Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain will
officially be inaugurated as one of the New7wonders of Nature this December, and the City of Cape Town is going all out to celebrate the occasion! Expect a free concert for the public affair followed by a Table Mountain float joining a procession through the city. A big thanks must be made to SANParks for taking such good care of the South African ecological treasure!
On trend with going green, the SA Post Office plans on
procuring 90 electric scooters by 2015 in order to reduce it's CO
2 emissions. But they're not stopping there... By 2020 it plans on being carbon neutral - now here's a sustainability goal we can all aspire to!
Wouldn't it be awesome if you could volunteer at a NPO you're passionate about,
AND get paid to do it - I bet a lot more people would get to some serious do-gooding if that were the case...
cue the Vodacom Change the World programme. Vodacom will pay you a monthly salary if you dedicate your time, energy and skills to a local NPO for a year. It's as easy as approaching a NPO, gaining their support, agreeing on an action plan and submitting your application.
Finally, gather your friends and family and head down to the
annual AFDA Film Festival student showcase this weekend in Joburg, Cape Town, and Durban. More than 50 films will be screening, produced by the school's third and fourth year students. They're also going online this year, so go forth and interact.
Sindy Peters: Group Head, Content
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The first official inauguration of Table Mountain as one of the New7Wonders of Nature will take place on Saturday 1 December 2012 on Tafelberg Road, at the foot of the mountain. A public inauguration will take place during the City of Cape Town's free concert taking place at the Grand Parade on Sunday 2 December. 
Owners of the luxury Lion Sands Private Game Reserve adjoining the Kruger Park, Nicholas and Robert More have teamed up with the national Stop Rhino Poaching campaign to increase funding of joint security operations in the surrounding 60 000ha Sabi Sand Game Reserve. The More family is allocating part of their annual tourism income to combat the scourge of rhino poaching in Sabi Sand. 
Caturra, South African roaster of high quality coffee and supplier of superior equipment and coffee beans to the corporate and retail as well as hospitality, restaurant and catering industries in sub-Saharan and West Africa, has extended its reach into new markets across the African continent. 
Conrad Hotels and Resorts, a luxury brand within the Hilton Worldwide group, launched its first sub-Saharan Africa operation in Knysna on Saturday as part of Hilton's plans to grow its luxury hotel offerings in SA. 
Without vultures South Africa would see animal disease "spread like wildfire", first through the game parks and conservation areas and then, from there, into livestock, affecting the country's meat, dairy and wool production, says BirdLife SA director Gerhard Verdoorn. 
Tsogo Sun remains highly cash generative and an improvement in the macro-economic environment should result in strong organic growth for the group in addition to the significant opportunities to invest in and build on its business‚ chief executive Marcel Von Aulock said on Monday (19 September) 
Europcar has launched a new travel app, Road Tripper, as a Facebook travel application. It is designed to get South Africans to share their favourite travel routes as well as tips and suggestions on the best places to visit. 
A new multi million rand development on the south arm of the harbour in Cape Town's prestigious V&A Waterfront, Shimmy Beach Club, is set to become the city's premier ocean-front dining and lifestyle destination when it opens in on 7 December. 
