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 …

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 …

The first locally manufactured rail car for the high-speed Gautrain has been built and rolled off the assembly line by Union Carriage and Wagon (UWC) situated in Nigel, in Gauteng’s East Rand.
The home-grown white carriage features gold and blue stripes above its windows, side panels, floors and doors, and forms part of the 81 rail cars being assembled by the …

As part of their US$120-million (about R1.1-billion) investment into sub-Saharan Africa, multinational technology company IBM, along with the Department of Science and Technology, launched the Blue Gene supercomputer in Cape Town last week.
The fastest supercomputer in Africa is intended for use by the entire continent and forms part of the Blue Gene for Africa initiative, which aims to promote scientific …

Dubai-based real estate company Ruwaad, announced during an international real estate exhibition its plans to build a multibillion-rand themed entertainment development in South Africa.
It was confirmed during Monday’s announcement that “Amazulu World” will be the largest of its kind in Africa and feature the continent’s first world-class internationally branded entertainment theme park.
Amazulu World will be “a multibillion-dollar themed entertainment and …

South Africans can be proud of the Joule – our first credible electric car contender.
The sleekly designed six-seater MPV was put into development by Cape Town based company Optimal Energy and offers zero emission urban transport through employing a modular, large-cell lithium-ion battery pack enabling 200km range.
Thanks to the clever design though, a secondary battery can be accommodated enabling the …

A 108-storey building with a cost of R20-billion will be erected in Frankenwald adjacent to Alexandra in Gauteng, by the Maharishi Development Project.
The complex, according to director Peter Swan, will house 50 000 people whilst providing some 15 000 jobs.
It will be designed by the architects who put their expertise to work on the Manhattan Twin Towers World Conference …

A campaign to boost the Western Cape’s tourism is about to get underway with mayoral committee member for economic, social development and tourism, Simon Grindrod, saying that tourists are looking for a more “ethical and responsible” tourism industry and were willing to pay more for an authentic experience.
Speaking at the AGM for the Association of South African Travel Agents, he …

Fifa and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) have shown their appreciation to about 20 000 construction workers by giving each of them two free tickets to World Cup football matches held at the stadiums they are working on.
The announcement was made on Wednesday by Fifa president Sepp Blatter after his four-day inspection tour had reached its end, and comes a …