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 | The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) has announced that the "Brazil Trade Mission to Africa 2014" will take place in Cape Town on 7 April 2014 for African delegates, and 8 April for South African delegates. Read more >>
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 | The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has called a one day strike for today, (Wednesday, 19 March 2014), to highlight youth unemployment in the country and protest against the Employment Tax Incentive Act. Read more >>
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 | Issued by Fiera Milano One of the largest global brands in the food and hospitality industry, Food Hospitality World, is coming to South Africa for the first time and world-renowned, Michelin-starred Italian Chef Carlo Cracco is helping this new tradeshow take the African market by storm. Read more >>
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 | Motor trade sales (measured in nominal terms and current prices) increased by 2.4% year-on-year in January‚ Statistics SA has reported. Read more >>
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 | Marc Hasenfuss Household brands conglomerate Unilever appears to be battling just as hard as its listed peers‚ Tiger Brands and AVI‚ for growth amid shrinking discretionary spending as embattled South African consumers continue to tighten their purse strings. Read more >>
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 | Manufacturing business confidence improved in the first quarter of 2014‚ as exports benefitted from a weak rand that supported the export earnings of manufacturers. Read more >>
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 | Razina Munshi and Mark Allix China's two largest rolling-stock manufacturers are the biggest winners of a R50bn deal to manufacturer more than 1,000 locomotives for Transnet‚ confirming South Africa's preference for doing business with members of the Brics alliance. Read more >>
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Google has announced it is bringing Android, the dominant platform for smartphones, to wearable devices. Read more >>
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 | LONDON, UK: Japanese e-commerce retailer Rakuten is the world's largest online marketplace for elephant ivory and whale meat products, an environmental campaign group said. It said that running the advertisements for these products was akin to arming poachers. Read more >>
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 | In a special edition of the Daily Maverick's Election Edition of The Gathering, top politicians... Zille, Gigaba, Ramphele; top trade unionists Vavi, Jim, and more - including the ANC's biggest pain, Thuli Madonsela - will be grilled by Daily Maverick and eNCA editors. And YOU can be there... Read more >>
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 | Phetane Rapetswane Potholes are an indicator of poor maintenance and lack of technical skills - and are the tip of the iceberg of South Africa's infrastructure problems. Read more >>
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