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By MAZOLA MOLEFE (The Times) SOUTH AFRICANS are bracing themselves for a cold and long winter Eskom said it will continue with the power cuts if people use more electricity than required. The Times has looked at some electricity-saving appliances that could help you enjoy your winter — with o...

Article by www.ioltechnology.co.za Location based services accessed mostly through the cellphone will be key in ensuring the 2010 World Cup is a success and that tourists are able to fully experience the diverse country in which we live, according to Magnus Rademeyer, MD of location based services c...

Alexandra residents were not appeased by calls for unity at the end of a tense meeting on Tuesday in the sprawling township in which xenophobic violence erupted on Sunday night. As Safety and Security MEC Firoz Cachalia called on the community, during a mass meeting, to allow the police to do their ...

By Clayton Barnes (www.iol.co.za) Every month 70 000 South Africans join more than a million others facing legal action because they are in arrears. This comes despite claims from banks and other credit providers that they have radically reduced the number of customers taken to court for non-paym...

Good value-for-money travel packages at affordable prices are now available thanks to Southern Sun SunBreaks and South African Tourism Sho’t Left’s campaign, which is aimed at the emerging traveller. The campaign was launched last week. Key to the joint venture is the introduction of a l...

By Angela Quintal (www.iol.co.za) The Scorpions still have a place in the government’s law enforcement plan, given that organised crime remains a threat and needs to be addressed through an effective strategy, says Judge Sisi Khampepe . This was a key finding of the judge, tasked in 2005 to lo...

The Automobile Association has warned consumers that the higher cost of fuel - increasing by a record 68c per litre at midnight on Tuesday - will reduce their disposable income for some time to come. The wholesale price for diesel is set to increase by R1,30 a litre. Illuminating paraffin will incre...