Rooibos and Honeybush, long-time luvvies of the local tea-drinking scene, have been elevated to a different class altogether by news that they have achieved fame in
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Results17Drones beam signal to far corners of Earth
People living high up in rocky mountain ranges might think their calm days and meditative nights would be forever free from the temptation to stalk ex
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Shining a light on Africa’s utilities sector
Anyone who witnessed Kandeh Yumkella’s inspiring keynote speech at the opening of the annual African Utility Week won’t be surprised to hear that the Sierra Leonean
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PowerTurtle hatches a plan to power school
An innovative, mini-power station, the PowerTurtle, will be launched at a primary school in an informal settlement in Gauteng on March 2, possibly heralding the start
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Secret Santas and second children (Sigh)
Many people getting together at Christmas are reducing stress and expense by going the ‘Secret Santa’ route, where everyone buys one gift, either for a person
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A creative revolution
When a Cape Town-based architecture and interior design firm asked their staff to work after-hours pitching against each other to do a comparatively small renovation on
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Sexy, cheap, useful
Visitors to Africa.com at the CTICC in Cape Town this week hoping to do some Christmas shopping might have been disappointed. Unless they were shopping for
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