Government will spend R100 million to market South Africa's tourism industry, Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom announced on Tuesday.

The Gauteng Advisory Panel on the Socio-economic Impact of E-tolls will kick off its month-long consultation process on Wednesday.

The annual Real Estate Investor Conference will be jointly hosted by Rode and REIM this year and will take place in September in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.

Vunani Property Investment Fund has acquired the office block‚ Edcon Place‚ located in the Johannesburg CBD for R150.47m. 

City Lodge Hotels sets aside R475m to build two new hotels in East Africa, and is looking for other opportunities to add hotels in capital cities across East and Southern Africa.

Gauteng provincial government identifies more than 37,000 properties, many of which it is looking to offer to township businesses.

Redevelopment of the Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg is having a welcome effect on hotels in the area, with foreign business tourists now staying longer, partly to shop at the new high-end stores.

SA's construction and engineering industry is told failure to comply with amended black economic empowerment codes by April 30 next year will leave them out of pocket.

International perceptions about Johannesburg change, making it easier to bid to host international events in the city , says executive director of the Sandton Convention Centre, Matifadza Nyazema.

Freedom of travel through Europe has become that much easier for South African investors, through Portugal's recently introduced Golden Visa Programme which provides unrestricted access to move within the 26 European countries in the Schengen zone.