, has called on all South Africans to save energy over the winter season, when electricity demand rises by up to 700MW during the evenings for every degree the temperature drops.
The Cape Town International under-20 Challenge, an eight-nation football tournament, kicks off in Cape Town on Friday, with South Africa facing Argentina and Ghana playing Nigeria.
Africans must unite in order to build a solid foundation that will give impetus to the renaissance of the continent, delegates attending the African Diaspora Ministerial Meeting in Pretoria were told.
The 2012 South African Cricket Awards will see AB de Villiers, Morne Morkel, Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander and Hashim Amla in contention for the prestigious SA Cricketer of the Year Award on Wednesday, 6 June, at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
The Department of Energy has announced the names of 19 bidders who have been selected as the preferred bidders for the renewable energy Independent Power Producers (IPP) programme, and has appealed to the financial sector to provide financing to selected bidders.
State oil company PetroSA has partnered with China's Sinopec Group to work together in pushing the building of the proposed US$11-billion Mthombo crude oil refinery project, to be built at Coega near Port Elizabeth.
The South African women's hockey team will take its Olympic Games preparations a step further with matches against Great Britain and Scotland before they take part in the Investec London Cup over the next three weeks in the United Kingdom.
The Sandton Convention Centre will be abuzz this week as leaders and representatives from over 60 countries will gather for the first Global African Diaspora Summit.
South Africa's Oscar Chalupsky underlined his greatness in the Molokai World Championships surfski race in Hawaii on Sunday when he raced to his 12th victory in the event at the age of 49.
The Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP2) has stabilised the clothing sector, turned around the automotive sector, added jobs in the business process services sector and had introduced procurement designation to boost local production, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says.
Portia Modise marked her return to the Banyana Banyana side with a goal in each half as South Africa outplayed Tanzania 5-2 in an international friendly at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.
