South African Products Directory

Sabiz's mission

Sabiz strives to catalogue top quality African products in an easy to find manner, with downloadable catalogues for each product or product range. The sabiz.biz website is easy to use, with no deep searching required to find products or services of great quality. If you're looking for something, you'll find it to the left under the 'categories' heading.

South Africa The Good News
The latest good news from South Africa.

SA’s first hospital playground for chronically ill children
The Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg today became the first in South Africa to have its own school playground. Funded by Medscheme, it is hoped that the playground will bring some normality to the lives of chronically and terminally ill children.

The playground was specially planned and built to avoid sharp surfaces, metal corners or pipes to take into account the physical frailties of children susceptible to cuts, bruises or more severe injuries.

“A panel of medical staff and specialists in designing play areas contributed ideas and the result has been what is probably South Africa’s most expensive – but safest play area,” said Andre Meyer, CEO of Medscheme.

Read more...

Pitch Fever: Looking for the World Cup legacy
The community of Lawaaikamp in the city of George, in the Western Cape, is similar to many other township areas: A community of small houses and dusty streets, the area struggles with poverty, unemployment, crime and drug abuse. And like many others, it is a community that loves soccer.

With less than 100 days to go before the FIFA 2010 World Cup, South Africa’s stadiums are receiving high praise from across the world, more than two thirds of the match tickets have been sold, and other infrastructure projects are nearing completion.

Read more...

IOL: South Africa
IOL: South Africa

Malema sings the Mokaba anti-boer tune
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has invoked the spirit of Peter Mokaba, said Premier Helen Zille is "suffering from Satanism" and gave ID President a tongue lashing - all in one speech.
Unholy row about Cape churches
A metro police officer was pulled from her official car and attacked, and armed colleagues were forced to retreat as residents confronted the council's Anti Land Invasion Unit about its demolition of places of worship.
National
RSS feed for all of the Mail & Guardian Online news stories

Mamelodi housing protests quiet down
The situation in Mamelodi East, in Tshwane, was quiet on Wednesday morning following violent protests earlier, police said.
Motorsport SA 'understands' contract canning
Motorsport SA (MSA) says it understands the Gauteng government's decision to cancel its international contracts with the sport beyond 2010.