Green mobile checkout facility launched at CT International Airport

What is believed to be the world's first mobile checkout facility was recently launched at First Car Rental's Cape Town International Airport branch. Created for the company's corporate customer base, it offers a totally paperless transaction. Read more >>

SAA may lose case against former CEO

South African Airways has been scrambling in the Johannesburg High Court to try and avoid an embarrassing legality that could scupper its attempts to reclaim millions from its former chief executive Khaya Ngqula. Read more >>

Airport charges will force ticket prices up

Airport charges at the King Shaka Airport outside Durban are to rise by more than 70% next month in order to pay for the new airport that was built in time for last year's World Cup event, and when this is combined with high aviation fuel costs, the rise of ticket costs in South Africa is bound to increase sharply. Read more >>

Ritter celebrates 35 years with Rezidor Hotel Group

Swiss hotelier Kurt Ritter has celebrated his 35th anniversary with Rezidor, having joined the company as GM of the SAS Luleå Hotel, Sweden in 1976. In 1989, he became Rezidor's president and CEO. The board of directors has recently extended his contract to 2015. Read more >>

Comair to implement new CSS reservations system

Comair Limited - Southern Africa's largest private airline operator - is to implement a new customer sales and service (CSS) reservations system. Comair Limited is a JSE-listed South African aviation group operating British Airways in southern Africa, as well as Africa's first low fares airline kulula.com. Read more >>

Liberation Struggle Heritage Route, a project of remembrance

The Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation's Liberation Struggle Heritage Route is a project of remembrance for South Africans to remember the country's most significant events, individuals and locations that narrate the liberation of the nation, so that Gauteng's communities can participate in the identification of heritage sites that are associated with the liberation struggle. Read more >>

SA celebrates World Maritime Day

PRETORIA: The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) recently joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Maritime Day. World Maritime Day is observed every year in September to focus attention on the importance of shipping safety, maritime security and clean seas. Read more >>

Trashing your boss on Facebook not allowed

The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration has upheld the dismissal of two senior employees who exchanged rude and snide remarks about their much younger boss and his family members who had been brought in to help manage the business. Read more >>

Mamelani Projects youth host art exhibition

Artwork created by Cape Town's youth was put up on exhibition earlier this month at The Grand in Granger Bay. The young men whose work was exhibited are all participants in Mamelani's Youth Development Programme, Project Lungisela, which aims to prepare young people for the transition out of state care, particularly children's homes. Read more >>

SA can expect more natural disasters

[Kemantha Govender] DURBAN: The latest scientific reports show that South Africa will become drier in the west and wetter in the east. This means the country will experience an increase in the frequency of severe weather events, such as drought, tornadoes, floods, and other natural disasters. Read more >>