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Rhodes Food to buy fruit juice firm Pacmar

Nick Hedley

Rhodes Food Group said yesterday, 7 January 2015, it would buy a Western Cape fruit juice business for R165m, its first major acquisition...

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Me-commerce to We-commerce, explains e-commerce power shift

Claire Cobbledick

Trade will find you in the comfort of your own home, with a veritable flood of merchants next door. Individuals are thinking differently about the dead capital in their homes...

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Brand loyalty - a thing of the past for technology brands?

Sid Peimer

This year's Consumer Electronics Show will feature everything from biometric socks and other 'wearables' to 3D printers, drones, robotics, virtual reality and TVs where the clarity is best described as 'breath-taking'. However...

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Retail
New vehicle sales in December up 10.7%
The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) on Wednesday, 7 January 2015, reported new vehicle sales in December rose 10.7%‚ or 4‚979 vehicles year on year... read more>>
Manufacturing
Uncertainty mars tender for digital TV

Amuel Mungadze

A state entity is forging ahead with a R4.3bn tender for the manufacture of television set-top boxes without the government having finalised its policy on the devices. read more>>
Regulatory
Fidelity, Protea merger approved
The Competition Commission has approved with conditions the intermediate merger whereby Fidelity Cash Solutions and Fidelity Security Services intend to acquire several businesses from Protea Coin Group... read more>>
Supply Chain
Ceres farmer wins Freshmark Supplier of the Year
Award-winning Rossouw Cillié of Laastedrif Farming in Ceres has added another accolade to his already impressive collection of awards... read more>>
International
MEF identifies 10 key mobile trends for 2015
LONDON, UK: MEF, the global community for mobile content and commerce, looks at the year ahead to predict the ten key mobile trends that will shape the global mobile landscape in 2015... read more>>
IMA final call for entries: Deadline extended to 15 January
NEW YORK CITY, US: Due to a high number of requests for a deadline extension we will continue to accept submissions until 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time, 15 January... read more>>
New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs 2015 competition open for entries
NEW YORK CITY, US: New York Festivals World's Best Radio Programs is now accepting entries for the 2015 competition... read more>>
World's press condemns attack against Charlie Hebdo
WAN-IFRA and the World Editors Forum condemn yesterday's attack against French satirical publication Charlie Hebdo that has left 12 dead and at least four seriously wounded (Video)... read more>>
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Government
SARS reaches its limit of effective collection

Loane Sharp

In a new series of TV advertisements called Paranoia, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) warns people: "We're closing in on you." The character in the advert is jumpy and sweaty. For good reason... read more>>
Education key to economic freedom - Ramaphosa
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on young people to be educated and to be innovative in order to achieve economic freedom in their lifetime... read more>>
Avoiding fiscal cliff will have taxpayers staggering

Jannie Rossouw, Fanie Joubert and Adèle Breytenbac

South Africa is heading for a fiscal cliff if the present trends in social assistance expenditure and the growth rate in public service remuneration continue. If historic trends continue all government revenue will be used for these two expenditure items by 2026... read more>>
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