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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:55:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Huge infrastructure opportunities: Zuma]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[President Jacob Zuma has urged South African businesses to take advantage of the opportunities that will be created by the massive new infrastructure build programme announced in the 2012 State of the Nation address.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/investing/opportunities/sona-100112.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:34:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA set for massive infrastructure drive]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa will spend billions of rands on new infrastructure in the coming years, focusing on rail and road projects, economic links in five regions in the country,  new universities and refurbished hospitals, President Jacob Zuma said in his 2012 State of the Nation address.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/infrastructure/sona-090212b.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA 'starting to win the jobs fight']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[There are signs that South Africa is starting to win the war against unemployment, as the economy slowly recovers from the 2008-09 global recession, President Jacob Zuma said in his 2012 State of the Nation address.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/development/sona-090212d.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[The State of the Nation in numbers]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[365 000 new jobs in 2011, 5 major new state infrastructure projects, R300-billion for the country's ports and railways, 8-million learners at no-fee schools, 11 000 new artisans qualified ... take a quick run-through of the figures contained in President Jacob Zuma's 2012 State of the Nation address.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/about/government/statenation2012-numbers.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:27:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[DTI moots regular small business census]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Department of Trade and Industry wants to run a regular small business census to help improve its support and funding to the sector as part of a revised policy to boost support to small businesses.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/policies/smecensus-090212.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:27:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Acsa in major Brazilian airport deal]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) is part of a consortium that has won a bid for the expansion, maintenance and operation of Guarulhos, Brazil's busiest airport, located in greater Sao Paulo.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/1639710.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:17:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[State of Nation: 'implementation key']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[President Jacob Zuma's State of the Nation address should focus on the implementation of policies already agreed to, while underpinning a joint public-private effort to lift the country onto a job-rich growth path, says Business Unity South Africa.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/sona-080212b.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:57:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Norilsk eyes South African platinum]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Platinum's investment potential could exceed that of gold, Russia's Norilsk Nickel told the 2012 African Mining Indaba in Cape Town. According to reports, the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium is looking at platinum mine acquisitions in South Africa.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/investing/opportunities/norilsk-080212.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:04:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South African economy adds jobs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa's unemployment rate fell from 25% to 23.9% in the fourth quarter of 2011. Jobs in the country's formal sector registered the highest year-on-year growth since the end of the recession in 2009, although the informal sector continued to shed jobs.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/unemploymentrate-080212.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:03:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA investment in Africa on the increase]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African direct investment in Africa has increased at four times the rate of the country's overall foreign direct investment since 1994, according to the latest South Africa Survey published by the SA Institute of Race Relations.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/africa/investment-080212.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:07:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa 'will not nationalise mines']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa will not nationalise its mines, Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu told the 2012 Mining Indaba in Cape Town, welcoming the report of an ANC task team reaffirming that nationalisation was "not a viable policy" for the country.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/policies/mining-070212.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:20:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SA mining production 'can recover']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Lowered mining output in South Africa can be turned around through investment and employment, Minister in the Presidency Trevor Manuel told the Mining Indaba in Cape Town on Monday.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/1630769.htm]]></link>
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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[New policy: JSE to entice foreign firms]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A recent policy change by the National Treasury allows foreign-domiciled companies to be included in the JSE's domestic indices, giving investors more flexibility and promising to boost South Africa's mining sector in particular.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/investing/opportunities/duallistings-070212.htm]]></link>
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South African mining 'open for business']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Four key players in the country's mining industry, taking part in a Financial Times/Brand South Africa debate at Mining Indaba 2012, acknowledged that the sector is faced with major challenges, but agreed that SA mining is "open for business".]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/mining-060212.htm]]></link>
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Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:19:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Vehicle sales start year strongly]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While still subdued, South African new vehicle sales in January represented the highest sales for that month for the past five years, with over 48 000 new vehicles sold, driven by strong demand from the rental industry.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/carsales-060212.htm]]></link>
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:47:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Budget 'must boost business confidence']]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan's upcoming Budget speech needs to boost business confidence, while designating 2012 as a year of implementation, says Business Unity South Africa.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/budget-030212.htm]]></link>
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:47:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Old Mutual invests in township malls]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Old Mutual Property is redeveloping and refurbishing several malls in previously disadvantaged areas as part of its contribution to sustainable community development and township upliftment in South Africa.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/development/ommalls-030212.htm]]></link>
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Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:36:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[South Africa still a net food exporter]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa remains a net a food exporter, selling 30% more agricultural goods abroad than it imported in 2010, according to the latest South Africa Survey published by the SA Institute of Race Relations.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/trade/export/agriculture-030212.htm]]></link>
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Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:25:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[Standard Bank tops Africa brand ranking]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South Africa's Standard Bank Group is ranked the most valuable banking brand in Africa in the 2012 global Top 500 Banking Brands report - the second year in a row it has received the accolade.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/business/success/stanbankranking-020212.htm]]></link>
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Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:38:00 +0200
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<title><![CDATA[SAA makes first non-stop flight to China]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[South African Airways has made its first non-stop flight to China. A specially branded SAA Airbus A340-600 landed in Beijing on Wednesday morning, opening up a strategic transport route between Asia, Africa and South America.]]></description>
<link><![CDATA[http://www.southafrica.info/travel/saa-china.htm]]></link>
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