Natasha Sideris turned her love of people and an upbringing in the food business into tashas, one the most successful restaurant chains South Africa has seen in years. She borrowed money from loan sharks to get the first...
South Africa’s coal reserves are estimated at 53 billion tonnes and with our present production rate, there should be almost 200 years of coal supply left.
Without no doubt, the name BAKERS BISCUITS is a household name in the African continent. It has a special connection to South Africa because that’s where the business originated. Fine range of packeted biscuits baked by...
Barberton, the ‘Daisy Town’, was named after Henry Barber on 24th of July 1884 by the gold commissioner David Walson, after Barber and his cousin Fred discovered gold in the area. The mining of gold in South Africa...
From a single Fruit & Veg City store in Cape Town to the largest privately owned independent food retail group in Africa, Food Lover’s Market has been giving out fresh produce excellence in South Africa for the last 28...
A man from Cape Town currently holds the record for the biggest powerball win, which is also the biggest overall lottery win in South Africa. This massive top prize of R232 131 750 came about after rolling over 24 consecutive...
The new Central Fire Station will soon be ready to serve and rescue residents and workers in Johannesburg’s high-rise buildings. The development of the new station was established by The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA)...
South Africa and its people currently hold over 150 Guinness World Records.
Peter “Fats” Lazarides left school at the age of 16 and went on to fulfill his military requirements to get it past him. This was during SA’s apartheid era, when young men would do their national service and then have 10...
Percy Maimela got an acre of space in the Guinness book for creating the largest ever mosaic. The artist set the record in September 2019 by creating a massive 5 x 5 meters mosaic of the DJ Black Coffee at Sandton City...