The fifth BRICS Summit ended recently and was marked by Jacob Zuma's call for the organisation to
create a new funding model in Africa. He wants regional projects to be favoured for finance. Also at the event, Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said that
partnerships in manufacturing are vital for BRICS success.
On a more sombre note, if the ANC has its way, there will be no judicial oversight over eavesdropping on communications originating outside of SA. So if the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill becomes law, you will have to
mind what you say - or write.
On a most sombre note, it has not been a good time for the SANDF, what with casualties in the Central African Republic and now the loss of five of its members who
died in an anti-poaching operation in the Kruger National Park when their helicopter crashed.
You're in HR, right? Or you're in management... so how are your internal communications - are you
getting the message right? Grace Harding, with 15 years of working in the field of internal communications / internal marketing, provides some views on the subject. After all, how can your staff perform properly if they are not getting the right message?
Finally, our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser, and no slouch in the power game himself, says that the
Cruze has been given an extra dollop of power - hopefully that will end any talk of the model being a tad lazy.
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Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (Brics) can help forge a new funding model in Africa where regional projects spanning a number of countries are favoured for finance, says Jacob Zuma. Brics leaders had earlier pledged to boost support to the continent. 
President Jacob Zuma is expected to attend a memorial service on Tuesday (2 April) for the 13 SANDF soldiers killed in the Central African Republic. 
The bodies of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members, who were killed in the Central African Republic (CAR) during clashes with the rebels over the weekend, have been brought home. 
The London-based BRICS Media Network, established in 2012 to bring fresh perspectives to coverage of the emerging new economic world order, has launched BRICS Age, a print magazine commemorating the historic Fifth BRICS Summit in Durban, South Africa. 
Eight steel companies exceeded the 85 decibel (A-rated) limit by between 50% and 100% according to a study on noise-induced hearing loss, done by the National Institute for Occupational Health. 
Rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR) regretted the action that led to 13 SA National Defence Force soldiers dying in the strife-torn country, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) said on Tuesday (26 March). 
NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's government has told the Indian unit of British mobile phone giant Vodafone that its licences for three big cities cannot be extended and it will have to bid again, the company has said. 
An online database of municipal officials dismissed for misconduct will soon be running and it is hoped that this will prevent transgressors being re-employed at other municipalities, the Ministry for Co-operative Governance said last week. 
Defence Deputy Minister Thabang Makwetla will visit soldiers wounded in the Central African Republic at 1 Military Hospital, in Pretoria, on Thursday (28 March). 
There were 142‚833 documented new immigrants in SA last year‚ Statistics SA's (Stats SA) said in a release on Tuesday (26 March) 
Scientists have found traces of human tissue in meat meant for public consumption, but this poses "no threat" to the consumers who eat it. 
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