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 | Issued by Park Village Auctions The South African auction industry faced many challenges during 2013, but still experienced growth and contributed towards the South African economy. Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad Shares of South Africa's credit-heavy retailers‚ Truworths (TRU) and Foschini Group (TFG)‚ took a beating on Thursday, 7 November 2013, after reported figures pointed to slower sales growth and consumers' prevailing indebtedness. Read more >>
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 | Fashion retailing conglomerate Pepkor - which owns the sprawling Pep Stores and Ackermans chains - has changed to a less risky approach for its microlending business. Read more >>
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 | At the Great Wine Capitals (GWC) Best of Wine Tourism Awards, held in Napa Valley, California late last week, Vergelegen won in both the Arts and Culture and the Restaurant categories and came second in Architecture and Landscapes, Innovative Wine Tourism Experiences, Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices and Wine Tourism Service. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Stream Drinks Stream, a Cape Town-based functional beverage company, is pleased to announce that consumers are now able to purchase Stream Drinks at over 130 locations across South Africa and Namibia with 100 more locations to roll out in the coming weeks. Read more >>
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 | In two influential American wine magazines, both Simonsig and Constantia Glen have received top ratings. Simonsig Pinotage was listed in the Wine Enthusiast's Top 100 Cellar Selection 2013 and Constantia Glen received excellent ratings for both its red and white Bordeaux-style wines in the October edition of Robert Parker's esteemed Wine Advocate. Read more >>
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 | Gauteng premier Nomvula Mokonyane has welcomed a multi-billion rand deal with a Chinese firm to turn AECI's property in Modderfontein into a business hub. Read more >>
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 | Cradlestone Mall, a 76,000sqm development from Sasol Pension Fund, Pivotal Property Fund and Retail Africa, will open on 20 November 2013 providing Mogale City with a super-regional shopping mall. Read more >>
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 | Sindy Peters Two new ICT centres were unveiled at Prestwich Street Primary School in Green Point, Cape Town on Wednesday, 6 November 2013. The initiative is a result of a partnership between M-Net Cares, the City of Cape Town, Spar and Reddam House Community Network. Read more >>
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 | At the World Retail Congress Africa 2013 in Sandton this week, Raymond Ackerman and Richard John Pelwana Maponya were honoured with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Read more >>
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 | The inaugural World Retail Congress Africa has highlighted a key challenge for the retail sector in its opening debates. This being the limited infrastructure and access to rural communities. However, one of Africa's biggest advantages is its young population. Read more >>
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 | The R1-million winner of the third Annual SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards held in Sandton late last week is 'Vula' Eye Health Mobile Phone App. Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad Africa's growing middle class has expensive tastes and research by Bain & Company suggests that luxury goods sales will increase by 11% this year - demonstrating the continent's potential for upmarket goods. Read more >>
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| New release from WaterkloofWaterkloof Estate has released its Seriously Cool Cinsault 2012 wine, an elegant red wine to be enjoyed slightly chilled. It is recommended with spicy dishes, pork chops, veal and steak. It retails at R95 per bottle directly from the cellar or at selected wine boutiques countrywide. For more information, go to www.waterkloofwines.co.za.
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 | The official launch of the 2014 Platter's South African Wine Guide indicates that this is a banner year for South African wines, with the guide choosing 80 5-star wines, up from 62 in the 2013 edition. The guide (retailing at R169.95) will be available in the second half of November, in time for the festive season and the online version is available now on the website. Read more >>
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 | At three international lifestyle shows in Germany, the US and France, the Western Cape craft producers have notched up export orders worth over R1.5 million this year. Read more >>
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 | Issued by IMPERIAL Logistics A fuel distribution contract that entails the delivery of more than one billion litres of petrol and diesel per year - and over three million kilometres of travel annually - has been awarded to Imperial Logistics group company Tanker Services by Total South Africa. Read more >>
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 | Mark Allix Unilever broke ground on Thursday, 7 November 2013, for a state-of-the-art ice-cream factory in Midrand‚ which it says will help drive growth for the company in emerging markets. Read more >>
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 | Amanda Rogaly South Africa has legislative framework that dictates that the label on a product must match its contents. The first rule all food companies have to follow is to ensure the product name is descriptive and is a true reflection of the content of the food. Read more >>
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 | Paying a fraction of the price for your favourite DVD might seem like a sweet deal, but the Department of Trade and Industry has warned that there is a very bitter side to pirated and illicit goods. Read more >>
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 | Dulux offers trip to RioA current Dulux competition offers consumers the opportunity to win two tickets to Brazil, seven night's accommodation and a grandstand ticket to the Rio Carnival 2014, worth R100,000 or one of 10 Sony Bravia 46" LED TVs. Entrants need to purchase any tin of paint that features the Dulux Dog on Dulux branded product packaging, SMS (charged at R1) 'Brazil', their name, the last four digits of the barcode and the store indicated on their till slip to 32083. The competition closes 15 January 2014. For more information, go to www.dulux.co.za.
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 | Restaurant search service, Zomato, has raised US$37 million from Sequoia Capital and Info Edge and has expanded its services in South Africa with the launch of a section for Durban. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Business Positioning Systems Because this festive season Business Positioning Systems is giving you above 5% CTR and a 12% acquisition rate! Read more >>
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 | In its six-month report to end September 2013, retail group The Foschini Group has increased retail sales by 9% to R6.7-billion with sales in the rest of Africa growing 25%, with cash sales growing by 12.7%. Read more >>
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 | Zeenat Moorad Woolworths will pull out of its three stores in Nigeria as high rental costs‚ duties and complex supply chain processes make trading in the West African country "highly challenging". Read more >>
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 | About a million South Africans have fallen victim to cyber crime in the past year and collectively they have been ripped off to the tune of about R3.4bn. Read more >>
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 | Rob Williams Uncontrollable factors such as strike action and port delays plague SA's automotive industry, and these factors highlight the crucial need for effective supply chain management within the sector. Read more >>
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 | HELSINKI, FINLAND: In just five years Nokia fell from dominating the mobile phone industry to abandoning the handset business, a swift fall from grace with lessons for market leaders. Read more >>
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 | NEW YORK CITY, USA: Sales of the latest edition in the "Call of Duty" video game franchise topped US$1bn in the first day, Activision Publishing said on Wednesday, 6 November. Read more >>
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 | OTTAWA CANADA: BlackBerry abandoned hopes of finding a buyer, and instead pegged its future on a US$1bn cash infusion as it shook up top management and named a new chief executive. Read more >>
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 | NEW DELHI, INDIA: Pond's paints India pink to raise awareness about breast cancer. Read more >>
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 | Transnet has issued a global R5bn bond registered with the London Stock Exchange at a yield of 9.5% - the first African local-currency issuance on international capital markets. Read more >>
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) will this month hold a conference on the intellectual property policy. Read more >>
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 | Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa says mob justice is unjustifiable and that perpetrators of such crimes will face the full might of the law. Read more >>
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 | The champions of the 2013 Eat Out DStv Food Network Restaurant Awards were announced on 10 November at a gala ceremony held at The Lookout at the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. The awards celebrate South Africa's talent and culinary distinction, culminating in 2013's Top-10 Restaurants and the S Pellegrino Chef of the Year. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman Most of my school friends went to Langebaan for the holidays but we always went to visit family in Durban or Bloemfontein. From their stories of the warm lagoon and fun they had, Langebaan was a place I always knew I was missing out on. Read more >>
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 | South Africa's top restaurants will be crowned at the much-anticipated 2013 Eat Out DStv Food Network Restaurant Awards, taking place on Sunday 10 November 2013 at The Lookout at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Read more >>
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 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor The heated battle for the hearts and wallets of the South African car-buying public is an on-going feud between Audi, Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Read more >>
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 | Brian Berkman Two of the best reasons to stay at Mandela Rhodes Place Hotel, managed by Three Cities, in the city centre have nothing to do with the hotel itself. Read more >>
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