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The online beauty community, rubybox.co.za, has expanded its operations, following a majority investment from 24.com (a subsidiary of Naspers' Media24) in September last year. Read more >> | Jan van Zyl The contraction of 0.6% in the gross domestic product (GDP) during the first quarter of 2014 does not bode well for the meat industry in South Africa, especially after the disappointing 1.9% growth in 2013. Read more >> | iLegal 2014, scheduled for 5 August 2014 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Rosebank, Johannesburg, will cover critical issues related to surveillance and security. The conference will highlight both legal and practical insights into how the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) affects security operations. Read more >> |
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 | Retail-focused Accelerate Property Fund, whose flagship property is Johannesburg's R2bn Fourways Mall, has released its maiden results for the year to March ahead of its pre-listing forecast. Read more >>
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 | Bronwyn Oliveira Profitable franchisees have several things in common such as leadership skills, reliability, people and skills. They should also have a positive attitude to life and business, be focused and motivated, work hard and demonstrate to those under them that hard work can achieve positive results. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Visser The International Trade Administration Commission (Itac) has imposed duties of between 8% and 40% on all imports of soda ash from the US into the South African Customs Union (Sacu). Read more >>
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 | The Competition Commission has published terms of reference giving notice of its intention to institute a market enquiry into the state of competition in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sector. Read more >>
|  | Justine Krige Included among the objects of the Consumer Protection Act, No. 68 of 2008 (CPA) are the imperatives to strengthen a culture of consumer rights as well as consumer-focused service delivery. Read more >>
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 | Tune in to the Biz Takeouts Marketing & Media radio show tomorrow, Thursday, 26 June from 9am-10am as we chat to Mandy Phiri from Times Media, as well as John Sanei of Future-Collective. [twitterfall] Read more >>
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|  | BERLIN, GERMANY Germany's booksellers and publishers said they had complained to the country's competition watchdog about Internet coompany Amazon, accusing it of using "blackmail" to gain discounts from publishers. Read more >>
|  | AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS: Taqua, LLC, announced at the LTE World Summit in Amsterdam the general availability of its Voice-over-WiFi (VoWiFi) Virtual Mobile Core for UMTS-based networks. Read more >>
|  | NEW YORK CITY: The IMA Interactive Media Awards deadline is looming - in fact, it's Monday, 30 June. Read more >>
|  | WASHINGTON, USA: Malicious software is increasingly making its way into mobile phones through "cloned" versions of popular apps, and software weaknesses in legitimate ones, security researchers warn. Read more >>
|  | WASHINGTON - Don't write off teens and Facebook just yet as a report released by Forrester Research showed it was still by far the most popular despite new apps and services like Snapchat and Tumblr. Read more >>
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More International
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|  | Growth in membership of the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) has led to a notable increase in medical aid membership generally. Read more >>
|  | PRETORIA: President Jacob Zuma has welcomed the conclusion of the strike by platinum mine workers. Read more >>
|  | PRETORIA: The Department Mineral Resources says its Gauteng Regional Offices will remain closed until further notice, following a fire at the building at the weekend. The office is located in Braamfontein. Read more >>
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|  | Brian Berkman Contributing Editor, Travel, Brian Berkman, asked Shane Collinson, Director of Operations and Complex General Manager at Silverstar about why he loves the West Rand with such passion. Read more >>
|  | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Citroen has always been enthusiastic about hoisting the avant garde flag when unwrapping a new model and its latest C4 Picasso people-mover certainly again lifts the bar a good few notches higher than just about everything else in its class and price range. Read more >>
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