Square Kilometre Array South Africa has announced plans to work with multinational tech giant IBM to develop a next-generation "big data" platform for analyzing massive volumes of radio astronomy data, allowing astronomers to observe objects in space more effectively.

Inset: Artist's impression of Square Kilometre Array dishes at night. The full facility will comprise around 3 000 antennas with a combined collecting area of roughly one square kilometre (Image © Swinburne Astronomy Productions / Square Kilometre Array)

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A team of professional stunt bike riders, who are in Mossel Bay as part of the annual Buffalo Rally, will perform a range of awe-inspiring tricks and stunts at the Garden Route Casino.

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Three tests against New Zealand await the South African national cricket team, and they're aiming to continue a run of success that began with recent T20 and one-day international series wins over the Blacks Caps.

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South African Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called on protestors taking part in Wednesday's marches to cooperate with the police to ensure that the protests are peaceful and orderly.

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Three-time Dusi champion Andrew Birkett entrenched his status as a Dusi star by winning The Unlimited Non-Stop Dusi on debut on Friday after a breathtaking second half solo charge to set up an 11-minute victory over the first K2 home.

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Garden Route Casino's first Duke of Edinburgh Tournament (DOE) is almost a sell-out with only 10 four balls to be snapped up in the weeks leading up to the event.

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The Plettenberg Bay Easter Games will once again take place over the Easter weekend in April.  Various sporting events are planned for the duration of the long weekend.

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The trenches being dug all around the George CBD are heralding an exciting new era on the cyber front for Georgians. An extensive network of optic fibre is being laid which has the potential to lift the level of internet based services in George to a whole new level.

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South Africa's plan to build nuclear plants is not a quick-fix solution to the country's energy crisis but a step towards cleaner energy, Energy Minister Dipuo Peter said while unpacking the country's plan for a diversified energy mix

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South Africa moved up 13 places to 54th out of 93 jurisdictions in the latest influential Fraser Institute ranking of the world's most attractive regions for mining investment

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Sedgefield will play host to the Lakes Off-Road Festival at Pine Lake Marina this weekend (Saturday and Sunday, March 3 and 4). This is the second time that this event, previously known as the Pine Lake Marina Tri Challenge will take place.

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Google rolled out a new privacy policy on Thursday allowing the firm to track users across various services to develop targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from US and European consumer advocacy groups.

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Mossel Bay will be the first town in the Southern Cape to introduce a City Improvement District (CID) for a demarcated area in the centre of town.

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The Bitou Department of Strategic Services has announced its desire to liaise with all role-players in the tourism and related businesses on matters of tourism in the Bitou Municipality.

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The Eden District Municipality Coastal Management Programme was officiated on Thursday, in a ground-breaking, national initiative, between the Eden District Municipality and Aiden Wood of Rhodes University.

Inset: Eden District Municipality Executive Mayor, Wessie van der Westhuizen (middle) and Vernon Gibbs-Hall (Eden District Environmental Unit) hand over a R400 000 cheque to Aiden Wood of Rhodes University (left) for the Coastal Management programme which is the first to be launched in the province  (Photo: Knysna-Plett Herald).

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South Africa is fast becoming one of the world's favourite destinations for big events, meetings, conferences and exhibitions, Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk told delegates at the 2012 Meetings Africa expo in Johannesburg

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Players from 16 countries, including South Africa, have entered the KeNako South African World Juniors to be played at the Kingswood Golf Estate in George from 6 to 8 March.

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With less than a month to go before the 2012 UCI MTB World Cup season opener in Pietermaritzburg gets under way, cyclists in South Africa and abroad are starting to catch MTB World Cup fever.

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South Africa is taking steps to tackle piracy in its surrounding waters, and is considering re-opening a former naval base in Durban for this purpose, says Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu

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In cooperation with George Municipality, Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) is currently deploying a fibre infrastructure to the value of R15-million. This project will not only launch the city into the digital age, but it will also bring significant investment into the area.  Not only does DFA employ local labourers and contractors, but as part of its business strategy, most of the project materials and consumables are purchased from local businesses.

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