South Africa has been ranked 28th among 108 countries measured for responsible competitiveness, according to the global think tank AccountAbility, a partner of the Unisa Centre for Corporate Citizenship.

Rory Stear, executive chairman of Freeplay Energy, has been honoured by Principal Voices as a world leader in energy efficiency and for promoting access to energy amongst the marginalised, reports SA Good News.

The award-winning musical, The Lion King, is marking its 10th anniversary with a first run on the continent that inspired its storyline.

A new SMS tip-off service has led to the arrest of 10 people since its launch. According to a joint statement by police and Primedia, more than 1 600 smses had been sent so far.

Economic growth in SA is breaking historical records, President Thabo Mbeki told MPs.

Dylan Lewis has become the first contemporary SA artist to have a solo exhibition of his work auctioned at Christie's, South Kensington, London – before this Christie's had always grouped SA artists together.

The Artscape production of The Boy Who Fell From The Roof has won an international award and picked two nominations at a theatre festival in Dublin.

Britain's International Power is considering possible coal plant joint ventures with the state utility in SA where demand is far outstripping supply.

SA's new AIDS plan was lauded by the chief of the UN's AIDS/HIV agency, who said the country was now well-placed to lead Africa into a new phase in responding to the pandemic.

International ratings agency Moody's Investors Service rewarded SA's conservative fiscal policies by changing its ratings outlook from stable to positive.

A new daily newspaper, The Times, is being delivered to the homes of 120 000 subscribers of the Sunday Times.

SA won 195 medals – 48 more than last year – at the recent 2007 International Wine Challenge in London, billed as the world's largest blind wine-tasting competition.

It's been a great Everest season as four South Africans have made it to the top of the world.

SA plans to be both home to the world' largest radio telescope and one of its constructors, Science and Technology Minister Mosibudi Mangena said on Friday.

Primary schools in Cape Town make up a third of 109 'high-risk' schools in and around the city, as the youngest group of pupils suffer gangsterism, drug-dealing and violence.

He has catered for Nelson Mandela's birthday party and has fed city officials and tourists alike, but what has brought Khayelitsha businessman Abe Bokwe the greatest pleasure is perhaps the chance to pass on all he has learnt in his 36 years in the hospitality industry.

Sand and dust swirl in the afternoon air as construction vehicles grind their way across a sprawling settlement dotted with unfenced pastel coloured houses.

Former SA Chamber of Business CE Kevin Wakeford has been appointed head of a 'turnaround action team' of experts to help the government’s most dysfunctional department, Home Affairs.

In a Business Day column, Anton Harber says that it's a good time for journalists and other media people.

Africa's biggest tourism trade show, Indaba, ended as it began – in a hive of bustling activity as more than 1 800 stands were dismantled at Durban's International Convention Centre.

Members of President Thabo Mbeki's international think tank have given the red card to SA's 2010 World Cup detractors, with at least one business leader saying he believed the event would be one of the greatest ever.

A Malaysian orangutan was recovering well on Wednesday following cataract surgery, said to be the first conducted on its species, according to park officials.

A R12bn monorail will be built between Johannesburg and Soweto in the next two years.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday that he had no doubts that the 2010 World Cup would take place in South Africa short of a natural disaster.

Having undergone a bit of a slump in the last decade, Sun City is enjoying a revival, with the Revamp Fairy waving her wand all over the place.