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Woolies ventures into Joburg inner city

Local retail chain Woolworths is venturing into the Johannesburg central business district with the opening of a Micro Foods store, the success of which could lead to similar stores being opened in central business districts of other major South African cities.

IDC funds empowered fish cannery

With R22-million from the Industrial Development Corporation, an empowerment company has partnered with some of the country's leading fishing companies to develop a new pilchard canning factory in Mossel Bay - the first of its kind in the southern Cape region.

SA's first made-for-mobile soapie

In a first for South African media, cellular operator Vodacom is launching SoLikeLife, an ad-sponsored soap opera produced for viewing on cellphones and available free of charge to the company's Vodafone live! subscribers.

Chinese South Africans qualify for BEE

In a landmark decision, the Pretoria High Court has ruled that South Africans of Chinese descent qualify for the full benefits of the country's employment equity and black economic empowerment (BEE) laws.

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