There are currently more than 50 property websites available to South African internet users and they can be an invaluable tool when looking for a new home. But, with that many property portals to choose from, how do you pick a suitable site? There are a few key aspects to keep in mind.
Cellphone technology is about to revolutionise the efficiency of the country’s property industry, making searching for property that much easier and faster. That is according to Simon Leps, CEO of South African-based global mobile solutions firm Fontera.
After almost a decade of the good life, tubby animals in a South Korean zoo are to go on a diet. Seoul Grand Park Zoo, which had been feeding its charges according to 1998 guidelines, has decided to go back closer to nature, the <i>JoongAng Daily</i> reported on Monday.
A retired Serbian physics professor has built a house with plastic bottles in the place of bricks, a local newspaper reported on Monday. Tomislav Radovanovic, who came up with the idea before becoming a pensioner, built the dwelling from about 14Â 000 bottles in the central town of Kragujevac, 130km south of the capital, Belgrade.
Jobs are being lost in South Africa because of bad attitudes to customers, training company BizTech said on Monday. ”Whether it’s slow delivery of infrastructure to people in poor areas, overcharging tourists or rude call-centre agents, South Africa’s poor customer service is developing a reputation that is stymying business.”
Table Mountain will be patrolled by police and guards from South African National Parks after a spate of muggings at the popular tourist spot, the Western Cape’s community safety department said on Monday. On Thursday a meeting will be held to discuss further security measures after at least 18 muggings were reported between January and August 2007.
South African gold-mining group Harmony said on Monday it would not be selling any of its South African gold assets. The world’s fifth largest gold producer told those attending a presentation of its June quarter and annual results that "vultures" were circling its South African operations but that the businesses were not for sale.
The JSE retained its strong tone at noon on Monday, riding on the back of calmer overseas markets — but traders refrained from pushing too high ahead of Wall Street opening. At 12.01pm, the all-share index was up 1,59%. Resources gained 1,87% and the gold- and platinum-mining indices climbed 2,05% and 2,45% respectively.
Watching thousands of tourists stroll through Venice’s Saint Mark’s Square, steward Giovanna is ready to step in at the first sign of unacceptable behaviour — picnics, bare torsos or discarded food wrappers. Speaking languages ranging from Chinese to Polish, Giovanna and six other women have been deployed by the lagoon city to improve decorum and cleanliness in the square Napoleon called ”the drawing room of Europe”.
Alexandria, the Egyptian coastal city where Cleopatra had love affairs with Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, is trying to regain some of its old glory as a tourism destination for European and Arab elites. This summer, a new luxury hotel opened on the site of a grand old establishment where Austrian archdukes and Egyptian khedives would gather for Viennese pastries or tennis a century ago.