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| At the annual congress of South African Council of Shopping Centres in Cape Town on 20-22 August, Peter Gold, CBRE: MD of EMEA Retail Cross Border Retail will discuss what consumers expect from shopping centres and retailers. read more>>
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Charles Brewer At the 2014 US-Sub Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (known as the AGOA Forum), which coincided with President Barack Obama's US-Africa Leaders Summit... Read more >> | As Yuppiechef.com celebrates its eighth birthday this month, the company can review an international expansion over the past few months. It has started shipping its kitchen and home products to homes across southern and eastern Africa, to as far as the UAE. Read more >> | |
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 | Measured in real terms (constant 2012 prices)‚ retail trade sales remained unchanged between June 2013 and June 2014 after increasing by 2.6% year-on-year in May. read more>> | | |
 | Alistair Anderson Vunani Property Investment Fund (VPF) announced on Thursday, 14 August 2014, that it had acquired the office block‚ Edcon Place‚ located in the Johannesburg CBD for R150.47m. read more>> | | |
 | Wholesale trade sales increased 3.2% year on year (y/y) in June compared with a 0.8% drop in May‚ Statistics South Africa data showed on Thursday, 14 August 2014. read more>> | | |
 | Woolworths has acquired the remaining 49% stake in its Zambian business, another step in its African expansion strategy. read more>> | | |
 | The Google Glass Explorer Edition is now available online in South Africa from Takealot.com at R26,999 on the website. [video] read more>> | | |  | HONG KONG - Lenovo has posted a 23% jump in quarterly net profit, beating market estimates as the Chinese technology company logged strong sales of personal computers and smartphones. read more>> | |  | MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Hackers broke into Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's Twitter account and tweeted that he had resigned for criticising President Vladimir Putin. read more>> | |  | WASHINGTON, USA: A rise in low-cost smartphone sales, notably in emerging markets, helped Google's Android platform extend its dominance in the mobile market in the second quarter according to a survey released this week. read more>> | |  | LONDON, UK: Who will win? You decide! read more>> | | | More International | |
|  | Illegal power connections have come under the spotlight as Eskom's National Electricity Safety Week continues. read more>> | |  | Nosihle Shelembe Government has set itself the goal of 'creating' 100 black industrialists in the next three years to contribute to the economy and create jobs, Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Mzwandile Masina said. read more>> | |  | Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has dismissed claims that the Ebola Virus Disease has arrived in South Africa. read more>> | | | More Government news | |
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