The Surfing South Africa (SSA) Board of Director’s have ratified the selection of the South African Surfing Team which will compete in the 2009 International Surfing Association (ISA) World Surfing Games at Playa Hermosa near San Jose, Costa Rica in August. The South African Team’s preparations, training and attendance at the ISA World Surfing Games [...]

WHILE Nelson Mandela Bay consortium Embo gave a glittering presentation yesterday in its bid to win the city‘s only casino licence, it was taken to task for not yet having secured land for the proposed development. Embo‘s trump card was the surprise announcement that it would build a world-class Hilton Hotel should its bid be [...]

I don’t know how it happened that I’d come to take against France and the French – particularly as I had never been there – but I suspect it had much to do with good old Anglo-Saxon prejudices inherited from my parents. As a child I clearly recall that every time General De Gaulle’s Gallic [...]

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The closing of the high-profile deal that turned casino giant Harrah’s Entertainment from a publicly traded company into a private business resulted in six of the company’s executives landing in the top 10 of In Business Las Vegas’ list of highest-paid business leaders this year. Gary Loveman, CEO of Harrah’s, landed the top spot on [...]