With five more weekly newsletters to go, and just a few more sleeps until you find yourself pushing and shoving in a crowded shopping mall searching for that one last gift, the news flow is yet to slow! All
26 of our industry newsletters are jam-packed with what's what with the who's who.
The annual
Checkers/Shoprite Toy 4 Toy campaign launched this week, so if you have any new or used toys laying about that little Susie's outgrown, why not donate them to a less fortunate child. The campaign runs until early December.
After Randall Abrahams handed over the SAMA CEO baton to Nlanhla Sibisi, the
2013 MTN South African Music Awards is now open for entries. Look out for a few category changes here and there, and have your entries in by 30 November 2012. As my father recites whenever buying his
tata ma chance ticket, you have to be in it, to win it...
Still on the topic of winning, well done to the KZN-based African Centre for Crop Improvement for
scoring its first award! Conferred by A Green Revolution for Africa for "exceptional contributions to food security in Africa", the ACCI received its award from Nobel peace prize laureate Kofi Annan.
Lastly, in an endeavour to keep our coasts clean and our marine life protected, the Western, Northern and Eastern Cape coasts will soon have
bins in which fishermen can discard broken or used line. The project, successfully implemented along the Overberg's Gansbaai shoreline, uses PVC pipe as bins for fishing line. According to John Kieser, sustainability manager of Plastics|SA, the project has received plenty of support from the public and fishermen have also welcomed the initiative. Well done to all involved!
Sindy Peters: Group Head, Content
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Home to a sizeable community of expatriates, the island of Mauritius is increasingly popular among South African home buyers - either for holiday use or long term residence, says Dr. Andrew Golding, CE of the Pam Golding Property group. 
Olivia Demosthenous is a familiar face at the Saxon Boutique Hotel, Villas & Spa having worked through the ranks in various divisions of the hotel for three years before setting out to explore the 5-star luxury hotel market. After leaving her stamp on hotels such as The Westcliff and Fairlawns Boutique Hotel & Spa, Demosthenous has returned to the Saxon to head up their sales division. 
Provisional liquidators for the budget airline 1Time have been appointed after the North Gauteng High Court granted the company a provisional liquidation order. 
The location-based travel guide devices, known as 
These days, lighthouses no longer have the sole purpose of guiding sailors safely. Rather they have become tourist attractions for visitors to South Africa's coastal regions. As a result a piece of the country's history is shared with the world, jobs are created and funds generated contribute to the tourism industry and thereby the economy. 
