| 17 Sep 2013 |
Avoid bad BEE practices Whether one likes it or not, laws applicable to BEE are in place, and in this article Deon Oberholzer shows you the 10 bad BEE practices that could result in you losing your business. This must be the only country in the world with a so-called "strike season" - so it's no surprise to learn that the new tyre manufacturing industry negotiations deadlocked. Doesn't anyone seem to realise that a strike is the last resort, not among the first? Some might think, with good reason, that this country is becoming a nanny state, and others might be in total agreement with the proposed ban, but in the meantime, the alcohol industry is demanding a say on the bill banning alcohol advertising. Come on, admit it... our taxis are among our favourite road-users... NOT! So here's a heady little tale of the taxi that shocked police officers. Rod Baker, Content Director
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After a year of design, development and content collection, the new Protea Hotels and African Pride Hotels websites have been launched to the public. Read more >>
 | Creatives are gearing up for a big month in Cape Town with the Loerie Awards 2013 (21 and 22 September, CTICC) and Creative Week Cape Town (14 to 22 September) forming the pinnacle of a calendar packed with events in creativity, sport, food, wine, culture and entertainment. Read more >> |
Tourism in Gauteng received a massive boost with news coming from the recently concluded 20th General Assembly of United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) held jointly in Zambia and Zimbabwe that Gauteng Tourism Authority has officially been accepted by the global tourism body one of its newest affiliate members. Read more >>
 | Comair has reported a sharp rise in diluted headline earnings per share to 47.8c for the year to June from just 3.8c a year ago as the group benefited from transformation plans implemented at the end of 2011. Read more >> |
 | Pepperclub Hotel & Spa in Cape Town has announced the appointment of Matthew Cornall as its new general manager. Read more >> |
 | Spur Corporation has reported a 22.4% rise in diluted headline earnings per share to 156.64c, up from 127.95c a year ago, for the year to June‚ Read more >> |
Dr Ivan Meyer, Western Cape Minister of Cultural Affairs and Sport, along with 250 guests, attended the recent Hotel Verde Art Project Awards Ceremony at the newly opened, Africa's Greenest Hotel. Read more >>
 | [Zeenat Moorad] In SA, Famous Brands produces 265,000 cups of specially blended coffee a day. With 2,175 restaurants, the company, whose brands include Wimpy, Steers and Mugg & Bean, also makes 77m ice-cream cones a year. It's the big daddy of SA franchising, with a R9,7bn market capitalisation, and it wants to repeat its local success in the rest of Africa. Read more >> |
 | [Brian Berkman] "My husband is going to have a heart attack and we'll be interviewed on CNN", the man turned around to tell us while we waited patiently in the queue to meet the bus back to The Brilliance of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Lines' newly revamped ship. Read more >> |
 | [Phindiwe Nkosi] Nothing is as painful as establishments talking to themselves about themselves. For starters, no one really believes the credibility of one paid to be their own praise poet and secondly, even if you are offering a superior service, what use is it if it is just you and your small community knowing about it? Read more >> |
 | [Nicky Smith] Security considerations aside, improvements to visa processes and policies will benefit travel and trade, with direct benefits to gross domestic product (GDP) growth and job creation. Read more >> |
 | The quest to find Africa's leading tourism app drew to a close on 10 September 2013 with "Africa Live" being announced as the winner of the Africa App Quest competition. Read more >> |
| [Phindiwe Nkosi] Tourism Month (September) is creating quite a stir. The buzz words are "get out and travel" and travel writers' suitcases are packed and ready to go. Give me, but a moment to explain the reality out there, be it an isolated case or the norm; let's just leave it as "my" reality. Read more >> |
The 6th Annual E-Tourism Africa Summit took place in Cape Town from 9-10 September 2013, to work with, and show, the tourism industry how best to take full advantage of the fast-growing digital and social media ecosystem. Read more >>
[Kerry Evans] Next year Brazil will host the 2014 FIFA World Cup, an extravaganza of epic proportions, in which football players and fans the world over converge to watch and celebrate the beautiful game. In 2010, here in South Africa, we saw more than 310, 000 tourists converge on the country and the eyes of over 3.2 billion people put our country under the microscope. Read more >>
 | The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa released a statement on Wednesday afternoon, 11 September, announcing the resignation of Tami Sokutu, chairperson of the SANBI board. The minister notes that his resignation has come after allegations of him being under the influence of alcohol at the 2013 RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London were brought to light. Read more >> |
 | ROME, ITALY: Salvage workers will attempt to raise the Costa Concordia cruise ship on Monday (16 September), weather permitting, in an unprecedented operation costing more than €600m, officials said. Read more >> |
More International
 | [Linda Ensor] A national aviation policy was being considered and it would govern the activities of all the state's airlines‚ namely South African Airways (SAA)‚ SA Express and Mango‚ which will all fall under one holding company‚ Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said in Parliament on Tuesday, 10 September. Read more >> |
More Government news
 New director of marketing for Starwood Hotels and Resorts - more info
Leading Cape Town villa rental agency, Cape Portfolios is looking for an experienced receptionist/admin assistant over its busy summer season from November 2013 to April 2014. Read more >>Travel industry/website. SEO and travel writing experience. Meet deadlines. Driven, focused personality. Negotiable, market-related salary dependent on experience. Read more >>
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