There are some people who might be forgiven for having a sense of schadenfreude at the news that while Telkom is appealing against the fine it got for uncompetitive behaviour, the Competition Commission is also appealing -
for a heftier fine. For years South Africans from all walks of life have bemoaned Telkom's high charges. Organisations need to know that when people reckon they are being ripped off, there can be consequences.
Good news for Denel is that a
new agreement strengthens Denel Aerostructures' role in A400M manufacturing. It's hoped that the development will contribute significantly to the financial turnaround of the South African company and confirm its position as a top-tier supplier on the world's most advanced military airlifter.
There's more to climate change than just higher food prices... Robbie Louw writes that recent research, conducted in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
links the social unrest that plagued the world during 2008/9 and 2011 to high world food prices. The research linked 28 events of social unrest in 22 countries, in which more than 12,000 people died, to the food price index exceeding a critical level.
In the wake of the Woolies saga, the government has plans to strengthen the
employment equity law.
Finally, from a man who himself epitomises French flair and panache, our tame motoring editor, Henrie Geyser reckons that the new Renault Fluence literally
oozes French flair.
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Working with SHAWCO Health, a team comprising marketing students from the Red&Yellow School of Logic + Magic, known as #changealife, has won the Prezence Digital Student Brand Challenge. The team has been awarded R10 000 after producing a digital marketing campaign for SHAWCO Health. 
Results from Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings for 2012/13, place the University of Cape Town (UCT) at 154. The university has climbed two places, up from 156 in 2011 and 161 in 2010. The QS system ranks UCT as the only university in Africa in the top 200 and 7th in the Top ten BRICS universities. The rankings also place five South African universities in the top 700. 
In support of International Literacy Week and the Readathon 2012 initiative, READ held a reading 'flash mob', reading for enjoyment at the Johannesburg City Library late last week. 
TSiBA has been graduating leaders and entrepreneurs for over four years now and has already produced four Mandela Rhodes scholars. Now this unique business school has another accolade to add to the list - an innovative and inspiring book written by TSiBA students themselves! 
