SA's arms industry is
highly developed, but more investment is needed to keep SA in the technology race if it is to remain competitive. Not only can the sector be a far bigger foreign-exchange earner, but it can also be a far bigger generator of skills and jobs.
Some of us might sometimes think of the agricultural sector as one in which technology is used in farm machinery, some farm operations, and not much else. Wrong! The sector, in fact, is evermore technology "savvy" and now agriculture is
sparking the creative talents of developers.
SA has entered the war on piracy, and now there has been a
large order for an SA-designed VPS Anti-piracy device. South African company Vessel Protection Systems (VPS) has won a large order to supply commercial charterers with more than 90 anti-pirate devices invented and perfected by VPS in Cape Town.
South African Airways has plans for new investments, so the government
guarantee for SAA is "not a bail-out", or so the cash-strapped airline's annual general meeting heard last week.
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HS&V Hospitality Management has partnered with 10 2nd Avenue Houghton Estate, a luxury boutique hotel nestled in the heart of Houghton, Johannesburg. 
The Robertson Small Hotel, a five-star boutique hotel in Robertson in the Western Cape, affirmed its status at the prestigious 2012 World Luxury Hotel Awards by clinching the title of South Africa's Best Luxury Country Hotel for the second consecutive year. 
The Protea Hospitality Group selected a Z-CARD as its communication platform to market South Africa as a destination of choice and to convey its South African product offering to its target audience. 
Visa has taken inspiration from the unique flora of South Africa refreshing the design of Table Mountain's two cable cars. The cable cars were re-designed to reflect the World Heritage Site's abundance of flora and fauna that this world famous mountain is home to, and has been recently named one of the New Seven Wonders of Nature. 
Wilderness Safaris has announced the building and opening of the new camp, Hoanib Skeleton Coast, located on the Hoanib River, the private concession straddling the Palmwag area and Skeleton Coast National Park, in one of the most remote areas of the Kaokoveld. 
