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Selling South Africa to the world is the goal of the International Marketing Council.

Its members already have some compelling ideas about what the key concept should be. the challenge facing the council is how to turn the eyes of the world southwards and keep them there. The competition is ferocious and often our own bad headline news travels faster than a smart marketing message.
By Peter Frost

Francophile influences, marble, crystal and special paint effects distinguish this mansion

Marble, crystal, silver and light. Stucco, silk, porcelain and perhaps even Marie Antoinette's shoe? A Johannesburg Hyde Park mansion reveals itself as a new art form.
By Deborah Curtis-Setchell

An interview with Wilbur Smith, who has just released his 27th novel, Warlock

Wilbur Smith's latest book Warlock was released last month. This, his 27th book, is likely to join the ranks of the 18 golden pans he has already written, books that have sold over one million copies each.
Les Aupiais spoke to the author about his special passion for 'The Dark Continent', his driving force and about his new love.

Does the Celtic Tiger have economic and other lessons for a would-be South African Lion?

Ireland shakes off it's cliches and rough rural mantle and is now set to match Leprechaun with the Chinese Dragon and other world economic forces.
And there are lessons to be learnt for South Africa.
By Mike Wills

In Tanzania, Masai herders discovered a precious stone a thousand times rarer than diamonds

Tanzania's assets are no secret: 80km of Indian Ocean coastline, the Serengeti, 20 percent of Africa's largest mammals, Africa's deepest lake and it's highest peak.
It seems a little unfair on the rest of the continent that it also harbours one of the most beautiful natural resources found beneath the earth.
By Leigh Novis