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Hard times ahead for SA consumers
31 Dec 2007
NEWSWATCH: What with Polokwane, the Bhutto assassination and the current crisis in Pakistan, it's hardly been a quiet Christmas for the news media. Of particular relevance to our industry is the financial pinch that hit consumers this festive season after a long year of interest rate rises and cost of living increases. Retailers are reporting a huge drop in sales this December. In other news this past week, Facebook becomes a rallying point for SA teens to defy the Government ban on underage canoodeling and a detained journalist is freed in time for Christmas.
Reports IOL: South Africans reeling after another expensive Christmas are set to feel the financial pinch, with more tough times on the way because of rising inflation and a further interest rate hike looming.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20071230080855501C774269
Teenagers are planning to defy the government's ban on under-16 kissing, touching and rubbing up against each other in public and are hatching a "kissing protest" on the Facebook website, reports IOL Technology.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?newslett=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20071228110459992C987178&set_id=1
The new chairperson of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, Khanyisiwe Mkhonza, paid tribute to the outgoing board in a statement to the media on Sunday.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleId=328465&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/
Japan's leading mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo, trying to fight off resurgent competitors, will tie up with United States search-engine giant Google to upgrade its services, the Mail&Guardian reported last week.
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleId=328555&area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__business/
A French reporter kidnapped eight days ago in Somalia was released before Christmas, a journalists' group in the country said. CNN International reports.
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/12/25/somalia.journalist/
About Louise Marsland
Louise Burgers (previously Marsland) is Founder/Content Director: SOURCE Content Marketing Agency. Louise is a Writer, Publisher, Editor, Content Strategist, Content/Media Trainer. She has written about consumer trends, brands, branding, media, marketing and the advertising communications industry in SA and across Africa, for over 20 years, notably, as previous Africa Editor: Bizcommunity.com; Editor: Bizcommunity Media/Marketing SA; Editor-in-Chief: AdVantage magazine; Editor: Marketing Mix magazine; Editor: Progressive Retailing magazine; Editor: BusinessBrief magazine; Editor: FMCG Files newsletter. Web: www.sourceagency.co.za.
