Forming part of the multi-million rand security plan for the 2010 Fifa World Cup, a R100-million contract between the SAPS and Carl Zeiss Optronics has been signed, giving the police the edge in the fight against crime.
A specialised surveillance camera system, the LEO II-A5-EP, will be fitted to helicopters in the SAPS’s air wing across the country, enabling the police …

Africa in Motion, Britain’s chief African film festival opened in Edinburgh on the weekend to packed audiences, prompting a new interest in the artistic value of African cinema outside of the continent.
The festival, now in its third year, will begin touring the UK in November showcasing the best African filmmakers have to offer, most notably through its Africa in Motion …

The City of Durban is on a roll as yet another large-scale event has been granted to the KwaZulu-Natal capital.
The Durban International Convention Centre will play host to the 4 000-delegate World Congress of Psychotherapy in 2014.
The announcement was made earlier this month at the 2008 psychotherapy world congress in Beijing, where South Africa successfully outbid Spain to host …

A R1.4-billion expansion of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) will aim to make the building the country’s greenest and, according to the CEO of Convenco Rashid Toefy, a city icon.
Convenco, the CTICC’s holding company, said the building would be one of the most technologically advanced of its kind, and that due to the past successes of the centre …

South African petrochemical company Sasol has invested R250-million in universities across the country over the next ten years to improve and develop world-class teaching in the disciplines of chemistry and engineering.
Sasol will grant the country’s universities R25-million each year to develop world-class science and engineering graduates, attract talented academics to teach at those universities, and to facilitate the growth …