Earth Summit Results
As the running gag winds to a close, News24 lets us know that Business is brisk at summit:

Johannesburg - The WSSD has lived to its expectations in the hospitality industry with restaurant owners around Sandton, Illovo, Rosebank, Hyde Park, Melrose Arch and surrounding areas conducting brisk business from the beginning of the Summit, according to Johannesburg World Summit Company (Jowsco) CEO Moss Mashishi.

The majority of headquarter hotels accommodating heads of states and other VIP's are serving these delegates exclusively due to heightened security requirements.

"South African cuisine is a favorite among the guests with most visitors favouring game meat.

"Europeans think that wild animals are kept as pets, which makes it interesting," said one happy restaurant owner.

Would messieurs care for another slice of Sally the Springbok or Wally the Wildebeest?

For the official banquet:

South Africa showcased its finest delicacies as well as the fare of the very poor at the UN World Summit on Sustainable Development's official banquet in Johannesburg on Monday, attended by leaders and ministers from more than 180 states.

The feast kicked off with terrine of guinea fowl, served with wild mushrooms and lentil salad with a sweet pepper sauce.

For the main course, there were medallions of Karoo lamb, served on a bed of polenta cake and mealie-meal - a corn porridge that is the staple of most of the population - with a tamarind and mango dressing.

Dessert was pear and pineapple mousse, with fresh berries and a drizzling of raspberry sauce.

Wines were export-grade cabernet sauvignon, chardonnay and sparkling wine, all from South African vineyards.

Yeah, the "fare of the very poor" sure was a big part of the soiree.

And in further news, the Earth Summit boosted South African car sales. Vroom, vroom, ecoweenies!