Ronelda Visser – The Mail & Guardian

/ 21 April 2008

Bid or buy: South Africa’s priciest pies up for sale

Creating the most expensive dish in the country to help the poor sounds like a contradiction, but it is not. By making 10 exclusive little "Sexy Duck and Jozi Bling" pies and auctioning them online, the organisers of this year’s Jo’burg Wine Show want to raise funds for children from impoverished communities.

By Imke Van Hoorn

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/ 29 November 2007

‘Business as usual’ in flood-ravaged areas

Tourism officials said this week it is ”business as usual” after severe floods hit the South Africa’s southern coast. ”Although the damage to property has been significant, the fact that the floods took place before the official start of the holiday season could prevent huge economic losses for the tourism sector,” said a tourism spokesperson.

By Zahira Kharsany, Thembelihle Tshabalala and Mail & Guardian Online reporter, Reuters and Sapa