South Africa's matrics 'need our help'

With no end in sight to the crippling public sector strike involving teachers, Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has made a desperate appeal to members of the public to volunteer their time and help matric learners prepare for their final examinations, which start in the middle of October.

SA planning 'massive' rail investment

With most of South Africa's commuter rail system nearing the end of its life-span, the government is planning a multi-billion rand investment in new rail infrastructure and technologies – including proposed high-speed rail projects in the country's major centres.

JSE: 18% of top 100 black-owned

Black investors currently own 18% of the available share capital in the top 100 companies listed on South Africa's stock exchange, according to an independent study commissioned by the JSE.

Avalon Theatre rises from the ashes

Seventy-one years of independent South African cinema will be celebrated this year when the Moosa family's Avalon Group, once almost destroyed by apartheid, opens a new luxury Cine Centre in the upmarket Killarney Mall in Johannesburg.

SA brandy voted the world's best

South African spirits and winemaker KWV's Laborie Alambic brandy was voted the best in the world at the 2010 International Wine and Spirits Competition in London.

Locnville for Champs League T20 concert

Globetrotting Cape Town-based duo Locnville will back up Enrique Iglesias at the opening concert of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket tournament in Johannesburg on 9 September.