Vodacom has appointed Waldi Wepener as the new managing executive of its Western Cape region, succeeding Carol Hall, who retired in June after three decades with the company. Wepener will be ...

Wepener will be responsible for overseeing operations in the province, driving business growth and strengthening Vodacom’s stakeholder engagement, with a focus on expanding digital inclusion. “I am ...

Olympic mascots are symbolic figures representing the host country and its culture, introduced to engage the public and promote the Olympic spirit. The first official mascot was Waldi, a dachshund, at ...

The winning mascot will follow in the footsteps of Waldi, the dachshund dog who became the first official Olympic mascot when the Bavarian city hosted the Olympic Games in 1972. "Posing with Malaika ...

It was on July 23 in 1970 that a young wirehaired dachshund puppy was presented by Willi Daume, the President of Munich 1972, to Felix Levitan, head of the International Association of the Sports ...

Sports biggest stars often receive iconic nicknames, usually summing up the athlete in question with a name best suiting their character. Jan-Ove Waldner has a few – in China he’s known as 老瓦 or Lǎo ...

Even if our four-legged friends like to get up to mischief and cause chaos, we know that we couldn’t live without them. Here at WALDI we understand the antics of our furry friends only too well and ...

The Olympic mascots are fictional characters, usually an animal native to the area or human figures. They represent the cultural heritage of the place where the Olympic and Paralympic Games are taking ...