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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DURBAN: The success of the Brics partnership will be measured not only in the amount that trade will increase by, but also in the partnerships that members will be able to develop in supporting productive capacity, said the Minister of Trade and Industry, Rob Davies. 
The 15th biennial KZN Industrial Technology Exhibition will be held at the Durban Exhibition Centre from 23 to 26 July 2013, and aims to attract high-profile stakeholders and exhibitors from all over the country. 
At a ceremony attended by the Chinese and South African presidents in Pretoria on Wednesday (27 March), Nedbank signed an agreement with Bank of China to provide a loan of R800m for a new cement factory in Limpopo. 
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Struggling Finnish phone company Nokia said last week the Indian tax officials had demanded the company pay taxes worth US$363m, but a court order has prevent the payment. 
WASHINGTON, USA: Tablet computers fueled growth in 2012 in the market for "smart connected devices," which crossed the threshold of one billion units for the first time, according to a study released 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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