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Namibia cuts phone fees before SA

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:40:00 +0200

Opposition to the high cost of making a cellphone call from one network to another is rising, with SA now being derided for falling behind Namibia in its prices.
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No cheers for Zim wines and spirits

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:13:00 +0200

It's no longer cheers for local wine and spirit lovers. Come August, they will pay more for wines and spirits, after finance minister Tendai Biti increased customs duty on these products.
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Piracy looms over Copyright Summit

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:52:00 +0200

WASHINGTON: Movie directors, composers, authors, legal experts, policy-makers and others are meeting here this week to discuss the "threats and opportunities" the Internet poses to copyright in the digital age.
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LG pushes for Anti-Counterfeit Bill in Kenya

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:11:00 +0200

LG is pushing for the enactment of the Anti-Counterfeit Bill into law as a measure to fight peddling of counterfeit goods such as cellphone handsets and associated gadgets in Kenya.
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Botswana recalls Chinese dairy products

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:32:00 +0200

The Botswana authorities have become the latest of a number of governments around the world to recall Chinese-made dairy products, following the melamine scare.
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Embassies 'used for smuggling'

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:08:00 +0200

Authorities are struggling to prevent counterfeit goods entering South Africa as criminals are using embassies to smuggle the products into the country.
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Doing business in Africa

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 07:41:00 +0200

Doing Business 2009: Record year for regulatory reform in Africa - Senegal, Burkina Faso, and Botswana make key improvements; Mauritius ranks highest in region on ease of Doing Business.
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SA's Black business rejects ‘shocking' court ruling on Chinese

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:29:00 +0200

A number of Black business organisations including the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (NAFCOC), Black Management Forum (BMF) and Black Lawyers Association (BLA) have reacted with anger to a recent High Court judgement that found that Chinese South Africans now qualify as BBBEE and EAA beneficiaries.
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New members join MDDA board

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:43:00 +0200

The Media Development and Diversity Agency (MDDA) is a statutory development agency for promoting, supporting and ensuring media development and diversity, set up as a partnership between the South African Government and major print and broadcasting media companies, in terms of the MDDA Act No. 14 of 2002.
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