DIGITALWATCH: A new organisation for ranking South African websites, the Website Association of South Africa (WASA), launched late last week amid controversy: the Online Publishers Association (OPA) of South Africa is now seeking legal action against WASA for publishing its members' Nielsen//Netratings rankings allegedly without permission. The OPA is expected to release a statement later today, Monday, 25 February 2008.
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