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Sunbird Energy, an Australian listed energy company, has signed a 15-year gas sales term sheet which will see it supplying gas to Eskom. South Africa's national energy utility plans to use gas rather than costly diesel to power its generators.

South African retailer Woolworths is set to buy Australian department store chain David Jones for R21.4-billion (A$2.1-billion), in a deal that will create a leading southern hemisphere retailer with 1 151 stores across 16 countries.

Australian downhill racing siblings, Mick and Tracey Hannah, are hoping to make history by winning the men's and women's titles at the opening round of the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, which gets under way in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on Friday.

Australians also heeded the call to action on Nelson Mandela International Day with the launch of the Mandela's Day Kitchen, a massive cook-up at a a community kitchen facility in Sydney, which resulted in 670 meals being made in 67 minutes to the benefit of local communities.

The Australian government plans to unlock Africa's great food production potential by providing African farming communities with technical and scientific support and expertise, through the establishment of a new food security centre.
• Community's future in berry farming

Australian minerals exploration and development company Ferrum Crescent, which has sole operations in South Africa's Limpopo province, has secured a secondary listing on the JSE's main board.

Australian financial markets software provider IRESS Market Technology is to expand its activities in South Africa through the acquisition of local financial software solution provider Peresys for approximately R375-million.

In 2006, Australian soccer fan Steven Barnes camped in Munich for the Fifa World Cup, and in 2010 he will be one of over a thousand Australian soccer lovers who will call Durban's Sahara Stadium home.

Australian Joel Parkinson earned his second Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay title on Wednesday, posting a dominant performance in the final to beat Damien Hobgood of the US in classic one-to-1.5 metre waves at Supertubes in the Eastern Cape.

It's naartjies for Australian oranges as South African "easy peelers" scrum down in US markets. South Africa is now the largest supplier of fresh oranges to the United States, with some $24-million worth of the fruit exported in 2003 alone.