Archive for January, 2010

Confident that the worst is over for the local auto industry, General Motors South Africa is to invest around R900-million on upgrading and consolidating its production facilities in Port Elizabeth, and on launching 10 new products, over the next three years.

Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale says he is working closely with Western Cape Premier Helen Zille to rectify mistakes made in Cape Town’s N2 Gateway Housing Project.

Along with Group G, a “group of death”. Germany will be favourites, but recall that Australia nearly upset Italy at Germany 2006. Ghana also reached the last 16 in 2006, while Serbia could be the dark horse at South Africa 2010.

As of February 2010, North American fans had bought more tickets for the 2010 Fifa World Cup than supporters from any other country excepting hosts South Africa. English fans are third on the list of ticket sales. Full houses assured for this group!

Argentina, Greece and Nigeria, three of the four members of 2010 Group B, all featured in the same group at the 1994 Fifa World Cup. On that occasion, Nigeria topped the group, while neither Argentina nor Greece made it through to the round of 16, both losing out to Bulgaria.

In an African first, a landmark project that converts gas from household waste into electricity has been launched in Durban. The project will enable the city to earn revenue through both the sale of electricity to medium-income homes and the sale of carbon credits.

The Zambian annual rate of inflation for the month of January 2010 has recorded a decline of 0.3 percentage points and now stands at 9.6 percent.

The Central Statistical Office has attributed this reduction to the 3.6 percentage point decrease in some food prices while non-food products in the consumer price index accounted for six percentage points.
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The only group containing two former Fifa World Cup winners: France (1998) and Uruguay (1930 and 1950). Hosts South Africa will have their work cut out for them!

Over-the-counter sales, 15 new ticketing centres, two new call centres for queries, and a further 280 000 lower-cost category 4 tickets for locals – the 2010 Fifa World Cup ticket rush is about to kick in!

After three of five ticketing sales phases for the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa, over 2-million tickets – two-thirds of the total available – have been sold.