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SA Rocks

• Gareth Cliff has an opinion about everything.
  We all knew that. What most of us don’t realise is that he’s not stupid. I quite enjoy listening to him go on about touchy topics, call a spade a shovel and create conversation. I’d love to say that I have read Gareth’s book yet. I haven’t. I’m looking forward to reading it once I’ve [...]
• Trak and Jeremy Loops rocking out
  I have a friend, he can rap. He has a friend, he can play guitar and loves to loop. This is them: Similar Posts: TRAK and Jeremy Loops – Cape Town musical hotness “The Slickers” than your average Snow Patrol – The Planets Between Us, filmed in Cape Town Mariam Jo’burg – that’s her name, [...]
• Brendan Jack a comedy memoir
  The comedic genius that is Brendan Jack has come together in a new book: EMPIRE: How to Succeed with Nothing but Passion, Great Ideas and a Wealthy Family Straight from the website’s pages: Do you enjoy laughing and being successful? Then get EMPIRE: How to Succeed with Nothing but Passion, Great Ideas and a Wealthy [...]

SA Good News

• Rural boy sets sights on bright future in engineering
  Tumelo Lengoabala is the first person in his family to pass matric. Having lost his mother when he was just 14 years old, Tumelo is determined to succeed in her memory by going to university and becoming an engineer. In his hometown of Phamong Village near Qwa-Qwa where unemployment is at 48%, Tumelo is already a shining star.
  

  

• SA set for massive infrastructure drive
  South Africa will spend billions of rands on new infrastructure in the coming years, focusing on rail and road projects, economic links in five regions in the country, new universities and refurbished hospitals, President Jacob Zuma said in his 2012 State of the Nation address.
  

  

• Unemployment down
  The unemployment rate fell to 23.9% between the third and fourth quarters of 2011, Statistics SA said on Tuesday. Between the third and fourth quarters of 2011, the number of unemployed persons decreased by 198,000, Kefiloe Masiteng, deputy director general of population and social statistics, told reporters in Pretoria.