NEWSWATCH: Iqbal Survé's Sekunjalo consortium has bought Ireland's Independent News and Media South African interests for R2bn, and reckons it's 'a gift' for Madiba, reports IOL; meanwhile MTN as been accused of stealing an entrepreneur's intellectual property, reports BD Live.
News group purchase 'a gift for Madiba'... According to the report, Survé phoned Mandela's grandson, Mandla Mandela, on Friday evening and said: "Tell Madiba, Independent's coming home", apparently to be told that "If there's one thing that will make him get better faster, it's this."
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BD Live: MTN under fire over travel idea... An entrepreneur, Fraser Gregg, MD of MobiRes, has accused MTN of stealing his intellectual property, a travel booking product, which he reckons he has been working on with MTN since 2010.Thus far it's pretty much a case of "we said" and "they said", but whatever the outcome, someone's reputation stands a chance of being dented.
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