The fifth BRICS Summit ended recently and was marked by Jacob Zuma's call for the organisation to
create a new funding model in Africa. He wants regional projects to be favoured for finance. Also at the event, Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies said that
partnerships in manufacturing are vital for BRICS success.
On a more sombre note, if the ANC has its way, there will be no judicial oversight over eavesdropping on communications originating outside of SA. So if the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill becomes law, you will have to
mind what you say - or write.
On a most sombre note, it has not been a good time for the SANDF, what with casualties in the Central African Republic and now the loss of five of its members who
died in an anti-poaching operation in the Kruger National Park when their helicopter crashed.
You're in HR, right? Or you're in management... so how are your internal communications - are you
getting the message right? Grace Harding, with 15 years of working in the field of internal communications / internal marketing, provides some views on the subject. After all, how can your staff perform properly if they are not getting the right message?
Finally, our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser, and no slouch in the power game himself, says that the
Cruze has been given an extra dollop of power - hopefully that will end any talk of the model being a tad lazy.
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Vodacom will extend its long-term evolution (LTE) network - also known as 4G - to all prepaid customers within five months of launching the service commercially to its contract customers. 
BlackBerry is investigating opportunities to support local mobile software applications (apps) developers in Africa, in a bid to attract more customers and claw back market share, the local company claims. 
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Struggling Finnish phone company Nokia said last week the Indian tax officials had demanded the company pay taxes worth US$363m, but a court order has prevent the payment. 
LONDON, UK: As the Easter getaway approaches, some tour operators in the UK are reporting an impromptu boom in holiday bookings to warmer destinations including the Mediterranean, triggered by March's extreme weather. 
WASHINGTON, USA: The Internet may have been slowed by one of the largest cyber attacks ever seen, which targeted a European group that patrols the Web for spam, security experts said on Wednesday (27 March). 
SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Twitter is on pace to earn more than US$500m dollars in advertising revenue this year and close to US$1bn next year, industry tracker eMarketer estimated on Wednesday (27 March). 
WASHINGTON, USA: Tablet computers fueled growth in 2012 in the market for "smart connected devices," which crossed the threshold of one billion units for the first time, according to a study released on Tuesday (26 March). 
NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's government has told the Indian unit of British mobile phone giant Vodafone that its licences for three big cities cannot be extended and it will have to bid again, the company has said. 
An online database of municipal officials dismissed for misconduct will soon be running and it is hoped that this will prevent transgressors being re-employed at other municipalities, the Ministry for Co-operative Governance said last week. 
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