No excess baggage: Deans's newcomers travel light into Durban Aug 23, 2008
" Mortlock also believes playing in Durban will work in this young team's favour. It is without doubt one of the friendlier South African arenas - not surprising considering match days on the high veld resemble ancient feed-them-to-the-lions Colosseum scenes. "Playing there at provincial level and with the Wallabies, you know that it is not an as confronting venue," Mortlock said. "When you play, even at [Cape Town's] Newlands, those venues are on top of you, and it's like a cauldron. There, the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Medal win a family triumph Aug 23, 2008
Warr, who followed Bell's career from Cape Town, South Africa, where he was born and lived until his death two years ago, twice saw his own Olympic ambitions stifled by circumstances beyond his control. The first was in 1940 when the war put an end to the Games that were to be held in Helsinki, Finland, after the International Olympic Committee had shifted the event from Tokyo. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
* Springboks look to restore pride against Wallabies Aug 23, 2008
Surprise winners in Dunedin against New Zealand just over a month ago, South Africa have lost touch with their Australasian rivals after suffering defeats in Perth and Cape Town, leaving them on just five points from four matches. New Zealand, 19-0 winners against the Springboks in Cape Town last weekend, top the competition log with 14 points from five matches ... Elsom and George Smith had a field-day against the Boks in Perth, stealing plenty of ball, while in Cape Town a week ago, Richie... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Must-have accessories for him! Aug 23, 2008
Go to the Zoppini Store in Johannesburg (Bedford Centre) or Cape Town (Vrfront) for the best selection for men. Rings or dog tags Stainless steel is the metal of choice for stylish men's accessories. (iAfrica.com)
Boks need structure Aug 23, 2008
Before I leave you this week, some of you might have read about my involvement in the recently-launched Cape Town Tens ... For us, Cape Town, the city, is a brand and it's a brand that we intend to sell to the world ... Our rationale behind hosting this event here is to get past players, current players and just about anybody that wants to, to come out to Cape Town for the Tens instead of going to other countries for basically exactly the same reason. (iAfrica.com)
Special coin for Gandhi's struggle in S Africa Aug 22, 2008
The event, which will continue till October five in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, is the brain-child of Indian Consul General in Durban Harsh Varshan Shringla. In his address, Mkhize said that Mahatma had made an immense contribution to the liberation of the South Africa through his policy of Satyagraha. (India Times, India)
Apartheid murder plotters guilty Aug 22, 2008
At a news conference in Cape Town ahead of Vlok's trial, he said he had been falsely accused of being implicated in the attempt on Rev Chikane's life. Bookmark with. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
Fighting fit Aug 22, 2008
auSydney Morning Herald2008-08-22Bruise brothers win fitness fightGreg Growden in Cape Town Chief Rugby CorrespondentRHNews. Related Coverage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
South Africa: Crafts That Steal Hearts All Over the World Aug 22, 2008
Stephanie NieuwoudtCape Town ... In the meantime an American woman is waiting in the trendy Kloof Street shop in the heart of the Cape Town central business district (CBD) to discuss a possible export opportunity with her ... Woermann's three shops - all based in Cape Town, a city popular with European tourists - have been described as part business and part community project. (allAfrica.com)
Joe Slovo ruling reserved Aug 22, 2008
Residents of a Cape Town informal settlement on Thursday protested against their relocation outside the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg ... "We came with 100 people from Cape Town and we have about 60 Joburg people who joined us in support of the march. We are going to be picketing here the whole day.". (iAfrica.com)
Wallabies eye second Aug 22, 2008
The world champions surrendered their number one ranking to New Zealand on the back of the 19-0 loss in Cape Town the first time South Africa have been shutout in the history of the Tri-Nations and now sit only 1. 7 points above Australia. (iAfrica.com)
Motlanthe moots sunset clause Aug 22, 2008
Cape Town - The ANC has opened the door to a debate on whether a sunset clause should apply to affirmative action, after Kgalema Motlanthe, the new minister in the presidency, announced that the government would consider phasing out the programme. Motlanthe, however, qualified this, saying an end date could be considered in certain aspects and only after careful scientific consideration. (Business Report, South Africa)
Rupert lifts the veil on his governance views Aug 22, 2008
Cape Town - "Non-executive directors of any company only know what the executives want them to know," Johann Rupert, the Remgro chairman, told shareholders at the group's annual general meeting (AGM) yesterday. Rupert was replying to questions from shareholder activist Theo Botha, who had travelled from Pretoria to attend the meeting in Stellenbosch, to raise some corporate governance related concerns with Rupert. (Business Report, South Africa)
Economists give widely differing views on property Aug 22, 2008
Cape Town - Two economists provided widely differing views on the outlook for the property market at a fractional ownership conference yesterday. John Loos, a property strategist at First National Bank's home loans department, forecast an improvement in sentiment and said now was "probably as good as it gets", in terms of an optimal time to purchase property before prices begin to recover. (Business Report, South Africa)
Kick-off in hotel sector has more than soccer behind it Aug 22, 2008
Among these developments was a new hotel that was due to open in Clarens next week, and the R700 million, five-star Crystal Towers at Century City in Cape Town ... Gustav Holtzhausen, the managing director, said it had two operations in Cape Town - Fairview in Vredehoek and Greenmarket Suites in Greenmarket Square - and intended to acquire more properties in the city. (Business Report, South Africa)
New kids on accommodation block Aug 22, 2008
Unlisted Protea Hotels plans five new facilities in South Africa but divulged the cost of only one - the R700 million, five-star Crystal Towers at Century City, Cape Town, which, with another of its Cape Town hotels, 15 on Orange, is in its African Pride portfolio. The three other Protea hotels are The Rosebank; the Protea Hotel Clarens, due to open next week; and the Protea Hotel Willowlake. (Business Report, South Africa)
Booming foreign arrivals justify Hospitality Property's focus Aug 22, 2008
They included an extension to the Birchwood Hotel rence Centre; Hluhluwe Hotel is; the remaining 32 percent stake in the Park Inn Greenmarket Square; and the remaining 35 percent shareholding in 90 units at the Radisson Hotel Waterfront, including the ONEwellness Spa located at the Cape Town hotel. Nelson said these acquisitions were expected to enhance growth at Hospitality. (Business Report, South Africa)
Tracking A Crop Disease Could Save Millions Of Lives Aug 21, 2008
"Given the fragility of African agriculture and perpetual famine risks with millions of lives at stake, MSV is actually one of the most important plant pathogens worldwide," said Dr Darren Martin from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. "We wanted to learn more about how the virus emerged and spread so we can develop new ways to fight the diseases it causes.". (Science Daily)
Tens to hit Cape Town Aug 21, 2008
And a similar throwback to the sporting past emerged on Friday, with the launch of a rugby tournament that promises Cape Town a rather special weekend. Drowned out somewhat by the fallout from Newlands and Peter de Villiers's descent from celebrated architect of victory in New Zealand, to national pariah deserving of the gallows (our rugby public is wonderfully moderate) the Cape Town Tens will have substantial attention by the time it gets underway in February next year ... Drawing... (iAfrica.com)
Aus keen to ambush Boks Aug 21, 2008
The Aussies have been training well and looked sharp in their sessions at Bishops school in Cape Town this week. It has been obvious that the Wallabies have been spending plenty of time in fine-tuning their line-out, with star lock Dan Vickerman prominent in the work-outs on the rugby fields of his old alma mater. (iAfrica.com)
Olympic fashion shocker Aug 21, 2008
While fashion week in Cape Town is being lauded a roaring success, it seems everyone forgot one important area of fashion where the whole world would see South Africa The Beijing Olympics. Topping the worst-dressed list at the games opening ceremony isn't really a punt in the right direction for our home-grown designers, who were obviously not consulted when it came to matters of olympic fashion. (iAfrica.com)
Why the bad mood, SA? Aug 21, 2008
The poll reveals that Cape Town has the least positive residents (49 percent); the Vaal triangle has the most optimistic (74 percent); Pretoria and Johannesburg come in at 62 percent and 67 percent (interesting if one considers the crime in Gauteng); young people are more optimistic than their elders (66 percent versus 51 percent); and the inland areas of South Africa more optimistic than the coastal areas. This is probably explained by the fact that optimism among coloureds and Indians is... (iAfrica.com)
Drowning in debt? Aug 21, 2008
Take the real case of Megan and Bruce: they bought a modest townhouse two years ago in Cape Town, stopped their credit card and wisely froze their monthly bond repayment of R5000 ... "The technology in the process is so sophisticated, yet easy to use, that some of the most successful cases have been managed at long distance by phone or email. One of our cases was a very seriously indebted woman in Cape Town who stood to lose everything; we put her in touch with a debt counsellor in... (iAfrica.com)
S Africa bans Aids vitamin trials Aug 21, 2008
The High Court in Cape Town ruled against German physician Matthias Rath and US doctor David Rasnick, a former adviser to President Thabo Mbeki. The case was brought by the pressure group the Treatment Action Campaign and the South African Medical Association. (Yahoo News -- AIDS-HIV)
Former mayor of Bogota advises SA on BRT system Aug 21, 2008
Cape Town - Building more roads and expanding highways would postpone South Africa's traffic jams to some point in the future, when they would be more difficult and costly to solve. This was the advice of Enrique Penalosa, the former mayor of Bogota, who is visiting Cape Town as a consultant for the city's plans to implement a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in time for the 2010 World Cup ... There is also heavy investment in upgrading Cape Town's highways. (Business Report, South Africa)
Kiwi parting shot stings Wallabies Aug 20, 2008
The Wallabies, who will spend most of the week training in Cape Town before heading to Durban, have already attempted to ward that one off, with skipper Stirling Mortlock saying yesterday: "I don't think South Africa is as much a bogy to us as simply a reality that the Boks play much better at home than they do overseas much like us, really." ... Skipper Victor Matfield repeatedly questioned Goddard during the Cape Town Test. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
One-legged swimmer set to compete Aug 20, 2008
After a training session in her native Cape Town, she was headed to school on a motorbike. She collided with a car. (CNN)
Smith to turn over Boks Aug 20, 2008
"The breakdown is always a key component of the game. It's a place where you try and dominate, and the team that dominates, usually does well in the match," said Smith at an Aussie training session in Cape Town ... The Aussie also praised New Zealand for their performance against the below-par Boks in Cape Town last weekend ... "To come over here and beat the Boks in Cape Town is a tough ask, and they did that well.". (iAfrica.com)
No spring in the step of these gasping, lumbering Boks Aug 19, 2008
Back home in the security of their laager it was expected the Springboks would win their last three Tests, against the All Blacks at Cape Town and the Wallabies at Durban and Johannesburg. The defeat of the Springboks at Cape Town by a gutsy All Blacks side has changed this equation ... NZ's series-squaring win in 1928 was at Newlands, Cape Town. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Nokwe set to replace injured Habana Aug 19, 2008
Habana sustained the injury during the Springboks' match against New Zealand in Cape Town last weekend. The Boks lost the match 19-0, ending their hopes of a third Tri-Nations title. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Wallabies prop promises to take the fight to Springboks' scrum Aug 19, 2008
While the world champion Springboks have employed a more expansive game under new coach Peter de Villiers, their error-ridden performance in Cape Town could prompt them to revert to their more traditional forward-oriented style for Saturday's showdown. The scrum, a traditional South African strength, was the one forward area in which the Springboks exerted pressure on New Zealand, and they are likely to target the Australians in that department. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Rugby: Springboks winger Habana won't play Australia Aug 19, 2008
Habana limped out in the second half of the 19-0 loss to New Zealand at Cape Town on Saturday, and the Springboks said on Monday he'd be out for 10 days. Coach Peter de Villiers said Habana's grade one tear was a major setback. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Oz grow in confidence Aug 19, 2008
The Aussie flyhalf was in a positive mood as the team went through its paces in impressive fashion in Cape Town under the watchful eye of coach Robbie Deans as the Wallabies aim to inflict a third successive Tri-Nations defeat on South Africa when the sides meet in Durban on Saturday. The Boks lost the final match of their Australasian Tri-Nations tour 16-9 to the Aussies in Perth and also suffered a 19-0 loss to the All Blacks at Newlands last Saturday, to leave SA coach Peter de Villiers under... (iAfrica.com)
The new fashion frontier Aug 19, 2008
From avant-garde couture to wispy romantic ready-to-wear, South Africa's growing viability as a new fashion frontier was paraded on the ramps at Cape Town's Fashion Week this weekend ... Rajah's 2009 couture collection displayed in Cape Town combined the rhythmic kick of the tango, samba and bossanova with a Latin America inspired range in opulent sicilliene silks, tulle and chantilly lace and meticulous embroidery ... Rajah, who founded Cape Town's fashion week, said South Africans, so long cut... (iAfrica.com)
Grey Goose Entertainment and Sundance Channel Announce Talent Pairings for Fourth Season of 'Iconoclasts' Premiering October 16 at 10 PM ET/PT Aug 19, 2008
In 1986 he was installed as Archbishop of Cape Town, and he continued to be untiring in his denunciation of apartheid. In 1994, after the end of Apartheid and the election of Nelson Mandela as the first President of a free South Africa, Archbishop Tutu was appointed Chairman of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to investigate apartheid-era crimes. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Consumers still feel the pain, say analysts Aug 19, 2008
Cape Town - Despite consumer relief after interest rates were left on hold, trading in the discretionary retail sector is expected to remain tough for another six months, according to analysts. After hiking rates by 5 percentage points over two years, most recently in June, the Reserve Bank last week left the prime rate unchanged at 15. (Business Report, South Africa)
Blackbird, Nationwide hit snag in buyout talk Aug 19, 2008
Cape Town - A possible sale of Nationwide Airlines to the Durban-based Blackbird Aerospace had been held up in the interests of would-be passengers still holding tickets to fly with the grounded airline, attorney John Cameron, representing the Vernon Bricknell Trust, said yesterday ... Cameron said: "A voucher will be of no value to the passengers without such a guarantee if Blackbird either does not take off or does not fly all the routes for which tickets have been issued. "For instance, if it... (Business Report, South Africa)
Common sense better than thinking outside Boks Aug 18, 2008
The Wallabies have been a regular presence on the front pages of South African newspapers, a result of everything from team rifts to revelations in 2005 that they were involved in a team game at a Cape Town restaurant during which players admitted they wouldn't mind eating each other ... As usual, there were travel hiccups, with a four-hour delay in Sydney meaning the Wallabies missed their connecting flight to Cape Town and prompting an overnight stay in Johannesburg ... However, they were in... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Wallabies bracing for forward battle Aug 18, 2008
South Africa will enter the match still smarting from last week's 19-0 loss to the All Blacks in Cape Town. While the world champion Springboks have employed a more expansive game under new coach Peter de Villiers, their error-ridden performance last weekend could prompt them to revert to their more traditional forward-oriented style for Saturday's showdown. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Defeat stirs the beast Aug 18, 2008
Deans was among the Cape Town crowd that saw the Springboks lose their way with an error-riddled performance on Saturday that enabled the All Blacks to keep South Africa scoreless in their own country for the first time in 87 years of competition between the two nations ... Speaking from Cape Town, where the Wallabies are preparing for Saturday's Test in Durban, Deans yesterday explained that, after the Auckland international, he was fully aware of the dangers of playing a wounded beast on their... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
South Africa: It's Time for ANC to Bridge the Floor-Crossing Credibility Gap Aug 18, 2008
Raenette TaljaardCape Town. Floors are crossed the world over, so what is it about the South African system that makes it so morally repugnant. (allAfrica.com)
* TRI NATIONS RUGBY: All Blacks reach 14 in Tri-Nations Aug 18, 2008
AFP, CAPE TOWN Monday, Aug 18, 2008, Page 17. New Zealand scored an emphatic 19-0 victory against South Africa in a Tri-Nations match on Saturday, to shoot to the top of the competition points table. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
South Africa's du Toit fulfills a dream derailed Aug 18, 2008
On Feb. 25, 2001, as she aimed for the 2004 Athens Olympics, du Toit left training one morning in Cape Town, headed for school on a motorbike, when she was struck by a car that pulled out of a parking lot. "I've lost my leg, I've lost my leg," she began screaming. (International Herald Tribune)
Congolese mourn their Rumba king Aug 18, 2008
In the early days when Madilu system came we had a young girl who use to dance Madilu's music so frantically that she was named "Madilu System and she grew up to be known by that name and so Madilu still lives amongst us.Peter and Mary, Kampata Uganda He was one of the best legends in rumba, Congo has ever produced. His voice, composition of songs, sense of humour, and main ideas of songs can tell how much we will miss him. It is surely hard to acquire such a musician in our modern world! Que... (Yahoo News -- DR Congo)
Vuka Scuta revs up for sales across region Aug 18, 2008
Vuka Scuta opened its first store in Strand, Cape Town, in March 2006, after evaluating 14 Chinese scooter models. It brought a "candidate model" to South Africa, where it was evaluated and adapted before a manufacturing licence was arranged in China. (Business Report, South Africa)
Where can we get away from advert parasites? Aug 18, 2008
Tim Anderson Newlands, Cape Town. Bell's sloppy logic gives right answer. (Business Report, South Africa)
Wallabies keen to create rugby history Aug 17, 2008
South Africa's 19-0 loss to New Zealand in Cape Town almost certainly ended the Springboks' hopes of winning the three-team tournament despite the fact their two remaining matches are at home to Australia ... "It's hard for the Springboks now to win (the tournament), hence their likely response," Deans said from Cape Town, where he attended the game ... However the fatigue factor could possibly work in Australia's favour as South Africa will be playing for a third straight week following the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
SOUTH AFRICA: Rethinking asylum Aug 17, 2008
In 2005 the Department of Home Affairs launched the Refugee Backlog Project (RBP) to reduce the estimated backlog of 150,000 applications for asylum that had built up from 1998 to 2004, and opened temporary RBP offices in Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg/Pretoria to fast track applications. Yet the 2006/07 annual report of the Department of Home Affairs stated that over 89,000 applications for refugee status from 2006/07 were still to be processed. (AlertNet)
Boks' back-to-back mission to block out Blacks Aug 16, 2008
CAPE TOWN: World champions South Africa will be seeking back-to-back wins against arch-rivals New Zealand in Cape Town on Saturday to stake a claim for their third Tri Nations title. The Springboks have rarely managed two wins on the trot against the All Blacks, but will go into the Newlands contest as favourites following their 30-28 victory in Dunedin on July 12. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Wallabies' Williams to shake up forwards Aug 16, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. August 16, 2008 - 3:23PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
South Africa: Court Stops Closure of Migrants' Camps Aug 16, 2008
UNHCR says that while most of the 40,000 people displaced by the violence have returned to their home within the country, some 8,000 people remain at camps in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Mr. Hassan said that at the moment there are about 3,500 people in six sites in Gauteng and another 4,500 in the Western Cape. (allAfrica.com)
Lonrho port project in Angola will help relieve bottleneck of Shoprite perishables Aug 16, 2008
Cape Town - Shoprite, one of the first local retail groups to open outlets in the Angolan capital of Luanda, has welcomed plans by UK-based conglomerate Lonrho to relieve a bottleneck in the port that holds up delivery of imported goods. The retailer has complained twice recently that containers that landed in Luanda took two months to arrive at stores in the city. (Business Report, South Africa)
Apartheid murder plotters guilty Aug 15, 2008
At a news conference in Cape Town ahead of Vlok's trial, he said he had been falsely accused of being implicated in the attempt on Rev Chikane's life. Bookmark with. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
All Blacks look to build with Boks scalp Aug 15, 2008
The building of a new All Black team reaches its next stage on Saturday night (AEST) in Cape Town, where Tri-Nations rugby title ambitions will also go on the line. After their impressively constructed 39-10 defeat of Australia at Eden Park two weeks ago, the New Zealanders want to ensure their standards don't drop against South Africa. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Boks circus is in town, and Kiwis keep well clear Aug 15, 2008
CAPE TOWN: Ali Williams summed up in three words the vibe of the New Zealand camp since the All Blacks arrived in South Africa ... Everywhere in Cape Town people have an opinion on tomorrow afternoon's Test, and are keen to share it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
No bizarre schemes? That's just crazy enough to work Aug 15, 2008
To ensure they acclimatise quickly, half the Wallabies squad will attend tomorrow's Springboks-All Blacks Tri Nations Test in Cape Town, discovering from the other side of the fence how impassioned the local support is ... While Mortlock is the only player in the Wallabies squad to have enjoyed Test success in South Africa, he was convinced last year that he was going to be joined by countless others - until they were overhauled in the final minutes of the Cape Town international. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Expedite harmonisation of African mining policies - Sonjica Aug 15, 2008
"Since the formal launch of AMP in 2004, we have never had any opportune time than now to get affiliated to the African Union (AU). "We need combination strategies for African countries to synergize their energies for the creation of energy pools for the development of the mineral industry," she said. The next plenary session on AMP would take place in Cape Town, South Africa next year. Source:GNA Comments: This article has no comments. All Rights Reserved, 1994-2008, ? Copyright GhanaHomePage. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Arendse backs Bok coach Aug 15, 2008
Frolick's scathing attack on De Villiers was first reported in a Cape Town Afrikaans daily newspaper on Wednesday and has subsequently been repeated in newspapers and on rugby websites around the world ... On Wednesday four All Blacks attended an autograph signing session at a Cape Town shopping centre and the reception was so overwhelming that one journalist remarked: "When the four players went on stage, the roar just about carried to Auckland." ... The All Blacks' tour contingent were equally... (iAfrica.com)
Showdown at Newlands Aug 15, 2008
The All Blacks will get lots of support in Cape Town, encouraged by at least one member of the South African parliament, which New Zealanders would not understand ... Date: Saturday, 16 August Kick-off: 3pm (1pm GMT) Venue: Newlands, Cape Town Expected weather conditions: Scattered clouds clearing with a high of 18C, dropping to 10C and a southeaster of 10 km/h, freshening. (iAfrica.com)
Tiger Airways increases flight capacity Aug 15, 2008
The economy-class airfares are available to September and start at $1476 return from Perth to Johannesburg, with flights to Durban and Cape Town costing $1676. Tickets from Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Brisbane are $1598 return to Johannesburg and $1798 to Cape Town or Durban, the airline says. (The Australian)
Luxottica to give local chains new image Aug 15, 2008
Cape Town - Luxottica Group, the world's largest sunglasses company, is rebranding the two local store chains it acquired last year as growth falters in its leading market, the US.. Last year Luxottica Retail, a unit of the group that operates in Australasia, southeast Asia and now South Africa, bought local chains Sunglass World and Occhiali for Sunglasses. (Business Report, South Africa)
City Lodge plans new World Cup hotels Aug 15, 2008
Cape Town - City Lodge Hotels is spending hundreds of millions of rands to add seven hotels to its portfolio to take advantage of the 2010 soccer World Cup. The group has started the R397 million expansion plan to increase the number of hotels it owns from 42 to 49, with total rooms rising from 4 773 to 5 885. (Business Report, South Africa)
South Ocean profit gets a ride on copper price Aug 15, 2008
Cape Town - South Ocean's half-year profit was up by more than half as it benefited from a rising copper price and the acquisition of a lighting distributor, the electrical cabling maker said yesterday ... The group invested R44 million in capital expansion, of which R40 million was for expanding copper wire production capacity and a new warehouse in Cape Town. (Business Report, South Africa)
DA's prison work plan is slavery with new name Aug 15, 2008
Cape Town medical doctor and prison reform campaigner Judith van Heerden was outraged by the DA proposal, saying: "This leads to a workhouse situation, where the prison authorities can do as they please with prisoners.". She maintains that almost no rehabilitation now takes place in our prisons and that most inmates become "more and more brutalised". (Business Report, South Africa)
Acsa board approves R22bn for upgrades Aug 15, 2008
925 billion on La Mercy and Durban International, and R603 million on Cape Town International. Spending on smaller airports was focused on Bloemfontein and Upington. (Business Report, South Africa)
