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In reviewing both the online South African retailers' challenges and some of the areas where consumers are experiencing extreme frustration, there are some proposed solutions that can assist companies in rectifying how they engage with their online customers. Read more >> | Staff Reporter Given the extent to which those of Generation Y are digitally savvy, they will be far more demanding creatures than either their parents or grandparents, and as a result marketers and brand owners need to re-evaluate every aspect of their approach to capture the attention of their young audience. Read more >> | Charles Brewer The 24th World Economic Forum on Africa was held in Nigeria from 7-9 May 2104 and one of the key topics of discussion among global leaders was the need for free movement of talent and goods across Africa, in order to significantly strengthen businesses and boost intra-Africa trade on the continent. Read more >> |
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 | Alistair Anderson ALTX-listed Rockcastle Global Real Estate‚ one of the Resilient group's rand-hedge property companies‚ said its African operations were on track‚ as it released financial results for the nine months to March. Read more >>
|  | Joan Muller Century City‚ the mixed-use precinct anchored by mega-mall Canal Walk near Milnerton in Cape Town‚ is undergoing a R4.3bn development boom‚ which will expand the live‚ work‚ stay‚ shop and play hub by 25%. Read more >>
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 | Yesterday 15 May 2014, the Woolworths Childsafe Research and Educational Centre opened in Western Cape. The Woolworths Trust donated R1.45 million towards the R6.4 million the Children's Hospital Trust needed to build the Centre. This is Africa's first centre dedicated to child safety and injury prevention and will provide Childsafe with the infrastructure it needs. Read more >>
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 | David Furlonger A new vehicle assembly plant, building buses for the Putco commuter transport company, is due to start production in July. The operation, a joint venture between Putco shareholder Larimar and Italian-owned truck and bus company Iveco SA, will create up to 1,000 jobs. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Spintelligent The City of Cape Town was named top municipality in the African Utility Week Awards that were announced on Tuesday evening, 13 May, at the CTICC in Cape Town. Read more >>
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 | Issued by TNS South Africa TNS works with global and local clients to get the best possible shopper insights to address their retail or shopper specific business issues. These could be centred on channel development, making it easier and faster for shoppers to shop at shelf, or making shopping within a category easier. Read more >>
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 | Last week on the Biz Takeouts Marketing and Media Radio show we chatted to Galia Kerbel from Greater Than PR, as well as Rob Gilmour about the upcoming Net Prophet event. [twitterfall] Read more >>
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 | As the broadband price war soars to new levels and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are promising unshaped ADSL for next to nothing, users need to read the fine print of contracts carefully, as unscrupulous ISPs derive their profit from throttling their clients. Read more >>
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 | Motor trade sales (measured in nominal terms and at current prices) increased by 2.9% year-on-year in March‚ from 3.5% in February Statistics SA reported. Read more >>
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|  | NEW YORK, USA: - General Motors announced the recall of another 2,9m vehicles worldwide but 2,71m of them are in the United States and about 200,000 in other parts of the world. Read more >>
|  | KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: Flight MH370's disappearance had a "dramatic impact" on Malaysia Airlines (MAS) earnings in the first quarter, forcing it to a bigger loss for the quarter amid calls for a shake-up of the struggling carrier. Read more >>
|  | PARIS, FRANCE: The Open Internet Project (OIP), which includes 400 companies in Europe's digital markets, lodged a complaint with the European Commission against what it alleges are new anti-competitive abuses by Google. Read more >>
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|  | Eskom on Thursday warned of a "severely constrained" power system due to the unavailability of some of its generating units. Read more >>
|  | Shamin Chibba If South Africa is to overcome its problem of high youth unemployment, young men and women should look to running their own small businesses - and be taught how to do it from a young age. Read more >>
|  | Ministers in the security cluster will take the Public Protector's report on the security upgrades installed at the private residence of the President ("the Nkandla report") on judicial review by the High Court. Read more >>
|  | Anton Harber In the 1994 elections, only one newspaper called on voters explicitly to support the African National Congress (ANC). It is a startling reminder of how the structures of the apartheid media industry carried into the new era. Read more >>
|  | PRETORIA: A new R1.5-billion Solar Power Plant, near Kimberly, is expected to contribute immensely to the country's rising energy demands, says the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Read more >>
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|  | Brian Berkman Just as The Royal Portfolio of deluxe lodges, villas and boutique hotels announced its acquisition of The One Above, arguably the most prestigious real estate in the V&A Waterfront, Contributing Editor, Brian Berkman chatted to dynamic owner Liz Biden. Read more >>
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