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Feed your customers festive this season

Catherine Milward-Bridges

The build-up to the festive season takes meticulous preparation - depending on how particular you are. It also causes untold stress and is always over far too soon...

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Hair today, more tomorrow - SA black hair market shows continued growth

A vital source of jobs for women, who make up a large percentage of the informal economy on the poorest continent, the black hair industry continues to grow...

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Famous Brands to open Debonairs Pizza outlet in Angola

Famous Brands announced on Thursday, 4 December 2014, it will open its first Debonairs Pizza outlet in Angola in January next year in a tie-up with Shoprite's Hungry Lion franchise...

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Banking & Finance
Don't forget to factor in fuel this festive season
The drop in the retail price of petrol of 69 cents a litre will bring only temporary relief to consumers, who should rather look at reducing their debt load instead of going on a spending spree this holiday season... read more>>
Brand News
SABMiller says it has a head start in Colombia

Nick Hedley

SABMiller's strategy in Colombia was already suited to deal with new competitors, management told investors last month as the company prepares to contend with a fresh wave of competition... read more>>
CSI
Over 500k will go a long way for needy families this Christmas
The R525,150 raised at the Shoprite group of companies' annual Supplier Awards function, held in Stellenbosch on 29 November 2014, will be donated to FoodBank SA... read more>>
PNP holds another "Day for Madiba", all profits to NMCHT
To commemorate the anniversary of Nelson Mandela's passing, PnP will once again hold a "Day for Madiba" in its stores on 14 December, with that day's profits going to the Nelson Mandela's Children's Hospital Trust... read more>>
Hospitality
Seven tips to keep stains from ruining your staff's image

Stephen Sandmann

Keeping your front-of-house and kitchen staff's whites white is an important part of a good image in an industry where coffee, wine and other miscellaneous food stains are an everyday occurrence... read more>>
International
Lufthansa hands over "Robert Koch" evacuation aircraft
BERLIN/FRANKFURT, GERMANY: More than 700 Lufthansa employees volunteer as crew for aid flights; globally unique treatment facility on board... read more>>
TeliaSonera and Telenor to merge Danish operations
OSLO, NORWAY: Norwegian telecom operator Telenor and Swedish-Finnish rival TeliaSonera on Wednesday said they would merge their operations in Denmark, which last week was deemed the world's most connected country... read more>>
All the Midas Awards 2014 winners
NEW YORK CITY, US: The Midas Awards World's Best Financial Advertising has announced the winners for the 2014 competition... read more>>
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Government
Tshabalala says Unisa records doctored
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) chair Zandile Tshabalala is now claiming that University of SA (Unisa) records were doctored to show that she has no diploma or degree... read more>>
Programme for Mandela commemoration released
To commemorate the death of Nelson Mandela on 5 December 2013, the South African government led by the Presidency and supported by the Department of Social Development and the Nelson Mandela Foundation, have planned a series of events from 4-15 December 2014... read more>>
SARS's chief operations officer resigns
PRETORIA: The South African Revenue Service's chief operations officer (COO) has resigned. Barry Hore will leave the revenue service at the end of December, said SARS on Tuesday, 2 December. read more>>
A key(point) ruling
NEWSWATCH: The Minister of Police has been ordered to hand over the list of national key points to R2K and other parties, reports Mail & Guardian... read more>>
The 13% liar
SABC chair Ellen Tshabalala scored a pathetic 13% in a labour relations course, was barred from re-registering for a diploma course at Unisa... and lied under oath in Parliament... read more>>
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