Cape Town's city skyline will soon feature a stunning addition. The 32-storey, R1.6-billion Portside Building - Cape Town's first new skyscraper since 1993 - represents a substantial investment in the Western Cape and a major boost for the local construction industry.

Inset: Architect's rendering of the Portside Building, which will rise to about 148 metres, making it the tallest in Cape Town's central business district. Its design takes future developments into account, indicating how these might align with the Portside (Image: Louis Karol Architects / FirstRand)

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Following the liquidation of one of Knysna's tourism icons, Lightleys Holiday Houseboats, the liquidators have instructed the auction of its assets.

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Running up a snow-covered mountain whilst pulling a tyre was alternated with glacier trekking, using a "flying fox" zip line of 250m and climbing a frozen waterfall.

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The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth is the first tertiary institution in South Africa to introduce a national project aimed at transforming students into life champions.

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The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa is to spend R136-billion to acquire about 7 000 new trains and upgrade and modernise the country's train stations, creating around 65 000 new jobs in the process

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A leap year is said to be the year where women take the first step, make the first move and leave their mark. There is no better way to celebrate this than to get all the formidable women together in the same place at the same time with an inspiring guest speaker to further fuel the fire of success of being a woman, being successful and loving every moment of it.

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South Africa and the UK are looking to increase economic and trade ties by focusing on exporting high-value-added goods to Britain, the Minister of International Relations and Co-operation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane says.

Inset:  Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane is seen with her British counterpart William Hague in Cape Town on Monday, 13 February 2012 during a bilateral meeting. (Picture: Department of International Relations, Cooperation/SAPA )

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Only two days remain until the start of The Unlimited Dusi, one of the largest canoe marathons in the world, raced over three days and 120 kilometres from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. Three crews are expected to dominate the men's K2 competition.

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A man and a woman were injured when their light aircraft crashed into the Kleinbrak River near George, Western Cape on Monday evening, paramedics said.

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Telkom has pleaded that the magnitude of the fine requested by the Competition Commission would be “catastrophic” for the company. In papers filed at the Competition Tribunal, Telkom said the R3.5 billion fine would exceed its profit by 56 percent.

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South African golf fans will have the rare opportunity of watching home-grown major winners Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel compete in their own backyard against the world's best players when the inaugural Tournament of Hope tees off from 28 November to 1 December 2013.

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The government has entered into a joint venture with Swiss biotechnology company Lonza to build a R1.6-billion pharmaceutical plant to produce the active ingredients required for the manufacture of antiretroviral medicines that used in the treatment of HIV and Aids

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New South African bank notes will bear the image of former president Nelson Mandela, President Jacob Zuma announced in Pretoria on Saturday.

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There was a 70 percent increase over the last three years in the number of complaints about incorrect or unethical newspaper reports, the Press Council's Ombudsman reported to editors at a meeting in Cape Town on Saturday.

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President Jacob Zuma has urged South African businesses to take advantage of the opportunities that will be created by the massive new infrastructure build programme announced in the 2012 State of the Nation address.

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Mossel Bay-based tour operator Back Road Safaris will take a television production crew to a braai in Oudtshoorn - and also to enjoy a tandem skydive and to visit a local wine farm - when they step ashore from the MSC Melody, which will visit the town on Sunday the 12th of February. The popular cruise liner is expected to anchor in the Bay at 9:00 a.m.

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Knysna's female cyclists featured on the winners' podiums of two prestigious races over the weekend of January 27 and 28. The Herald VW Cycle Tour mountain-bike race was held in Addo on Saturday, January 27, followed by the road race in Port Elizabeth the next day.

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With their biggest student contingent yet, the RealStart Youth Development programme started their new year with a team-building camp at Ballots Bay last week.

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The Knysna Municipality is now headed by a team of women. Knysna's former acting municipal manager, Lauren Waring joined Executive Mayor Georlene Wolmarans and deptuty mayor, Advocate Michelle Wasserman at the helm when she was appointed as the new Knysna Muncipal Mana-ger, during a special council meeting on Tuesday, February 7.

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With just over two weeks left before the Cansa Relay for Life on Saturday 25 February, teams must hurry if they would still like to enter. Many teams have already caught Relay fever, including Ampath, Carpe Diem, Dischem, Eden Lions, George Hospital, George Municipality, George Police, George Herald and Robin's Nest.

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