...with the road closures if you are anywhere near Cape Town this Thursday, 9 February 2012 - just check the list of
roads to be closed for Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address.
On the investment front, critics are up in arms over what they say are
Transnet delays that are costing SA billions, and on the mining front,
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu says the mining industry must transform.
On the security front, there have been complaints that the
secrecy bill has not been explained properly.
And there's plenty more news to catch up on; happy reading!
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The Samsung Electronics Engineering Academy's first class of Grade 12 students graduated recently at a ceremony held at the Alberton Civic Centre south of Johannesburg. Launched in March last year, the academy is a core part of Samsung's vision to fast-track the entry of African youths into the electronics job market, with a short-term goal to develop 10 000 electronics engineers across the continent by 2015. 
Telecommunications parastatal Telkom has permanently increased the monthly allowance on data caps at no extra charge. 
As part of its ongoing commitment to cutting-edge software development for the MXit platform, Maxxor recently conducted an in depth survey of its core users. The research exercise was funded by Microsoft South Africa and the results are enlightening. 
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LONDON, UK: Leading digital marketing agency, Greenlight, has announced that with effect from 31 January 2012, its domain name changed from greenlightsearch.com to 
