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| Henry Buell RIXEYVILLE, US: The direct sales industry has changed very little over the last few decades, incorporating new technologies as they have developed, rather than evolving their business practices to capitalise further on existing markets. Read more >> | The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that 10-15% of the global drug supply is fake, in Africa, this may account for up to 30% of medicines in circulation - with these figures ever growing. Read more >> |
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 | According to Drinks International, a wine and spirit publication, KWV has moved up three places in the World's 50 Most Admired Wine Brands, moving from 35 in 2013 to 32 in 2014. It is the only South African entry in the awards, which are a barometer of industry regard. Read more >>
|  | Madison has selected South African celebrity and trendsetter, Nonhle Thema as its new face of its shoe brand, as she effortlessly encompasses the quintessential, fashion-forward Madison woman. Read more >>
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 | Issued by PriceCheck PriceCheck CEO, André de Wet, and MTN Group Chief Commercial Officer, Pieter Verkade, have jointly announced a second co-branded app deal, this time for Nigeria. Read more >>
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 | The Franschhoek Bastille Festival is all grown up, as it gets ready to celebrate its 21st birthday on 12-13 July 2014, the day before Bastille Day. So, dust off your berets and dress up in your finest red, white and blue for one of this year's social calendar highlights. Read more >>
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 | Jessica Taylor Something you should know about me is that I don't diet, ever. When I think 'diet', I think 'be sad and eat your lettuce'. So I like to refer to my eating plan as a balanced diet that includes everything, in moderation. Read more >>
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 | HeadCount's 'Busiest Day of the Year Award' for 2013 in the Super Regional category has been awarded to Gateway Theatre of Shopping, for the tenth consecutive year. During the peak holiday season on 21 December 2013, 152,445 shoppers visited Gateway. Read more >>
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 | Andiswa Maqutu and Ron Derby Woolworths' bid to become one of the southern hemisphere's largest retailers by buying Australia's David Jones was dealt a blow last week when a shareholder vote to approve the deal was delayed by two weeks due to the emergence of billionaire investor Solomon Lew as one of the company's major shareholders. Read more >>
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|  | WASHINGTON, USA: Google and Microsoft plan to join Apple in introducing theft-deterring "kill switches" in their smartphone operating systems, as part of an agreement with mayors and police agencies. Read more >>
|  | The days of being able to lie to an unwanted telephone caller: "Sorry, I can't talk, I'm in the car" are about to end. Read more >>
|  | WASHINGTON, USA: Two arch rival US newspapers, the Washington Post and New York Times, agreed to work together to find ways to improve interaction with readers online. Read more >>
|  | WASHINGTON, US Google's Nest Labs said that it was buying video monitoring start-up Dropcam for a reported $555 million in cash. Read more >>
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|  | Jan-Jan Joubert Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti has published policy proposals requiring commercial farmers to hand over half their farms to farmworkers. Read more >>
|  | University attendance for black South Africans remains low, says Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). Read more >>
|  | Kanayo F. Nwanze Judging from the daily outpouring of commentary, opinions and reports, you would think that there were two African continents. Read more >>
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| NOSHCON 2014NOSA - 9 Sep 2014 to 12 Sep 2014 Central Drakensberg EnviroCon 2014Environmental Assurance (Pty) Ltd - 22 Oct 2014 to 24 Oct 2014 Pretoria |
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