Via the Department of Communications, the communications minister Dina Pule has come out firing on all barrels and has
taken on the Sunday Times over what the department claims is a smear campaign against her. The final straw was apparently the newspaper's call on Sunday to Zuma to fire Pule.
On a happy note, and this is not an April Fool's joke so there's not need to check the calendar, Bizcommunity.com has instituted a
price freeze on most of our rates for 2013!Also on a happy, more melodious note (pardon the pun), the 19th Annual MTN South African Music Awards has
announced this year's nominees.Ford is doing its bit for the environment, and to combat water shortages, has
cut its global water use by 62% since 2000. Now, what about other companies following suit?
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Wednesday's decision by the Monetary Policy Committee to 
Stanlib is planning to open its Stanlib Africa Direct Property Development Fund in May or June, as it seeks to capitalise on Africa's growing retail sector. 
Investec Property Fund yesterday, 19 March 2013, announced the acquisition of four properties in Gauteng and one in Cape Town, comprising one prime office building, two business properties, a motor dealership and an industrial property, totalling R318 million. 
Mining opportunities in its Gauteng properties, Growthpoint Properties has launched a programme of client-driven industrial property development and redevelopment valued at R150 million. 
It is "worrisome" that South Africa is losing many of its commercial farmers to countries to the north of it, academic and businesswoman Mamphela Ramphele said on Sunday (24 March). 
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