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A/W Audi Fashion show promises visual excitement
For his upcoming Autumn/Winter 2010 collection titled, Fantastical Structures, David Tlale reveals designs inspired by decadent architecture, which will be presented during Audi Autumn Winter (A/W) Audi Joburg Fashion Week in Joburg on January 22 2010. 20 Jan 2010
AFS Group supplies eFuel, amongst other fuel management solutions, to a number of its clients to monitor fuel consumption and curb fuel mismanagement. A card-free, cash-free system enables drivers to procure fuel and oil at participating retail service stations or home base station or both. 20 Jan 2010
FNB, which launched its cellphone banking in 2005, is doubling its management of the mCommerce team with the appointment of Yolande van Wyk as CEO of Smart Services and Ravesh Ramlakan as CEO of Cellphone Banking Services. They replace outgoing CEO of mCommerce, Len Pienaar, who will be joining international messaging company Clickatell, in Cape Town. 20 Jan 2010
Klein Zalze wins Chenin award
The Guala Chenin Blanc Challenge, organised by Wine Magazine, was won last week by family-owned Stellenbosch wine producer, Kleine Zalze. 20 Jan 2010
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA: South Korea on Tuesday announced curbs on television advertising for junk food in a bid to cut obesity and promote healthy eating among children. 20 Jan 2010
Tough economic times brought a surge in online shopping. As more people turn to the Web, merchant readiness for handling confidential data is more critical than ever for a successful online presence. Etailers must have their data protection systems in place before flipping the switch, rather than having a major disaster to clean up after a breach occurs. 19 Jan 2010
Manufacturing activity grew faster than expected last month, a key industry survey showed yesterday, 18 January 2010, supporting hope that the recovery in the economy's second-biggest sector is gaining momentum. 19 Jan 2010
Fitch Ratings says South African retailers continue to be impacted by weak market and demand conditions, and that the South African economy has not yet moved into a sustainable growth position, despite emerging from a recession in late 2009. 19 Jan 2010
In the Web 2.0 space, the relationship between buyers and sellers has changed and managing customers, fostering loyalty and generating more revenue streams is far more complex today than before the rapid user adoption of its applications. 19 Jan 2010
Hangerman, which collects all of the used hangers from Woolworths' stores, has refurbished over 250 million hangars since 1986, when Woolworths was instrumental in setting up it up in South Africa. 19 Jan 2010
Salute from one centenarian to another
To celebrate its centenary and its client's, Grindrod Bank, part of the century old Grindrod group, presented Mary Ella Sampson with a Kruger Rand on her 100th birthday on Friday 15 January 2010. 19 Jan 2010
Street children benefit from restaurants
Leading restaurants in the Stellenbosch and Paarl winelands are ploughing back into the community through StreetSmart SA, the non-profit organisation dedicated to the social integration and upliftment of street children. 19 Jan 2010
Hostex has it all
Hostex Cape, to be held from 8-10 March 2010 at Cape Town International Convention Centre, from 10am to 6pm daily, promises to be improved. It offers over 220 exhibitors, plus the SA Chefs Village and HomeGrown/SME Village and new features, such the Global Pizza Challenge, Wine Circle, Greenstuff Village and Green Hotel. 19 Jan 2010
Buying 2010 tickets to be simplified
The 2010 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC) confirmed today, Monday 18 January 2010, that moves are afoot to change the way tickets are sold in South Africa in order to accommodate local fans. 18 Jan 2010
Kraft set to sweeten Cadbury takeover bid
LONDON, UK: US food giant Kraft Foods will sweeten its takeover bid for British confectioner Cadbury this week, according to media reports on Sunday, 17 January 2010. 18 Jan 2010
Workers at Amalgamated Beverage Industries (ABI) were standing firm and had refused to call off a three-week strike, the union representing them said yesterday, 17 January 2010. 18 Jan 2010
South Africa's manufacturing production is expected to advance further as the global economy crawls out of recession. 18 Jan 2010
Samsung wins at Vegas
Samsung Electronics received three best of innovation awards at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010 Innovations Awards, held in Las Vegas earlier this month. 18 Jan 2010
The new BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone, launched in South Africa late last week, is currently available from MTN and expected to be available from Vodacom soon. 18 Jan 2010
Getting into the IT cloud
As we peek over the top of our PC infrastructure and rifle through our laptops, routers, hard drives and external storage devices, we are presented with an opportunity to reflect on just how far information, communication and digital lifestyle technology has come and the extent to which it has influenced business. 18 Jan 2010
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