<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>the Marketing &amp; Media community of Southern Africa</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com//416/11.html</link><description>Southern Africa Marketing and Media news</description><ttl>15</ttl><category>Marketing & Media news - Southern Africa</category><image><url>http://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/11/logo5.gif</url><title>Bizcommunity.com</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/</link></image><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:38:09 +0200</pubDate><item><title>Fabulous fabric framing system</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/12/41807.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0911/39802.jpg?r=0" width="55" height="65" align="left"  /&gt;Display Mania has officially launched their every popular textile/fabric framing system.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/12/41807.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=12&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41807"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/12/41807.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:51:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item><item><title>Zim: Kimberley Process ignores its own advice</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41796.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwe's rough diamond trade has escaped a six-month suspension by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an international initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - after its own investigating team recommended earlier in 2009 that the country be temporarily barred from importing and exporting the gems.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41796.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=238&amp;c=87&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41796"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41796.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:45:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item><item><title>What can SishaFax do for your business?</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/16/41660.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0911/39555.jpg?r=0" width="65" height="55" align="left"  /&gt;At SishaFax we are currently saving millions of rands for our clients. All of whom are making use of our Free Fax2Email service. If any lesson is to be learned from the recent economic downturn, it has to be that regardless of the current economic situation an organisation should always perform at optimal standards. The key to this is to cut down on wastage of any kind and to adopt a streamlined and cost-efficient operation.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/16/41660.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=16&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41660"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/16/41660.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:24:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item><item><title>Partnership boosts Jet Community Awards</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/66/41718.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://mars.bizcommunity.com/c/0911/39670.jpg?r=0" width="55" height="70" align="left"  /&gt;Free-to-air TV station e.tv this year joined forces with Edcon Group to take the seven-year-old Jet Community Awards to another level - to create awareness around community projects participation and give exposure to those who are working hard under difficult conditions to improve the lives of ‘forgotten' people living in socially-disadvantaged areas of Southern Africa.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/66/41718.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&amp;c=66&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41718"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/66/41718.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:20:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwean diamonds face ban</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41672.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Zimbabwe faces having its diamonds suspended from international trading because of alleged human rights abuses by government security forces in the country's diamond fields.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41672.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=238&amp;c=87&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41672"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41672.html</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item><item><title>Bidvest Namibia share-offer oversubscribed</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/148/87/41341.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Bidvest Namibia, the commercial services and fishing business, announced late last week that its public offer of 50 719 000 ordinary shares had been oversubscribed. Applications for 54 809 716 shares came in from 676 applicants.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/148/87/41341.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=148&amp;c=87&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41341"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/148/87/41341.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:34:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item><item><title>Zim: Delta brings back the old beer brand</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41316.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The country's beverages group, Delta Corporation, has brought back the Chibuku “shake-shake” brand of opaque beer which had been abandoned in 1991 with the introduction of the “scud” brand.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41316.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=238&amp;c=87&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41316"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41316.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:58:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item><item><title>Zim: TV journalists arrested and held during cabinet meeting</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/15/41313.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;HARARE: Reporters Without Borders yesterday, 22 October 2009, condemned mistreatment by Zimbabwean intelligence agents of two journalists working for Arab satellite TV station al-Jazeera.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/15/41313.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=238&amp;c=15&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41313"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/15/41313.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:20:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item><item><title>Zim: Climate change puts Muzarabani on knife edge</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41271.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;Standing under a Musawu tree, in the middle of her homestead, three months pregnant, Muchaneta Kagodo, is terrified, as  changes in climate have spelt misery, loss and hunger. Kagodo is from Kairezi village in Muzarabani, Zimbabwe.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41271.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=238&amp;c=87&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41271"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/87/41271.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:02:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item><item><title>Zim: Marketers hold inaugural conference</title><link>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/423/41109.html</link><description>&lt;p&gt;The Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ) is to hold its inaugural convention in the resort town of Nyanga from 21 - 23 October 2009, an announcement said.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/423/41109.html"&gt;Read full story...&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=238&amp;c=423&amp;ct=1&amp;ci=41109"&gt;Send to a friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/238/423/41109.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:46:00 +0200</pubDate><source>http://www.bizcommunity.com/rss/416/11.html</source></item></channel></rss>